An international team of researchers, led by the University of Queensland and Imperial College London, has proposed a new framework for scientists detecting and measuring microplastics in the human body. Thirty scientists from 20 institutions…
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Restoring confidence: Proposed standards to identify and measure microplastics in the human body
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Amazon Leo satellites exceed brightness limits, study finds
Seeing a satellite zip across the night sky can be a fascinating sight. However, what may be spectacular for people on the ground is becoming a major problem for astronomers. A new study published on the arXiv preprint server has found that…
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Hafted stone tools in China suggest early hominins were more inventive than thought
A newly excavated archaeological site in central China is reshaping long-held assumptions about early hominin behavior in Eastern Asia. Led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an international team of researchers conducted archaeological…
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Ocean fronts revealed as key players in Earth's carbon cycle
Narrow bands of ocean covering just over one-third of the world’s seas are responsible for absorbing nearly three-quarters of the carbon dioxide that oceans pull from the atmosphere, new research shows. The study, published in Nature Climate…
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Broadband ultrasonic imaging shows defects in all types of concrete
Concrete structures like roads and bridges require nondestructive testing methods to identify interior defects without destroying their structure. Most methods send sound waves into the material and capture the waves that echo back to create…
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The brain’s response to a heart attack may worsen recovery
After a heart attack, the heart “talks” to the brain. And that conversation may make recovery worse.
Shutting down nerve cells that send messages from injured heart cells to the brain boosted the heart’s ability to pump and…
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160,000-year-old sophisticated stone tools discovered in China may not have been made by Homo sapiens
Archaeologists have found that early humans in what is now China were using sophisticated stone tools as far back as 160,000 years ago.
“This discovery challenges the perception that stone tool technology in Asia lagged behind Europe and Africa…
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A foraging teenager was mauled by a bear 27,000 years ago, skeleton shows
January 27, 2026
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A foraging teenager was mauled by a bear 27,000 years ago, skeleton shows
The remains of a teenage boy who lived around 27,000 years ago suggest he was attacked by a cave bear—some of the first…
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NASA to push ahead with ‘wet’ dress rehearsal for Artemis II moon mission
January 27, 2026
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NASA pushes ahead with ‘wet’ dress rehearsal for Artemis II moon mission
A crucial test of NASA’s upcoming crewed flight to the moon is set to take place as soon as Saturday, the agency…
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Moon Astronauts Enter Quarantine for Launch
We’re just days away from NASA’s historic return to the Moon.
The agency’s Artemis 2 mission will see a crew of four astronauts travel far beyond the dark side of the Earth’s natural satellite, reaching the farthest point that…
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