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Eugene Parker, Namesake of NASA’s Sun-Touching Spacecraft, Dies at Age 94

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Eugene Parker, the pioneering astrophysicist whose name graces NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission, died Tuesday (March 15) at age 94. Parker’s work focused on understanding the sun. In a key contribution to the field, he proposed that the sun produces a phenomenon called solar wind, a steady stream of charged particles that flows off the sun and across … Read more

This Beautiful Reconstruction of a Stone Age Woman Feels Almost Like Time Travel

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A Stone Age woman who lived 4,000 years ago is leaning on her walking stick and looking ahead as a spirited young boy bursts into a run, in a stunning life-size reconstruction now on display in Sweden.   Although her likeness is new – it debuted last month in an exhibit about ancient people at Västernorrlands Museum … Read more

Namesake of NASA’s sun-touching spacecraft dies at age 94

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Eugene Parker, the pioneering astrophysicist whose name graces NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission, died Tuesday (March 15) at age 94. Parker’s work focused on understanding the sun. In a key contribution to the field, he proposed that the sun produces a phenomenon called solar wind, a steady stream of charged particles that flows off the … Read more

Popular Health Claims, Such as a Woman’s Fertility Dropping at Age 30, Are Wildly Overblown

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Why do fitness device makers claim you need to take 10,000 steps every day? Do you also really need to drink eight glasses of water daily? The scientific basis for popular health claims is often thin. A piece in the New York Times, for example, notes that the idea of 10,000 steps was based more … Read more

Huge Crater Under Greenland Glacier Surprises Scientists With Its True Age

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An enormous impact crater, hiding deep beneath Greenland’s Hiawatha glacier, is probably the result of a kilometer-wide asteroid that crashed into Earth 58 million years ago. That’s much older than scientists presumed – roughly eight million years after the infamous impact that killed off most dinosaurs.   When the Hiawatha crater was first discovered in … Read more

Ice Age Animals Come to Life via Augmented Reality

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Have you ever wanted to eat breakfast sitting across from a dire wolf or watch a saber-toothed cat roar from the comfort of your living room? These ice age animals have been extinct for more than 10,000 years, but scientists are bringing them back to life—virtually. The team developed three-dimensional, animated models of some of … Read more

A 6-metre-long crocodile relative lived in China during the Bronze Age

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A large species of gharial, an animal closely related to crocodiles, roamed China 3000 years ago, but was probably driven extinct by humans Life 9 March 2022 By Michael Marshall Hanyusuchus sinensis fossils and a drawing of the gharial Illustration by Hikaru Amemiya An unknown crocodile-like animal probably lived in China until just a few … Read more

Ageing: Your organs may age at different rates

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The organs in your body aren’t necessarily the same biological age, and tracking their individual ageing trajectories could help predict your risk of developing specific diseases Health 8 March 2022 By Carissa Wong Artistic illustration of the human kidneys Shutterstock / crystal light An analysis of hundreds of biological features strengthens the evidence that some … Read more

Bonobo infants find the arrival of a new sibling stressful

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Cortisol levels in bonobo infants jumped fivefold when they got a younger sibling and stayed high for 7 months, suggesting they found it extremely stressful Life 4 March 2022 By Alice Klein A young bonobo and her mother Sean M. Lee/George Washington University Bonobo infants become highly stressed when they get a younger sibling and … Read more

Augmented reality brings back extinct ice age animals | Science

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