This week’s science news was filled with discoveries once thought lost to time — notably, the world’s oldest known rock art was discovered in Indonesia.
The roughly 70,000-year-old stencil of a human hand, found in a cave in Sulawesi, promises…
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Icy storm threatens Americans with power outages, extreme cold
Americans stripped supermarket shelves Friday ahead of potentially “catastrophic” winter weather that threatened at least 160 million people across the country with transportation chaos, blackouts and life-threatening cold.
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A weird, itchy rash is linked to the keto diet—but no one knows why
Diet downsides
Otherwise, the keto diet is popular among people trying to lose weight, particularly those trying to lose visceral fat, like the man in the case study. Anecdotal reports promote the keto diet as being…
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How math can reveal lottery fraud
On October 1, 2022, something strange happened in the Philippines: 433 people won the jackpot in the local lottery. For this particular lotto, six numbers ranging in value from 1 to 55 were randomly selected, and the 433 winners all matched. Even…
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The inner lives of animals
Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses how scientists are beginning to study animals’ emotions and personalities — from joy to individual temperament.
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Stanford Scientists Reveal Oldest Map of the Night Sky, Previously Lost to Time
The monks soaked the animal-skin parchments in milk or lemon juice, scraped them with pumice stones and sprinkled them with flour to create a fresh surface for new writing, according to Uwe Bergmann, a visiting professor of X-ray science at…
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Meta pauses teen access to AI characters
Meta is halting teens’ access to artificial intelligence characters, at least temporarily, the company said in a blog post Friday.
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What weather apps sometimes miss about dangerous winter storm conditions
Smartphone weather apps that summarize their forecasts with eye-popping numbers and bright icons may be handy during mild weather, but meteorologists say it’s better to listen to human expertise during multi-faceted, dangerous winter storms like…
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Huawei-Chery duo’s hybrid EV beats range anxiety with 745-mile promise
Positioned as a premium, tech-driven MPV, the Luxeed V9 marks the first multi-purpose vehicle to emerge from China’s Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance, a partnership between Chery and Huawei.
The model blends Chery’s vehicle…
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From diagnosis to treatment and care: Understanding mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer, most often caused by exposure to asbestos, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Mesothelioma develops in the thin tissue surrounding the lungs and other internal organs.
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