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Stonehenge Sound Science Offers Acoustic Addition to Monumental Methodology
New work on the sound science of Stonehenge offers insight into its properties as both an...
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Live Fast, Fly Hard, Sleep Frosty: The Science of Suspended Animation
Hummingbirds live fast and fly hard, but according to new research they also sleep ... frosty?...
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Quantum Entanglement: Simplifying the Science of Spooky Action
The science of spooky action isn't exactly straightforward — here's a particle primer on the impact...
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The Eyes Have It: Tracking the Sense of Touch Connection
New research from NYU suggests a link between the microsaccades of human sight and our sense...
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How Does the Brain Work? Study Suggests Search Engine Similarity
How does the brain work? A recent word memory study suggests search engine similarities.
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Genome Analysis Confirms Ancient Cultural Connection
New genome analysis confirms an ancient cultural connection in human history: Polynesian peoples and Indigenous South...
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Darwin’s Abominable Mystery: The Evolutionary Enigma of Angiosperms
Darwin's abominable mystery focuses on the rapid diversification of multicellular life on earth — how did...
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Naked and Afraid? The Functional Fur Forfeit of Human Evolution
Why did humans lose their fur? Examining the functional fur forfeit of human evolution.
Frontiers
Pics or It Didn’t Happen: The History-Making Snap of Explorer 6
On Au. 14, 1959, Explorer 6 sent back the first satellite image of Earth. It wasn't...
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Saharan Dust Doubles Down for “Godzilla” Draft Delivery
Saharan dust drives monster "Godzilla" draft across the Atlantic Ocean to U.S. shores.
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Human Evolution: Welcome to the Friend Zone
When did humans learn to be friendly? Human evolution offers potential explanations for our cooperative conversion.
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Dental Detectives: Dinosaur Teeth Deliver Details on Diets
Fossilized dinosaur teeth offer dental insight — from eating action to evolutionary adaptation.
Science
The Chicxulub Crater: Of Asteroids and Armageddon
What killed the dinosaurs? Was the Chicxulub crater the smoking gun, or did a combination of...
Pioneers
Particle Physics Pion-eers: Mastering the Meson
Particle physics pion-eers Cecil Powell and Hideki Yukawa predicted — and empirically verified — the pi...