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The Gift of Fire Lit The Flame of Knowledge Transfer 400,000 Years Ago, Study Finds
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The Gift of Fire Lit The Flame of Knowledge Transfer 400,000 Years Ago, Study Finds
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The Gift of Fire Lit The Flame of Knowledge Transfer 400,000 Years Ago, Study Finds
Once early humans figured out how to tame a wild flame – to cook food, warm the camp, extend daylight, and keep predators away – some scientists think the skill spread like wildfire.
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The Entire ISS Just Spun Around as New Russian Module Malfunctioned After Docking
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The Entire ISS Just Spun Around as New Russian Module Malfunctioned After Docking
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The Entire ISS Just Spun Around as New Russian Module Malfunctioned After Docking
A new Russian space-station module malfunctioned after it docked on Thursday. The module, called Nauka, starting unexpectedly firing its thrusters — which moved the entire station out of position.
Scott Manley's video about the malfunctioning of the new Russian module "Nauka" on ISS
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Russia's New Space Station Module Causes Alarm On ISS
Nauka, the new module for the ISS has had a troubled journey to the ISS after having problems soon after launch necessitating a delay, burning extra fuel and losing the option for a second docking attempt.
However the real drama came hours after the successful…
However the real drama came hours after the successful…
Fossil discovered in northwestern Canada could rewrite the early history of animal life — but some palaeontologists are not convinced it’s real.
Most major groups of animals — including arthropods, molluscs and worms — first appear in the fossil record during the Cambrian explosion, 541 million years ago. But according to a paper published in Nature1, sponge fossils from northwestern Canada could be 350 million years older, significantly pushing back the date of Earth’s earliest-known animals.
Most major groups of animals — including arthropods, molluscs and worms — first appear in the fossil record during the Cambrian explosion, 541 million years ago. But according to a paper published in Nature1, sponge fossils from northwestern Canada could be 350 million years older, significantly pushing back the date of Earth’s earliest-known animals.
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Experiment Reveals Why Getting More Sleep Isn't Always Beneficial
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Experiment Reveals Why Getting More Sleep Isn't Always Beneficial
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Experiment Reveals Why Getting More Sleep Isn't Always Beneficial
Getting enough sleep is a vital part of staying fit and healthy, which is why scientists are constantly looking at ways of ensuring this happens.
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This Controversial Cave Art Really Was Painted by Neanderthals, Study Confirms
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This Controversial Cave Art Really Was Painted by Neanderthals, Study Confirms
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This Controversial Cave Art Really Was Painted by Neanderthals, Study Confirms
Neanderthals, long perceived to have been unsophisticated and brutish, really did paint stalagmites in a Spanish cave more than 60,000 years ago, according to a study published on Monday.
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The Pentagon Is Experimenting With AI That Can Predict Events 'Days in Advance'
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The Pentagon Is Experimenting With AI That Can Predict Events 'Days in Advance'
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The Pentagon Is Experimenting With AI That Can Predict Events 'Days in Advance'
If you're wondering just how advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems are getting, then know this: the US military is testing an experimental AI network tasked with identifying likely future events worthy of closer attention, and days befor
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Astronomers Find Dancing Cosmic 'Ghosts' Spawned by The Wild Weather of Black Holes
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Astronomers Find Dancing Cosmic 'Ghosts' Spawned by The Wild Weather of Black Holes
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Astronomers Find Dancing Cosmic 'Ghosts' Spawned by The Wild Weather of Black Holes
Clouds of electrons blooming in deep space have been revealed in a whole new level of detail, showing cosmic phenomena unlike anything astronomers have seen before.
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For The First Time, Researchers Just Watched How Plants Slurp Up Water
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For The First Time, Researchers Just Watched How Plants Slurp Up Water
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For The First Time, Researchers Just Watched How Plants Slurp Up Water
Plants thirst for water, just as we animals do, but exactly how they slurp it through their tissues has remained a bit of a mystery as attempting to see it happening impairs the process.
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NASA's Perseverance Just Had a Unique Problem While Digging Up Its First Mars Rock
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NASA's Perseverance Just Had a Unique Problem While Digging Up Its First Mars Rock
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NASA's Perseverance Just Had a Unique Problem While Digging Up Its First Mars Rock
NASA's Perseverance drilled into the surface of Mars but failed in its initial attempt to collect rock samples that would be picked up by future missions for analysis by scientists on Earth.
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Want to Spend a Year on Mars? This Epic New NASA Mission Is The Stuff of Dreams
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Want to Spend a Year on Mars? This Epic New NASA Mission Is The Stuff of Dreams
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Want to Spend a Year on Mars? This Epic New NASA Mission Is The Stuff of Dreams
NASA is recruiting applicants now for a year-long simulation of life on Mars, in which successful candidates will get a fully immersive sense of what it's like to be an astronaut stationed on the red planet for a remote, long-duration mission.
Animals Can Count and Use Zero. How Far Does Their Number Sense Go?
Crows recently demonstrated an understanding of the concept of zero. It’s only the latest evidence of animals’ talents for numerical abstraction — which may still differ from our own grasp of numbers.
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Crows recently demonstrated an understanding of the concept of zero. It’s only the latest evidence of animals’ talents for numerical abstraction — which may still differ from our own grasp of numbers.
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Harvard astronomers calculated that if any transmissions from Earth were heard by an extraterrestrial technological civilization (ETC), it would take about 3000 years to get a reply.
https://www.universetoday.com/152112/well-have-to-wait-about-3000-years-for-a-reply-from-intelligent-civilizations/
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We'll Have to Wait About 3,000 Years for a Reply From Intelligent Civilizations
According to a new study by Harvard Professor Loeb and Amir Siraj, it would around 3000 years to hear a reply from an extraterrestrial civilization.
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Curiosity's Wandered The Same Giant Crater For 9 Years. It May Not Be What We Thought
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Curiosity's Wandered The Same Giant Crater For 9 Years. It May Not Be What We Thought
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Curiosity's Wandered The Same Giant Crater For 9 Years. It May Not Be What We Thought
When exploring alien worlds, it's important to know exactly what you're looking at – and a fresh analysis of rock samples taken from the Gale crater on Mars suggests this ancient grit might not be the lake sediment we thought it was.
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Scientists Discover How to Make Glass So Hard, It Can Even Scratch Diamond
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Scientists Discover How to Make Glass So Hard, It Can Even Scratch Diamond
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Scientists Discover How to Make Glass So Hard, It Can Even Scratch Diamond
Down on an atomic level, glass is a jumbled mess of atoms, which makes it easily prone to distortion and cracking. Now, chemists have discovered how to arrange the atoms within glass in such a way, the resulting material can even rival the strength
Top 10 most popular popscience articles of August.
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Science best articles August 2021, 1 part
TOP 10 most popular articles in August, 1st part Trust in Science Can Ironically Lead to False Beliefs. Luckily, There's a Solution 2. These Shameless Birds Steal Hair From Live Predators Like It's No Big Deal 3. Experiment Reveals Why Getting More Sleep…
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Scientists Just Broke The Record For Calculating Pi, And Infinity Never Felt So Close
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Scientists Just Broke The Record For Calculating Pi, And Infinity Never Felt So Close
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Scientists Just Broke The Record For Calculating Pi, And Infinity Never Felt So Close
Swiss researchers said Monday they had calculated the mathematical constant pi to a new world-record level of exactitude, hitting 62.8 trillion figures using a supercomputer.
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The Incredible Brains of Cuttlefish Hold Memories That Never Seem to Fade
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The Incredible Brains of Cuttlefish Hold Memories That Never Seem to Fade
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The Incredible Brains of Cuttlefish Hold Memories That Never Seem to Fade
Can you remember what you had for dinner last Tuesday? Or on this day last year? It turns out that cuttlefish can, right up to old age – the first animal we've found that doesn't show signs of deterioration in memory function over time.
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The World's Most Famous Violins Were Treated With a Secret Chemical Mix, Study Shows
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The World's Most Famous Violins Were Treated With a Secret Chemical Mix, Study Shows
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The World's Most Famous Violins Were Treated With a Secret Chemical Mix, Study Shows
The antique violins made by Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri in the 17th and 18th centuries are still very much sought after by modern-day musicians. Now, a new study reveals one of the hidden reasons why: the chemical treatments applied to
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Ancient Lava Reveals Earth's Magnetic Field Really Does Have a Cycle of 200M Years
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Ancient Lava Reveals Earth's Magnetic Field Really Does Have a Cycle of 200M Years
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Ancient Lava Reveals Earth's Magnetic Field Really Does Have a Cycle of 200M Years
We know that Earth's magnetic field is always shifting in its direction and its strength. Just how quickly these changes are happening is of great interest, considering this planetary feature keeps us all protected from violent cosmic radiation.