A hot spot is starting to form along the coast of East Antarctica.
An ice shelf that broke apart seemingly unprovoked a couple of years ago had been steadily weakening for 30 years, largely unnoticed by scientists, researchers report…
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Neandertals may have built a hearth specifically to make tar
Neandertals really knew their way around a fire. In a sea cave sheltered from the blustery winds of Gibraltar, our ancient cousins created a hearth capable of making tar from nearby plants, a new study suggests.
Previous research has…
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Why Controlled Burns Sometimes Mutate into Runaway Wildfires
In April 2022, forestry workers started a small number of fires in the Santa Fe National Forest near a remote mountain called Hermit’s Peak. The plan, part of a nationwide program of controlled burns, was to thin out the dense pine woodlands to…
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Study: Central Europe’s First Farmers Lived in Equality 8,000 Years Ago
The Linear Pottery Culture (Linearbandkeramik, LBK) communities, which were the first to spread farming across large parts of Europe, showed no signs of population stratification, according to new research led by University of Vienna and…
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Drinking Plenty of Water Can Provide Number of Health Benefits, New Review Says
Drinking enough water can help with weight loss and prevent kidney stones, as well as migraines, urinary tract infections and low blood pressure, according to a new systematic review of 18 randomized clinical trials.
In the systematic review…
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Footprints offer a rare look at ancient human relatives crossing paths
Two ancient hominid species with slightly different gaits crossed paths in East Africa.
Footprints preserved on what was once a muddy lakeshore indicate that the two species, each built to walk in its own way, hung out there around…
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World’s Oldest Lizard Wins Fossil Fight
BYLINE: Laura Thomas
Newswise — A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed.
The tiny skeleton, unearthed…
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Two-way water transfers can ensure reliability, save money for urban and agricultural users during drought in Western U.S.
A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers a solution to water scarcity during droughts amid the tug of economic development, population growth and climate uncertainty for water users in Western U.S….
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Researchers highlight Nobel-winning AI breakthroughs and call for interdisciplinary innovation
In 2024, the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their foundational work in artificial intelligence (AI), and the Nobel Prize in chemistry went to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper for using AI…
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