People and institutions are grappling with the consequences of AI-written text. Teachers want to know whether students’ work reflects their own understanding; consumers want to know whether an advertisement was written by a human or a…
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Scientists Announce Results After Scanning 3I/ATLAS for Alien Signals
Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images In July, researchers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey telescope in Chile made an exceedingly rare discovery: a…
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Technology in 2050 – experts give their predictions
Laura CressTechnology reporter
CBS Photo ArchiveThe 2000 film Minority Report, set in 2054, imagined potential future technologies like controlling computers by making hand gestures The last 25 years has seen some mind-bending technological…
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What is the mysterious humming noise in New Mexico that scientists still cannot explain |
Since the early 1990s, residents in and around Taos, New Mexico, have reported hearing a persistent low-frequency sound with no visible or measurable source. The sound is described as external, geographically bounded, and audible to only a…
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When did humanity take its first step? Scientists say they now know. – The Washington Post
- When did humanity take its first step? Scientists say they now know. The Washington Post
- Fresh bone analysis makes case for earliest ‘ancestor of humankind’, but doubts remain The Guardian
- Was our earliest ancestor a knuckle-dragger, or did…
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Pouring The Wrong Things Down Your Sink Can Damage Cities. Here’s How. : ScienceAlert
Ever been about to pour rancid milk down the sink and thought…”Hmm, maybe I shouldn’t…”? What about the tomato passata that’s gone off? Or the water you washed the paint in? Or that pungent oil from a tuna can?
Let’s consider the wisdom…
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Researchers spot Saturn-sized planet in the “Einstein desert”
Most of the exoplanets we’ve discovered have been in relatively tight orbits around their host stars, allowing us to track them as they repeatedly loop around them. But we’ve also…
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Fresh bone analysis makes case for earliest ‘ancestor of humankind’, but doubts remain | Palaeontology
In the murky first chapters of the human story is an unknown ancestor that made the profound transition from walking on all fours to standing up tall, an act that came to define us.
The odds of stumbling on the fossilised evidence of such an…
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An experimental mRNA treatment counters immune cell aging in mice
A new mRNA treatment rejuvenates key immune cells in the body, which could help them fight off infections and cancer, a mouse study suggests.
T cells help train other immune cells to fight off disease. But as the body ages, the activity of these…
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Earliest Human Ancestor May Have Walked on Two Legs
January 2, 2026
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Earliest Human Ancestor May Have Walked on Two Legs
A fossil belonging to an ancient hominin that lived seven million years ago bears the hallmarks of bipedalism, according to a new study
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