An international team has discovered the earliest known hand-held wooden tools used by humans. A study jointly led by Professor Katerina Harvati from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen…
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Earliest hand-held wooden tools found in Greece date back 430,000 years
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Collar cams offer a bear's eye view into the lives of grizzlies on Alaska's desolate North Slope
The life of one of the most remote grizzly bear populations in the world is being documented by the animals themselves, with collar cameras that provide a rare glimpse of how they survive on Alaska’s rugged and desolate North Slope.
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Groundhogs don’t poop during hibernation and 6 other random facts
Despite advances in meteorological technology, we still keep a close eye on a…
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‘Nose-in-a-dish’ reveals why the common cold hits some people harder than others
New laboratory experiments used “noses-in-a-dish” to unpack why the common cold triggers mild illness in some people while sending others to the hospital.
In the depths of cold and flu season, rhinoviruses — the most common cause of the common…
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Nvidia boss insists 'huge' investment in OpenAI on track
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has insisted the US tech giant will make a “huge” investment in OpenAI and dismissed as “nonsense” reports that he is unhappy with the generative AI star.
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NASA begins a practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in more than 50 years
NASA began a two-day practice countdown Saturday leading up to the fueling of its new moon rocket, a crucial test that will determine when four astronauts blast off on a lunar flyby.
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A chatbot entirely powered by humans, not artificial intelligence? This Chilean community shows why
About 50 residents of a community outside Chile’s capital spent Saturday trying their best to power an entirely human-operated chatbot that could answer questions and make silly pictures on command, in a message to highlight the environmental…
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World Cancer Day 2026: Data, Disparities And The Future
Dr. Omer Awan, physician and public health expert, breaks down the latest data as well as health disparities associated with cancers globally.
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Scientists Find Bacteria in a Common Type of Kidney Stone
It’s long been thought that only an unusual type of kidney stone has any connection to bacteria, and that the vast majority of kidney stones, which are caused by calcium oxalate crystals, don’t host any…
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Scientists Find Bacteria in a Common Type of Kidney Stone
It’s long been thought that only an unusual type of kidney stone has any connection to bacteria, and that the vast majority of kidney stones, which are caused by calcium oxalate crystals, don’t host any…
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