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02/02/2023

Vikings brought animals to England as early as the year 873

Feb 01 2023 5:12 PM

A chemical analysis of cremated remains offers physical evidence of the arrival of Norse animals to England in the ninth century.

Chemical residue reveals ancient Egyptians' mummy-making mixtures

Feb 01 2023 11:00 AM

Chemical clues in embalming vessels reveal previously unknown ingredients used to prepare bodies for mummification and their far-flung origins.

76 percent of well-known insects fall outside protected areas

Feb 01 2023 11:00 AM

Protected areas can provide safe havens for insects, but many existing ones fall short, a new study finds.

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Here are 7 new science museums and exhibitions to visit in 2023

Jan 31 2023 9:00 AM

The Grand Egyptian Museum is slated to open, as well as new exhibitions dedicated to space travel, the Galápagos Islands and more.

The deadly VEXAS syndrome is more common than doctors thought

Jan 31 2023 7:00 AM

The recently discovered inflammatory disease, VEXAS syndrome, typically occurs in men over 50, affecting nearly 1 in 4,000 in the United States.

Muon scanning hints at mysteries within an ancient Chinese wall

Jan 30 2023 10:00 AM

Density fluctuations within the ancient rampart encircling the city of Xi'an could be defects or yet-to-be-discovered archaeological finds.

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A new metric of extinction risk considers how cultures care for species

Jan 30 2023 8:00 AM

Conservation efforts should consider relationships between cultural groups and the species important to them, researchers argue.

Prairie voles can find partners just fine without the 'love hormone' oxytocin

Jan 27 2023 11:00 AM

Researchers knocked out prairie voles' oxytocin detection system. They weren't expecting what happened next.

Mysterious marks on Ice Age cave art may have been a form of record keeping

Jan 27 2023 9:00 AM

Hunter-gatherers during the Ice Age may have recorded when prey mated and gave birth, suggesting that these people possessed complex cognitive skills

It's possible to reach net-zero carbon emissions. Here's how

Jan 27 2023 7:00 AM

Cutting carbon dioxide emissions to curb climate change and reach net zero is possible but not easy.

Birds that dive may be at greater risk of extinction

Jan 26 2023 8:00 AM

For birds, a diving lifestyle seems irreversible, evolutionarily speaking. The inflexibility possibly increases diving birds' chances of going extinct.

Fossils suggest early primates lived in a once-swampy Arctic

Jan 25 2023 2:00 PM

Teeth and jawbones found on Ellesmere Island, Canada, suggest that two early primate species migrated there 52 million years ago.

These shape-shifting devices melt and re-form thanks to magnetic fields

Jan 25 2023 11:55 AM

Miniature machines made of gallium embedded with magnetic particles can switch between solid and liquid states.

Procrastination may harm your health. Here's what you can do

Jan 25 2023 8:00 AM

Scientists have tied procrastination to mental and physical health problems. But don't panic if you haven't started your New Year's resolutions yet.

Lots of Tatooine-like planets around binary stars may be habitable

Jan 24 2023 10:00 AM

A new simulation suggests that planets orbiting a pair of stars may be plentiful, and many of those worlds could be suitable for life.

A bird with a T. rex head may help reveal how dinosaurs became birds

Jan 24 2023 8:00 AM

The 120-million-year-old Cratonavis zhui, newly discovered in China, had a head like a theropod and body like a modern bird.

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