What constitutes a language has been of interest to diverse disciplines — from philosophy and linguistics to psychology, anthropology, and sociology. An empirical approach is to test whether the system in question recruits the brain system…
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Wind Turbine Blades May Be among Most Surprising Technofossils for Future Paleontologists
University of Leicester paleontologists Sarah Gabbott and Jan Zalasiewicz have published a new book on how all the different kinds of so-called technofossils — such as plastic bottles, patios, mobile phones, old socks, ballpoint pens and a…
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Two astronauts stuck in space for 9 months have returned to Earth
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s extended stay in the International Space Station will add to what we know about how space affects health.
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Whose air quality are we monitoring?
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality monitors are disproportionally located in predominately white neighborhoods, according to University of Utah research. The EPA’s network consistently failed to capture air quality in…
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Blood pressure patterns during pregnancy predict later hypertension risk, study finds
Women with blood pressure levels in a range considered clinically normal during pregnancy but no mid-pregnancy drop in blood pressure face an increased risk of developing hypertension in the five years after giving birth. These women — about 12%…
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‘Democratizing chemical analysis’:Chemists use machine learning and robotics to identify chemical compositions from images
Florida State University chemists have created a machine learning tool that can identify the chemical composition of dried salt solutions from an image with 99% accuracy.
By using robotics to prepare thousands of samples and artificial…
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Modern Humans Descended from Two Ancestral Populations, New Study Suggests
For the last two decades, the prevailing view in human evolutionary genetics has been that Homo sapiens first appeared in Africa around 200,000 to 300,000 years ago, and descended from a single lineage. However, according to new research from…
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“Structurally sound” historic vessels discovered beneath fishpond
Two preserved wooden vessels have been discovered in Thuận Thành, a town in the Vietnamese province of Bắc Ninh.
According to a press statement issued by the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of Bac Ninh Province, local residents…
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Neanderthals Faced a Catastrophic Population Crash 110,000 Years Ago
An analysis of the semicircular canals in Neanderthal ears reveals evidence of a ‘bottleneck’ event, leading to a reduction in physical and genetic diversity. A new study conducted by an international team of researchers, including faculty from…
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Overcoming multiplex challenges in molecular research assays
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