Kissing occurs in most living large apes, and likely also occurred in Neanderthals, first evolving in the ancestor to this group 21.5-16.9 million years ago, according to new research led by University of Oxford scientists.
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Black Cumin Has Anti-Obesity Benefits, New Study Shows
Black cumin seeds have traditionally been valued for their medicinal properties. In a new study, researchers explored its potential in addressing obesity-related conditions.
Ahmed et al. suggest that black cumin seed (Nigella sativa) may serve…
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Auction of famed CIA cipher shaken after archive reveals code
It is one of the world’s most famous unsolved codes whose answer could sell for a fortune—but two US friends say they have already found the secret hidden by “Kryptos.”
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Amazon scorpion venom shows stunning power against breast cancer
The venom of an Amazonian scorpion species may contain a compound capable of helping treat breast cancer, a disease that remains one of the top causes of death among women.
Researchers at the University of São Paulo’s Ribeirão Preto School of…
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Saturday Citations: Humans have sensitive hands; solar system travels 3 times faster than predicted
It’s the third of a generous five Saturdays in the month of November. What did we do to deserve such a bounty of days off? In the last week, we reported on hundreds of developments in science. Here is a more or less arbitrary sampling of them:…
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Saturday Citations: Black hole flare unprecedented; the strength of memories; bugs on the menu
This week, researchers reported finding a spider megacity in a sulfur cave on the Albania-Greece border, and experts say that you, personally, have to go live there. Economists are growing nervous about the collapse of the trillion-dollar AI…
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Zuckerberg, Chan shift bulk of philanthropy to science, focusing on AI and biology to curb disease
For the past decade, Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband Mark Zuckerberg have focused part of their philanthropy on a lofty goal—”to cure, prevent or manage all disease”—if not in their lifetime, then in their children’s. But during that time,…
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Ancient Greeks and Romans knew harming the environment could change the climate
Humans have known about, thought about and worried about climate change for millennia.
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Cyclists may be right to run stop signs and red lights. Here's why
Interactions between different users on roads are often a source of frustration, the most prominent being those between motorists and cyclists.
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Advanced Geothermal Comes Online in Germany
This article was originally published by Canary Media.
Eavor, an advanced-geothermal startup, says it has significantly reduced drilling times and improved technologies at its nearly online project in Germany—milestones that should help it drive…
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