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  • It’s ‘personal.’ What the Stand Up for Science rally meant for attendees

    It’s ‘personal.’ What the Stand Up for Science rally meant for attendees

    Meghan Rosen is a staff writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology with an emphasis in biotechnology from the University of California, Davis, and later graduated…

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  • 125-Million-Year-Old Scorpion Fossil Uncovered in China

    125-Million-Year-Old Scorpion Fossil Uncovered in China

    Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of extinct scorpion from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China.

    Jeholia longchengi is the first Mesozoic scorpion from China. Image credit: Jie Sun / Xuan et al., doi:…

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  • Punic necropolis discovered during gas construction works

    Punic necropolis discovered during gas construction works

    A Punic necropolis dating to the 4th or 3rd century BC has been discovered during gas construction works in Sestu, a Comune in Sardinia, Italy.

    During antiquity, Carthage extended its influence into Nuragic territories in southern Sardinia,…

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  • Webb Captures Fantastic Detail of Lynds 483

    Webb Captures Fantastic Detail of Lynds 483

    Two young protostars are responsible for the shimmering ejections of gas and dust that gleam in orange, blue, and purple in this color image of a portion of the dark cloud Lynds 483 from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.

    This Webb…

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  • Moorish camp where last of the Morisco chiefs was captured identified

    Moorish camp where last of the Morisco chiefs was captured identified

    A research project led by the University of Granada (UGR) has identified a 16th century Moorish military camp where Abén Aboo, the last of the Morisco chiefs, was captured during the Second Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1568–1571).

    Up until…

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  • Daylight saving time and early school start times cost billions in lost productivity and health care expenses

    Daylight saving time and early school start times cost billions in lost productivity and health care expenses

    Investigations into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster revealed that key decision-makers worked on little sleep, raising concerns that fatigue impaired their judgment. Similarly, in 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil spill resulted in a…

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  • Stretching spider silk makes it stronger

    Stretching spider silk makes it stronger

    When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action doesn’t just help the spider release the silk, it’s also a crucial step in strengthening the silk fibers for a more durable…

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