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Complete genomes of extinct and living elephants sequenced
An international team of researchers has produced one of the most comprehensive evolutionary pictures to date by looking at one of the world's most...
Proxima Centauri’s no good, very bad day
A team of astronomers led by Carnegie's Meredith MacGregor and Alycia Weinberger detected a massive stellar flare -- an energetic explosion of radiation --...
More than half of U. S. gun owners do not safely store their guns
More than half of gun owners do not safely store all their guns, according to a new survey of 1,444 U.S. gun owners conducted...
Young children use physics, not previous rewards, to learn about tools
Children as young as seven apply basic laws of physics to problem-solving, rather than learning from what has previously been rewarded, suggests new research...
New light shed on prehistoric human migration in Europe
Two University of Wyoming researchers contributed to a new study in which DNA of ancient skeletal remains of people from southeastern Europe were used...
Artificial eye: Researchers combine metalens with an artificial muscle
Inspired by the human eye, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed an adaptive metalens,...
On second thought, the Moon’s water may be widespread and immobile
A new analysis of data from two lunar missions finds evidence that the Moon's water is widely distributed across the surface and is not...
The ‘loudness’ of our thoughts affects how we judge external sounds
The "loudness" of our thoughts—or how we imagine saying something—influences how we judge the loudness of real, external sounds, a team of researchers from...
Moths in mud can uncover prehistoric secrets
Moth scales, preserved in the mud of a coniferous forest lake, have been used to identify outbreaks of these insects over the past 10,000...
New quantum memory stores information for hours
Storing information in a quantum memory system is a difficult challenge, as the data is usually quickly lost. At TU Wien, ultra-long storage times...
Low-calorie diet enhances intestinal regeneration after injury
Dramatic calorie restriction, diets reduced by 40 percent of a normal calorie total, have long been known to extend health span, the duration of...
