A set of 13,000-year-old footprints discovered on Calvert Island is offering rare, direct evidence of human activity along North America’s Pacific coast. Preserved in shoreline sediment, the tracks point to a small group moving together at…
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Long Before Pottery, Children Shaped Clay to Tell Stories
A cache of 142 beads and pendants from five Natufian (15,000 to 11,650 years before the present) sites in Israel reveals that clay was first used not for tools or cooking, but for symbolism and identity, often crafted by children whose…
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UK meningitis outbreak cases rise to 27: official
The number of meningitis cases being probed by UK authorities has risen to 27, health officials said Thursday, following an unprecedented deadly outbreak centered on a university.
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Kratos wins $446 million Space Force contract for missile-tracking ground systems
The agreement is for ground management and integration for the Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking satellite program
The post Kratos wins $446 million Space Force contract for missile-tracking ground systems appeared first on SpaceNews.
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You probably agree with the animals on which bird calls, frog noises and cricket chirps are most attractive – new research
Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with elaborate color patterns – from the iridescent plumage of many hummingbirds to the famously brilliant tail of a…
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Why chronic pain leads to depression for some but not others
Scientists have uncovered a brain mechanism that may explain why chronic pain leads to depression in some people but not others, according to research published in Science. The findings challenge the idea that depression is an inevitable…
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Should compulsive shopping and gaming be considered an addiction? Psychiatrists are considering expanding the definition.
What counts as an addiction — should compulsive shopping or gaming qualify?
Researchers are currently debating whether to classify problematic behaviors as addictions in the next edition of psychiatry’s “bible” of mental health disorders. The…
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How an imbalanced gut microbiome worsens chronic kidney disease
Researchers at UC Davis School of Medicine have uncovered how an imbalanced gut microbiome escalates the production of metabolic byproducts by certain gut bacteria. This imbalance drives a feedback loop that worsens chronic kidney disease (CKD)…
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