Fossils unearthed in Morocco from a little-understood period of human evolution may help scientists resolve a long-standing mystery: Who came before us?
Three jawbones, including one from…
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‘Oxidative efficiency’ and 5 other crucial things all runners should know about carbs and marathon fuelling
If you want to have a terrible marathon experience, don’t fuel for it – and hit the wall the hard way. If you want to have a fantastic marathon experience, do consume plenty of carbohydrate before and during it – because that way, your body…
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January belongs to Jupiter: See the king of planets in the night sky this month
Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, currently shines as a brilliant silvery “star” in Gemini the Twins, low in the east-northeast sky as dusk slowly fades. It forms an eye-catching scalene triangle configuration with the “Twin…
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New study examines a gravitational wave mystery | CU Boulder Today
Image collected by the Hubble Space Telescope of an object called NGC 2623, which is made up of two galaxies in the final stages of merging together. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA)
Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder may have solved a…
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Fossils found in Moroccan cave may be a close Homo sapiens ancestor – Reuters
- Fossils found in Moroccan cave may be a close Homo sapiens ancestor Reuters
- Early hominins from Morocco basal to the Homo sapiens lineage Nature
- Moroccan Cave Fossils Yield a Possible Missing Link in Human Evolution The New York Times
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A fresh energy supply may shield nerves from diabetic or chemo-induced neuropathy
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Researchers demonstrate that transferring healthy mitochondria from support glial cells to nerve cells could reduce nerve pain and degeneration.
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Surface optimization governs the local design of physical networks
Shapson-Coe, A. et al. A petavoxel fragment of human cerebral cortex reconstructed at nanoscale resolution. Science 384, eadk4858 (2024).
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Octopus-inspired ‘synthetic skin’ changes colour and texture on demand
The new materials are inspired by the colour-changing, shape-shifting properties of octopus skin. Credit: Ethan Daniels/Alamy
Researchers have created the first materials that can change not just their colour, but also their surface texture on…
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Systematic analyses of lipid mobilization by human lipid transfer proteins
Lipid transfer proteins (LTPs) maintain the specialized lipid compositions of organellar membranes1,2. In humans, many LTPs are implicated in diseases3, but for the majority, the cargo and auxiliary lipids facilitating transfer remain unknown. We…
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A mysterious ancient fingerprint and a lemon-shaped planet — the stories you’ve missed
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