Sarah Al-Ahmed:
We’re exploring where the Sun gives way to the stars, this week on Planetary Radio. I’m Sarah Al-Ahmed of The Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond.
Nearly 50 years after launch, the…
Category: 7. Science
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Voyager and the heliopause: Exploring where…
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Early hominins from Morocco basal to the Homo sapiens lineage
Meyer, M. et al. Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins. Nature 531, 504–507 (2016).
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Risks young chimps take as they swing through the trees underscore role of protective parenting in humans
Adolescents are known for risky behavior, with teenagers in the U.S. more likely than younger children to die from injury. But what’s responsible for this uptick in risk-taking around puberty?
Our new observations of physical risk-taking…
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Moroccan Cave Fossils Yield a Possible Missing Link in Human Evolution – The New York Times
- Moroccan Cave Fossils Yield a Possible Missing Link in Human Evolution The New York Times
- Moroccan Cave Fossils Capture a Crossroads in Modern Human Evolution ScienceAlert
- We have a fossil closer to our split with Neanderthals and Denisovans Ars…
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Most planets in our galaxy are born ‘bloated’, new study suggests
Astronomers may have uncovered how the most common types of planets in our Galaxy grow, a new study has revealed. The discovery confirms astronomers’ theories that these planets start as ‘bloated’ babies but quickly lose much of their thick…
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Synthetic skin based on octopus biology promises uses in robotics
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Scientists have unveiled a synthetic skin inspired by octopus camouflage that is capable of changing colour and texture,…
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Scientists have found a new kind of object in deep space. And it could help solve one of the Universe’s biggest mysteries
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have identified an entirely new kind of object in the Universe.
This strange object is a starless, gas-rich cloud that’s dominated by dark matter, and is thought to be a remnant left over from the…
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Absence Of A Subsurface Ocean On Titan Indicated By Cassini Data – astrobiology.com
- Absence Of A Subsurface Ocean On Titan Indicated By Cassini Data astrobiology.com
- ❄️ Nearly molten ice beneath Titan’s surface Techno-Science.net
- The Ominous Kraken Mare, Titan’s Largest Lake, Is Hiding Something Far Deeper Than Scientists…
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Long-lived Greenland sharks may point to new approaches for retinal disease | Ophthalmology Times
The University of California Irvine issued a press release in which they describe identifying a DNA mechanism that enables Greenland sharks to maintain their vision over centuries.
Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, PhD, who is a UC Irvine associate…
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