Dr Yousuke Kaifu was working at an archaeological site on the Japanese islands of Okinawa when a question started to bubble in his mind. The pieces unearthed in the excavation, laid out before him, revealed evidence of humans living there 30,000…
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Earth’s Shortest Day in History Could Be Just Weeks Away
Scientists are raising alarm bells as Earth’s rotation speeds up unexpectedly, leading to what may soon be the shortest day in recorded history. According to Graham Jones, an astrophysicist at the University of London, Earth’s rotation could…
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Scientists Recreate the 30,000-Year-Old “Great Crossing” From Taiwan to Japan
In the forests of eastern Taiwan, a team of scientists set out to answer a question that has puzzled archaeologists for decades. Without access to modern tools or navigational aids, how did Paleolithic humans reach the remote islands of southern…
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In 2032, Earth May Witness A Once-In-5,000-Year Event On The Moon
An asteroid discovered last year and briefly thought to be a threat to Earth has a one-in-23 chance of hitting the Moon, according to NASA estimates based on JWST data. A new paper outlines how this could be a spectacular one-in-5,000-year event,…
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Astronomers spot rare interstellar comet speeding through solar system
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks also known as the “devil comet” is zooming toward its closest approach to the Sun, known as perihelion. Astronomers are tracking the comet in the night sky and its colorful reactions.
RIO HURTADO, Chile – Astronomers…
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Russia launches Progress 92 cargo ship toward the ISS
A Russian cargo spacecraft launched toward the International Space Station (ISS) this afternoon (July 3), hauling several tons of cargo to the orbiting lab.
A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Russia-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today at…
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Mounting case against notion that boys are born better at math — Harvard Gazette
Twenty years ago, cognitive psychologist Elizabeth Spelke took a strong position in an ongoing public debate.
“There are no differences in overall intrinsic aptitude for science and mathematics among women and men,” the researcher…
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Sea Spiders Lack a Key Body Part and a Missing Gene Could Explain Why – The New York Times
- Sea Spiders Lack a Key Body Part and a Missing Gene Could Explain Why The New York Times
- Meet the ‘weird’ sea spider that’s mapping the evolution of eight-legged creatures Phys.org
- First-ever chromosome-level genome assembly of a sea spider Tech…
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New ‘Mind-Reading’ AI Predicts What Humans Will Do Next, And It’s Shockingly Accurate
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In a nutshell
- Scientists created an AI called Centaur that can predict human behavior across any psychological experiment with unprecedented accuracy
- The AI outperformed decades-old specialized…
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This Dinosaur Was the Speed Demon of the Jurassic Era—And It Was the Size of a Dog!
A newly discovered dinosaur species, Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, is turning heads in the world of paleontology. This dog-sized herbivore, roughly the size of a Labrador, adds a surprising chapter to our understanding of Jurassic-era…
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