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DNA analysis spanning 9 generations of people reveals marriage practices of mysterious warrior culture - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 24 April 24 - Researchers reconstructed the relationships among nearly 300 Avars, people from a 1,500-year-old mysterious warrior culture in the Carpathian Basin.5 minutes ago
Traces of hallucinogenic plants and chile peppers found at Maya ball court suggest rituals took place there -- Jennifer Nalewicki -- An environmental DNA analysis of soil collected at an ancient Maya ball court reveals that the site was once part of a ritual.11 hours ago
PTSD tied to 95 'risk hotspots' in the genome -- Jennifer Zieba -- In a group effort, scientists from all over the world came together to create a detailed map of the genetic causes behind PTSD.13 hours ago
New UTI vaccine wards off infection for years, early studies suggest -- Sahana Sitaraman -- More than 50% of the patients who used a new mouth-spray-based vaccine didn't have a UTI for up to nine years.13 hours ago
Blood test powered by AI could catch osteoarthritis 8 years earlier than X-ray, early data show -- Emily Cooke -- A new blood test could determine whether someone will develop knee osteoarthritis up to eight years before structural damage is picked up by an X-ray.15 hours ago
1,430 ancient Roman graves scattered with funerary festival leftovers unearthed in southern France -- Sascha Pare -- Archaeologists in southern France have excavated an ancient Roman cemetery containing 1,430 graves and traces of a funerary festival, during which families feasted by the graves of relatives.16 hours ago
Tweak to Schr dinger's cat equation could unite Einstein's relativity and quantum mechanics, study hints -- Physicists have proposed modifications to the infamous Schr dinger's cat paradox that could help explain why quantum particles can exist in more than one state simultaneously, while large objects (like the universe) seemingly cannot.16 hours ago
Lasers reveal prehistoric Irish monuments that may have been 'pathways for the dead' -- Archaeologists used lidar to detect a cluster of rare Neolithic monuments hidden in farmland in Ireland.10 hours ago
Plato's burial place finally revealed after AI deciphers ancient scroll carbonized in Mount Vesuvius eruption -- Researchers used AI to decipher an ancient papyrus that includes details about where Greek philosopher is buried.16 hours ago
'We were in disbelief': Antarctica is behaving in a way we've never seen before. Can it recover? -- Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ever come back.3 days ago
Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos -- Every spring, creepy black 'spiders' sprout up on Mars as buried carbon dioxide ice releases dusty geysers of gas. New ESA images show the phenomenon has begun in the strange Inca City formation.1 day ago
China green-lights mass production of autonomous flying taxis - with commercial flights set for 2025 -- The EHang EH216-S autonomous flying taxi is the first eVTOL ready for mass production and could lead the way for flying cars around the world.1 day ago
'We have combined two marvels of modern medicine': Woman gets pig kidney and heart pump in groundbreaking procedures -- In a medical first, doctors transplanted a gene-edited pig kidney into a human patient after giving her a new heart pump.1 day ago
Hidden 'biosphere' of extreme microbes discovered 13 feet below Atacama Desert is deepest found there to date - By - Sascha Pare - published - 24 April 24 - Researchers have found microbes thriving 13 feet beneath the scorched surface of Chile's Atacama Desert, marking the deepest discovery of microbial life in the region to date.11 hours ago
Enormous explosion in 'Cigar Galaxy' reveals rare type of star never seen beyond the Milky Way - By - Sharmila Kuthunur - published - 24 April 24 - An incredibly brief, ultrabright explosion has led astronomers to a newfound magnetic star outside the Milky Way, which could be the first of many extragalactic magnetars, according to new research.13 hours ago
Giant prehistoric salmon had tusk-like teeth, just like a warthog's - By - Caroline Tien - published - 24 April 24 - The largest salmon species ever discovered, Oncorhynchus rastrosus may have used its distinctive, tusk-like teeth to compete with rivals, defend against predators and dig nests.13 hours ago
Ancient, 30-foot relative of great white shark unearthed in Mexico quarry - By - Melissa Hobson - published - 23 April 24 - "Exceptionally preserved" fossils of an ancient shark that lived alongside the dinosaurs has finally revealed what the predator looked like - and why it may have gone extinct.1 day ago
Glow-in-the-dark creatures appeared in Earth's oceans 540 million years ago - By - Nicola Williams - published - 23 April 24 - Bioluminescence traces back to the Cambrian era - 540 million years ago - and could have been used for communication, courtship and camouflage among the earliest ocean creatures.1 day ago
Why do people feel like they're being watched, even when no one is there? By - Angely Mercado - published - 18 April 24 - The causes range from innocuous media exposure to severe mental illness.7 days ago
Why did the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima leave shadows of people etched on sidewalks? By - Stacy Kish - last updated - 27 March 24 - The nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of WWII left shadows of people on the ground and buildings. Here's why.28 days ago
Why do babies rub their eyes when they're tired? By - Ashley Hamer - published - 18 March 24 - Babies usually rub their eyes when they're tired, but why?1 month ago
Scientists are one step closer to knowing the mass of ghostly neutrinos - possibly paving the way to new physics - By - Ben Turner - published - 19 April 24 - By precisely measuring the mass of neutrinos - ghostly particles that stream through your body by the billions each second - physicists could find some glaring holes in the Standard Model of particle physics. A new experiment has taken them one step closer.5 days ago
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The universe may be dominated by particles that break causality and move faster than light, new paper suggests - By - Paul Sutter - published - 17 April 24 - With the nature of the universe's two most elusive components up for debate, physicists have proposed a radical idea: Invisible particles called tachyons, which break causality and move faster than light, may dominate the cosmos.7 days ago
Largest 3D map of our universe could 'turn cosmology upside down' By - Sharmila Kuthunur - published - 12 April 24 - Scientists using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument have unveiled the largest 3D map of the universe ever. The results suggest that dark energy, the mysterious force pulling the universe apart, may be weakening, challenging prevailing theories of cosmology.12 days ago
Inside the 20-year quest to unravel the bizarre realm of 'quantum superchemistry' By - Sam Lemonick - published - 29 March 24 - More than two decades ago, scientists predicted that at ultra-low temperatures, many atoms could undergo 'quantum superchemistry' and chemically react as one. They've finally shown it's real.21 days ago
Bismuth is so strongly repelled from magnets, it levitates. How? By - Victoria Atkinson - published - 23 March 24 - The element bismuth can "float" between magnets due to magnetic levitation. What's the science behind this phenomenon?1 month ago
Claude 3 Opus has stunned AI researchers with its intellect and 'self-awareness' - does this mean it can think for itself? By - Roland Moore-Coyler - published - 24 April 24 - Anthropic's AI tool has beaten GPT-4 in key metrics and has a few surprises up its sleeve - including pontificating about its existence and realizing when it was being tested.23 hours ago
Scientists create 'toxic AI' that is rewarded for thinking up the worst possible questions we could imagine - By - Drew Turney - published - 23 April 24 - Researchers at MIT are using AI to train AI not to give toxic responses, using a new method that replicates human curiosity.2 days ago