A groundbreaking study published in the journal Science has revealed that women played the dominant role at Çatalhöyük.
Çatalhöyük is an ancient proto-city from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods, located on the edge of the Konya Plain…
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Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land safely | MIT News
Diffusion models like OpenAI’s DALL-E are becoming increasingly useful in helping brainstorm new designs. Humans can prompt these systems to generate an image, create a video, or refine a blueprint, and come back with…
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Canada’s Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt Harbors Fragments of Earth’s Oldest Crust, Study Shows
Geologists have discovered compelling evidence for preservation of Hadean rocks — dating back to 4.16 billion years old — in a complex geological sequence called the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt, opening a rare window into Earth’s…
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Genetics reveal the origin story of East Asia’s favorite sweet bean
Tucked inside mochi, swirled into moon cakes or layered beneath custard in taiyaki, a sweet paste made from red beans is a beloved staple in East Asia. Despite its popularity, the origins of the bean (also known as adzuki) have long…
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Your Mind is Part of the Ecosystem–Nautilus
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There is a really deep reason why, when you examine things from an unusual (to…
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Cambrian Explosion Occurred Millions of Years Earlier than Previously Thought: Study
Paleontologists have analyzed the body profiles of Ediacaran-Cambrian organisms by using trace fossils as proxies for body fossils.
A reconstruction of early Cambrian ocean life in South China. Image credit: Dongjing Fu.
The so-called Cambrian…
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A New Blood Test May Detect Leukemia Risk and Replace Bone Marrow Sampling – Life Sciences | Weizmann Wonder Wander
What if a blood test could reveal the pace of our aging – and the diseases that may lie ahead? The labs of Profs. Liran Shlush and Amos Tanay at the Weizmann Institute of Science have been conducting in-depth studies into the biology of blood…
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Robotics Alum Earns PAMI Young Researcher Honorable Mention
06/26/2025 Adam Kohlhaas
Ishan Misra, who earned a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute in 2018, received a 2025 Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI) Young…
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TWA 7 b: James Webb Space Telescope Finds Its First New Exoplanet
The James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021 and on active duty since 2022, has gotten its legs viewing already known exoplanets but can now take credit for its first direct image of a previously unknown one.
Exoplanets have been detected…
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RoboCupRescue: an interview with Adam Jacoff
The RoboCupRescue arena at RoboCup2024, Eindhoven.
RoboCup is an international scientific initiative with the goal of advancing the state of the science of intelligent robots, AI and automation….
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