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Science • Apr 12

A matter of taste: Did Neanderthals really like sapiens women?

Going by the headlines, the matter seems to be settled. El País announces that Neanderthal men "chose" sapiens women. Science journal speaks of a "partner...

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Science • Apr 12

Submarine finds unknown structures beneath Antarctica, then lost contact and disappeared

An unmanned submarine mapping West Antarctica's Dotson Ice Shelf reported strange under-ice structures, then went silent ten miles beneath it.

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Science • Apr 12

Our local universe’s expansion rate doesn’t add up, astronomers find

Artist's interpretation of the cosmic distance ladder — a succession of overlapping methods used to measure distances across the Universe, where each rung...

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Science • Apr 12

"They actually perform amputations. Those that injure their legs above the femur have their whole leg lopped off..."

There are certain species of ants that have been observed treating injuries of their nestmates, with some even performing successful amputations…

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Science • Apr 12

Artemis III will practice docking while Musk’s Starship and Bezos’ Blue Moon compete for Artemis IV

Now that the first lunar travelers in more than a half-century are safely back in Houston with their families, NASA has Artemis III in its sights.

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Science • Apr 12

Artemis II Astronaut Christina Koch Shares an Inspiring Message for Earth After Her Historic Flight

Christina Koch reflected on her journey to the moon alongside the Artemis II crew at an event in Houston, Texas. The astronauts splashed down in the Pacific...

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Science • Apr 12

Human ancestors butchered and ate elephants 1.8 million years ago, helping to fuel their large brains

Opinion: A professor of anthropology explores how early hominids ate prehistoric elephants to survive.

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Science • Apr 12

Scientists Discover a Massive Cave That Preserved Traces of Human Life Long After They Disappeared From the Surface

Beneath layers of rock and sand, a vast cave has quietly recorded human activity across millennia. Researchers are only now starting to uncover what it...

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Science • Apr 12

China’s new crystal may help submarines, missiles navigate without GPS

A breakthrough ultraviolet crystal from China could help power next-generation nuclear clocks capable of navigation without GPS signals.

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Science • Apr 12

Scientists Unveil Microscopy Breakthrough That Reveals “Invisible” Molecular States

Scientists have introduced a microscopy technique that reveals a hidden layer of chemistry involving molecules that normally evade detection.

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Science • Apr 12

110,000-year-old discovery rewrites human history: Neanderthals and Homo sapiens worked together

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant not only coexisted but...

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Science • Apr 12

No Way Back: Meet Chrysalis, the 36-Mile Interstellar Ship Engineered to Carry 1,000 People Far Beyond Earth… Forever

No return trip. No resupply. No contact with home. Inside the rotating habitat where generations will live and die between the stars.

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Science • Apr 12

What If Consciousness Exists Beyond Your Brain

What if consciousness isn't something your brain creates, but something far more fundamental?

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Science • Apr 12

Extreme athletes just helped scientists unlock a deep evolutionary secret about human survival

How does the human body manage its energy when pushed to the brink? New research shows that during extreme physical stress, deep evolutionary programming...

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Science • Apr 12

'Human minds shouldn't have to go through' this: Artemis II crew recalls unreal moment when Earth disappeared — Space photo of the week

A stunning Earthset image from Artemis II recalls Apollo 8's Earthrise, marking humanity's return to deep space and the start of a new era of exploration.

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Science • Apr 12

436-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil Rewrites the Story of How Vertebrates Evolved

Two fish fossils found in China have given us more insight into what bony fish looked like before separate lineages diverged. Read now.

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Science • Apr 12

Does the moon look the same from everywhere on Earth?

The moon's orientation changes quite dramatically across time and between places, largely due to differences in perspective.

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Science • Apr 12

Astronomers find first direct evidence of a supermassive black hole binary

The first direct evidence of two supermassive black holes orbiting each other has been captured at the center of a galaxy about 500 million light-years away...

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Science • Apr 12

Comet Tracker: How To See Pan-STARRS Near A Crescent Moon On Monday

A newly brightening comet is now visible in the predawn sky — and Monday morning offers a great chance to find it, close to a beautiful crescent moon.

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Science • Apr 12

The Universe is expanding too fast and scientists still can’t explain it

A major international effort has produced an ultra-precise measurement of the Universe's expansion rate, confirming it's faster than early-Universe models...

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