Algae is a ubiquitous feature in waterways throughout the globe, including western North America. Slippery, green epilithic algae is a familiar sight on river rocks. Toxic blue-green algae – cyanobacteria – is a visually interesting,…
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Coelacanth fish had undiscovered relatives 200-million years ago
In museum collections across southwest England, scientists have uncovered coelacanths, ancient lobe-finned fishes that swam with early dinosaurs about 200 million years ago.
For decades, many of these bones sat in drawers labeled as small marine…
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Technology in 2050 – experts give their predictions
Laura CressTechnology reporter
CBS Photo ArchiveThe 2000 film Minority Report, set in 2054, imagined potential future technologies like controlling computers by making hand gestures The last 25 years has seen some mind-bending technological…
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Incredible discovery that may have settled the ‘life on Mars’ debate
A recent analysis of the Sapphire Canyon mudstone core, drilled by NASA’s Perseverance rover in July 2024, adds new and convincing evidence to the ongoing search for life on Mars.
The study describes minerals and textures that, on Earth, are…
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A new analysis reveals clues about when primates started walking on two feet : NPR
A big difference between humans and other apes is the ability to stride easily on two feet. A new analysis of fossil bones shows that adaptations for bipedal walking go back 7 million years.
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The year’s first meteor shower and supermoon to overlap in the sky
NEW YORK (AP) — The year’s first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the light from one may dim the other.
The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks Friday night into Saturday morning, according to the…
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Researchers Sequence Genome of 200,000-Year-Old Denisovan
A research team led by Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology scientists has generated the high-quality genome assembly of a Denisovan using DNA from an ancient molar found at Denisova Cave. It belonged to a man who lived roughly…
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Pakistan’s space agency says country will witness first supermoon of 2026 on Saturday
ISLAMABAD: Around 13 Pakistani state-owned and private companies will attend the Future Minerals Forum (FMF) in Saudi Arabia from Jan. 13 to 15, an official statement said on Friday, as the country seeks to ramp up…Continue Reading
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Fresh bone analysis makes case for earliest ‘ancestor of humankind’, but doubts remain | Palaeontology
In the murky first chapters of the human story is an unknown ancestor that made the profound transition from walking on all fours to standing up tall, an act that came to define us.
The odds of stumbling on the fossilised evidence of such an…
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