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Did a common childhood illness take down the Neanderthals?
It is one of the great unsolved mysteries of anthropology. What killed off the Neanderthals, and why did Homo sapiens thrive even as Neanderthals withered to...
Surface melting causes Antarctic glaciers to slip faster towards the ocean, new research shows
Surface meltwater draining through the ice and beneath Antarctic glaciers is causing sudden and rapid accelerations in their flow towards the sea, according to...
Appreciating the classical elegance of time crystals
Structures known as time crystals, which repeat in time the way conventional crystals repeat in space, have recently captured the interest and imagination of...
New study finds US and Canada have lost more than 1 in 4 birds...
A study published today in the journal Science reveals that since 1970, bird populations in the United States and Canada have declined by 29 percent, or...
Comet gateway discovered to inner solar system, may alter fundamental understanding of comet evolution
A new study led by a University of Central Florida researcher may fundamentally alter our understanding of how comets arrive from the outskirts of...
Physicists discover topological behavior of electrons in 3-D magnetic material
An international team of researchers led by scientists at Princeton University has found that a magnetic material at room temperature enables electrons to behave...
First glimpse at what ancient Denisovans may have looked like, using DNA methylation data
If you could travel back in time 100,000 years, you'd find yourself living among multiple groups of humans, including anatomically modern humans, Neanderthals, and...
Pulsating gamma rays from neutron star rotating 707 times a second
An international research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI) in Hannover has discovered that the radio...
Bridge between quantum mechanics and general relativity still possible
Quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity form the bedrock of the current understanding of physics—yet the two theories don't seem to work...
Nano bulb lights novel path: Engineers create tunable, nanoscale, incandescent light source
What may be viewed as the world's smallest incandescent lightbulb is shining in a Rice University engineering laboratory with the promise of advances in...
Student discovers unusual new mineral inside a diamond
A Ph.D. student at the University of Alberta has discovered a new and curious mineral inside a diamond unearthed from a mine in South...
