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People in the Philippines have the most Denisovan DNA

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Researchers found the relatively high proportion of DNA from a hominin cousin—nearly 5 percent—when they scanned more than 1,000 genomes from 118 distinct ethnic...
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Novel nanotechnology found to enhance fight against colorectal cancer and melanoma

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University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers recently completed a study that has the potential to improve cancer treatment for colorectal cancer and melanoma by...
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Global warming begets more warming, new paleoclimate study finds

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Researchers observe a “warming bias” over the past 66 million years that may return if ice sheets disappear. It is increasingly clear that the prolonged...
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Locations of Riemann zeros accurately measured

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The 160-year-old Riemann hypothesis has deep connections to the distribution of prime numbers and remains one of the most important unsolved problems in mathematics. The...
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Cats prefer to get free meals rather than work for them

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When cats were offered the choice of readily available food in a tray or working for it using a simple puzzle, cats most often...
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Archaeologists reveal origins of famous Stone Age monument

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Archaeologists from the Universities of Manchester and Cardiff have discovered the origins of Arthur's Stone, one of the UK's most famous Stone Age monuments. Manchester's...
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World’s rarest rabbit spotted on Facebook

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Everyone loves a picture of a pet rabbit, but when the cuddly creature in the photograph turns out to be a vanishingly rare species...
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Invasive plants are still for sale as garden ornamentals, research shows

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Ecologists show that 1,330 nurseries, garden centers and online retailers are still offering hundreds of invasive plant species as ornamental garden plants. This includes...
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New technology will allow important metals to be made more efficiently

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By adding combinations of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms to stubborn, hard-to-evaporate metals like tungsten and platinum, University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers were...
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Observatory in Chile takes highest-resolution measurements of asteroid surface temperatures ever obtained from earth

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The study's target, Psyche, is the destination of an upcoming NASA mission A close examination of the millimeter-wavelength emissions from the asteroid Psyche, which NASA...
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V404 Cygni: Huge rings around a black hole

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Black holes are one the universe's ultimate mysteries, hard to even imagine. But thanks to a recently released NASA image, we can visualize one...