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New approach measures early human butchering practices
Archaeologist and biostatistician Erik Otárola-Castillo leads the research team that used 3-D imaging, shape analysis and Bayesian statistics to identify butchery cut marks with...
Using math to investigate possibility of time travel
Ben Tippett, a mathematics and physics instructor at UBC, recently published a study about the feasibility of time travel. (Stock image)
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Number of genetic markers linked to lifespan triples
Researchers found a genetic risk score combining the top 10 variants was statistically associated with parents being centenarians.
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A new large-scale...
Deadly heart rhythm halted by noninvasive radiation therapy
A novel strategy to treat a life-threatening irregular heart rhythm called ventricular tachycardia relies on noninvasive radiation therapy, which is typically directed at cancerous...
To sleep or not: Researchers explore complex genetic network behind sleep duration
Fruit fly (stock image).
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Scientists have identified differences in a group of genes they say might help explain why some people...
Artificial intelligence, NASA data used to discover eighth planet circling distant star
With the discovery of an eighth planet, the Kepler-90 system is the first to tie with our solar system in number of planets. Artist's...
Engineers program tiny robots to move, think like insects
RoboBees manufactured by the Harvard Microrobotics Lab have a 3 centimeter wingspan and weigh only 80 milligrams. Cornell engineers are developing new programming that...
High-resolution climate models present alarming new projections for US
Climate change
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Approaching the second half of the century, the United States is likely to experience increases in the number of...
Video gamers have an advantage in learning
Do video games give gamers an edge in learning?
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Neuropsychologists of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum let video gamers compete against non-gamers...
Warm air helped make 2017 ozone hole smallest since 1988
At its peak on Sept. 11, 2016, the ozone hole extended across an area nearly two and a half times the size of the...
Artificial neural networks decode brain activity during performed and imagined movements
In order to achieve better brain signal transmission quality, the researchers apply contact gel.
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Filtering information for search engines, acting as an opponent...
