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5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the Americas
The world’s oldest evidence of Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes syphilis and several chronic skin infections, has been found in a 5,500-year-old skeleton buried in a rock shelter in Colombia. But the genetic evidence suggests that…
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Seismometers can track falling space junk
As part of the Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou-15 tumbled back to Earth, its disintegration was tracked by a surprising source: seismometers.
Seismic networks in southern California picked up ground vibrations induced by shock waves as…
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Ancient bacteriumâs genome could rewrite the history of syphilis
January 22, 2026
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The bacterium behind syphilis has a far more ancient history than we thought
Treponema pallidum, a microorganism that can cause a deadly sexually transmitted disease in humans, may have a far…
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How Claude Code Is Reshaping Softwareâand Anthropic
Engineers in Silicon Valley have been raving about Anthropicâs AI coding tool, Claude Code, for months. But recently, the buzz feels as if itâs reached a fever pitch.
Earlier this week, I sat down with Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code, to try…
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Sonic Booms and Seismic Waves Can Reveal Where Space Junk Crash-Lands – The New York Times
- Sonic Booms and Seismic Waves Can Reveal Where Space Junk Crash-Lands The New York Times
- Sonic booms could be a new way to track falling space junk CNN
- Shot-spotter for space debris: New technique could locate dangerous material from old…
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Sonic booms can protect Earth from dangerous space junk
January 21, 2026
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Sonic booms can protect Earth from dangerous space junk
Scientists are using technology developed to study earthquakes to address an out-of-this-world risk
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Facial wound secrets revealed for scarless repair
Tweaking a pattern of wound healing established millions of years ago may enable scar-free injury repair after surgery or trauma, Stanford Medicine researchers have found. If results from their study, which was conducted in mice,…
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Rocket Lab launches first satellites for Open Cosmos constellation
WASHINGTON â A Rocket Lab Electron launched the first satellites for a new constellation being developed by Open Cosmos that will use spectrum previously assigned to Rivada Space Networks.
The Electron lifted off from Rocket Labâs…
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Musk makes Davos debut with promise of robots for all
Elon Musk sees his humanoid robots hitting the market next year, one of several “optimistic” forecasts by the US tech mogul at his first-ever Davos appearance on Thursday.
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