- Tiny bump on 7 million-year-old fossil suggests ancient ape walked upright — and might even be a human ancestor Live Science
- A new analysis reveals clues about when primates started walking on two feet NPR
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Tiny bump on 7 million-year-old fossil suggests ancient ape walked upright — and might even be a human ancestor – Live Science
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Now we’re giving the moon a methane problem
A new study warns that the surge in lunar exploration could rapidly contaminate the Moon’s most scientifically precious sites, potentially obscuring clues about the origins of life on Earth.
Simulations show…
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An integrated geomechanical–drill string trajectory optimization method for initial wellbore design
Zheng, J., Lu, C. & Gao, L. Multi-objective cellular particle swarm optimization for wellbore trajectory design. Appl. Soft Comput. 77, 106–117 (2019).
Wang, W. et al. Interval Estimation of…
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What If We’re All Martians? The Intriguing Idea That Life on Earth Began on the Red Planet
How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don’t yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that led to biology or when the first primitive life forms appeared.
But what if Earth’s life did not originate here,…
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Aurora chaser catches a fox basking in the glow of Finland’s legendary ‘fox fires’ (photos)
In Finnish folklore, the northern lights are created when a mythical fox races across the Arctic tundra, its tail sweeping snow into the sky and setting it ablaze. Those glowing sparks, the story goes, become auroras — a legend reflected in…
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This shapeshifting polymer was inspired by octopus skin – Nature
- This shapeshifting polymer was inspired by octopus skin Nature
- New material changes color and texture like an octopus Stanford Report
- Polymer film changes texture and color on demand Chemical & Engineering News
- Soft photonic skins with dynamic…
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Q&A: Growing novel ultra-pure materials for tomorrow’s electronics
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Pairing elements such as sulfur, selenium or tellurium with metals produces compounds whose atomic interactions give them unusual and useful electrical, optical and magnetic behavior. These materials, called…
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Earth’s growing heat imbalance driven more by clouds than air pollution, study finds
By Diana Udel, University of Miami News
Earth is taking in more energy than it releases back to space — a growing “energy imbalance” that is fueling global warming. A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami…
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Wearable Device Can Control Machines While in Motion
SAN DIEGO—Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a next-generation wearable device that enables people to control robots and other machines using everyday gestures. It combines stretchable electronics with artificial…
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