A new method for estimating the biological sex of human remains based on reading protein sequences rather than DNA has been used to study an archeological site in Northern California. The protein-based technique gave superior ...
Archaeology
Jul 20, 2020
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The results of a long-term observation campaign to detect the collision of compact objects in the universe has been announced by a global collaboration including The University of Western Australia.
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2020
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The activity of the solid Earth—for example, volcanoes in Java, earthquakes in Japan, etc.—is well understood within the context of the ~50-year-old theory of plate tectonics. This theory posits that Earth's outer shell ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2020
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The human immune system has been getting a bad rap lately. However, the lizard immune system is finally receiving its due credit for enabling lizards to regrow severed tails.
Plants & Animals
Jul 20, 2020
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In Kenya, there are new reports highlighting concerns over harmful pesticides used in food production, and the impact this will have on people's health. Moina Spooner from The Conversation Africa asked Ibrahim Macharia to ...
Ecology
Jul 20, 2020
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When a dynamic crack propagates through material heterogeneities (material differences), elastic waves are emitted to disturb the crack and change the morphology of the fracture surface. When a crack propagates along preferential ...
A recent study just published in Environmental Science & Technology identified the toxicological risks of environmental pollutants to finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis). Manmade chemicals synthesized for human ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2020
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Plato, the Greek philosopher who lived in the 5th century B.C.E., believed that the universe was made of five types of matter: earth, air, fire, water, and cosmos. Each was described with a particular geometry, a platonic ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2020
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What will be the normal way of urban living when the COVID-19 crisis passes? What aspects will remain with us and what will disappear?
Environment
Jul 20, 2020
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In the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, a theory widely shared on social media suggested that a science fiction text, Dean Koontz's 1981 science fiction novel, The Eyes of Darkness, had predicted the coronavirus pandemic ...
Social Sciences
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