Rockshelter Discoveries Show Neandertals Were a Lot like Us

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February 09, 2022

Evolution Rockshelter Discoveries Show Neandertals Were a Lot like Us Our much maligned cousins made sophisticated ornaments and probably had language By David W. Frayer,Davorka Radovcic

Defense Cyberattack Misinformation Could Be Plan for Ukraine Invasion A falsified video would be an update on the traditional use of propaganda campaigns during warfare By Sophie Bushwick

Climate Change We Desperately Need to Modernize Climate Change Emissions Tracking Blockchain and other technologies could help improve data collection worldwide By Angel Hsu,Marco Schletz

Black Holes Major African Radio Telescope Will Help to Image Black Holes The $25‐million facility in Namibia will be the continent's first millimeter‐range astronomical observatory By Sarah Wild,Nature

Climate Change How Climate Change Will Hit Younger Generations A new analysis shows that people born later will experience vastly more severe weather events By Andrea Thompson

Quantum Physics 100 Years Ago, a Quantum Experiment Explained Why We Don't Fall through Our Chairs The basic concept of quantum spin provides an understanding of a vast range of physical phenomena By Davide Castelvecchi

Animals Surprise Fossil-Munching Sponges Found in Arctic Seafloor Wasteland The colony thrives in a frigid ocean covered by ice year-round By Jack Tamisiea

Quantum Physics The High-Speed Physics of Olympic Sledding, Explained There is more to the bobsled, luge and skeleton events than merely sliding down steep, icy slopes By John Eric Goff,The Conversation US

Epidemiology How Sneezing Hamsters Sparked a COVID Outbreak in Hong Kong Hamsters are only the second species known to have spread SARS-CoV-2 to humans By Smriti Mallapaty,Nature magazine

Quantum Physics Turbulence Equations Discovered after Century-Long Quest The formulas describe the complex behavior of a liquid when it meets a boundary By Rachel Crowell

Climate Change Mountain Glaciers Have Less Ice than Previously Thought Some communities may run out of fresh water faster than expected By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Neandertals Probably Perceived Speech Quite Well Could they speak, too? Did they proposition modern humans in an interspecies creole language? By Jan Osterkamp | March 2021

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