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03/10/2022

Ancient Homo sapiens took a talent for cultural creativity from Africa to Asia

Mar 10 2022 6:00 AM

Excavations at two sites continents apart show that Stone Age hominids got culturally inventive starting nearly 100,000 years ago.

The mysterious Hiawatha crater in Greenland is 58 million years old

Mar 09 2022 2:00 PM

An impact crater spotted in 2015 in Greenland is far too old to be connected to the Younger Dryas cold snap from 13,000 years ago, a study suggests.

Genetically modified mosquitoes could be tested in California soon

Mar 09 2022 1:29 PM

The EPA also OK'd more trials in Key West, Fla. Both states now get their say in whether to release free-flying Aedes aegypti to sabotage their own kind.

An extinct rat shows CRISPR's limits for resurrecting species

Mar 09 2022 11:10 AM

Scientists recovered most of the Christmas Island rat's genome. But the missing genes signal a problem for using gene editing to de-extinct species.

Mirror beetles' shiny bodies may not act as camouflage after all

Mar 09 2022 7:00 AM

Hundreds of handmade clay nubbins test the notion that a beetle's metallic high gloss could confound predators. Birds pecked the lovely idea to death.

Culturally prized mountain goats may be vanishing from Indigenous land in Canada

Mar 08 2022 2:17 PM

As fewer mountain goats are spotted along British Columbia's central coast, First Nations people team up with biologists to assess the population.

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Scientists are arguing over the identity of a fossilized 10-armed creature

Mar 08 2022 11:42 AM

An ancient cephalopod fossil may be the oldest ancestor of octopuses, but the interpretation hinges on the identification of one feature.

A new image captures enormous gas rings encircling an aging red star

Mar 08 2022 7:00 AM

The rings, seen for the first time, provide insight into how giant stars lose mass and seed the cosmos with elements.

Russia's war in Ukraine raises nuclear risks, physicists warn

Mar 07 2022 3:24 PM

Experts flag the potential for accidents at seized nuclear sites as well as the increased dangers of accidental nuclear warfare.

Some deep-sea octopuses aren't the long-haul moms scientists thought they were

Mar 07 2022 9:00 AM

Off California's coast, some octopuses lay eggs in the warmer water of geothermal springs in the "Octopus Garden," speeding up their development.

This newfound tarantula is the first known to make its home in bamboo

Mar 07 2022 7:00 AM

Bamboo stems provide the spider with ready-made burrows and nests, but the arachnid must rely on other animals or natural forces to gain entry.

Some E. coli set off viral grenades inside nearby bacteria

Mar 04 2022 9:00 AM

A bacterial toxin called colibactin awakens dormant viruses embedded in bacterial DNA, but its ecological role is still unknown.

Astronomers may not have found a sign of the universe's first stars after all

Mar 04 2022 7:00 AM

A new study of radio waves from early in the universe's history finds no hint of the "cosmic dawn" claimed by an earlier study.

How Russia's war in Ukraine hinders space research and exploration

Mar 03 2022 2:53 PM

A Mars rover, an X-ray telescope and several low-Earth satellites are at risk in response to international sanctions on Russia.

A hit of dopamine sends mice into dreamland

Mar 03 2022 2:00 PM

New results are some of the first to show a trigger for the mysterious shifts between REM and non-REM sleep in mice.

How to interpret the CDC's new mask guidelines

Mar 03 2022 6:00 AM

Based on the CDC's new metrics, most people no longer need to wear masks in most situations, but that could change.

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