Archaeologists have found traces of a climate disaster 1500-years-ago that might have inspired the legend of Ragnarök from Norse mythology.
Ragnarök is a series of events and natural disasters that culminates in the submersion of Midgard and the…
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Navigation research often excludes the environment. That’s starting to change
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P.F. Velasco and H.J. Spiers. Wayfinding across ocean and tundra: what traditional cultures teach us about navigation. Trends in Cognitive Science. Vol. 28, January 2024, p. 56. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.09.004.
P.F. Velasco and…
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DNA from old hair helps confirm the macabre diet of two 19th century lions
A pair of male lions that roamed Kenya more than a century ago gained notoriety as the “man-eaters of Tsavo.” To be sure, the big cats hunted and ate people building a local railway. But a novel DNA analysis of hairs stuck in the…
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A viral gene drive could offer a new approach to fighting herpes
A new gene drive can copy and paste itself into the genomes of herpes simplex viruses in mice. The end goal is a version that disables the virus in humans.
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Uncrackable: Scorpions and Sponges Inspire Sustainable Design – Chemistry | Weizmann Wonder Wander
Humans are by no means alone in the search for more sustainable materials. Nature, too, has been “working” on the problem of sustainability, and it’s been at it for a great deal longer. In a new study, researchers at the Weizmann Institute…
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In double breakthrough, mathematician solves two long-standing problems
A Rutgers University-New Brunswick professor who has devoted his career to resolving the mysteries of higher mathematics has solved two separate, fundamental problems that have perplexed mathematicians for decades.
The solutions to these…
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Consuming More Caffeine Improves Vascular Health, New Study Suggests
In a study led by the Sapienza University of Rome, caffeine intake was positively correlated with the percentage of circulating endothelial progenitor cells in lupus patients.
Orefice et al. studied the role of caffeine intake on endothelial…
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Why people think they’re right, even when they are wrong
If you smugly believe you’re right in a disagreement with a friend or colleague, a new study suggests why you may actually be wrong.
Researchers found that people naturally assume they have all the information they need to make a decision or…
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The largest arthropod to ever live finally has a head
Two newly discovered fossils are helping scientists wrap their heads around the anatomy of the largest arthropod of all time — a millipede that grew longer than a king-sized bed and lived between 346 million and 290 million years…
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