A newly proposed propulsion system could theoretically beam a heavy spacecraft to outside the confines of our Solar System in less than 5 years – a feat that took the historic Voyager 1 probe...
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DNA From Beethoven’s Hair Reveals a Surprise Almost 200 Years Later : ScienceAlert
One stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig von Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness. Bedridden since the previous Christmas, he was attacked by jaundice, his limbs and abdomen swollen, each...
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US in Health Crisis as Maternal Deaths Surge to Highest Rate in 60 Years : ScienceAlert
The US maternal mortality rate surged in 2021, the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Black women more than twice as likely to die than White women, according to a report released on...
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Ancient ‘Zombie’ Virus Revived Almost 50,000 Years Later Is Still Infectious : ScienceAlert
From a horror movie plot to real life: Scientists have revived ancient ‘zombie’ viruses from permafrost and discovered they could still infect living single-celled amoebae. The chances of these viruses infecting animals or humans...
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Weird Lifeform From 500 Million Years Ago Wasn’t an Animal at All : ScienceAlert
We’ve got a curious case of mistaken identity to report. Fossils previously believed to have been left by prehistoric tentacle-bearing aquatic invertebrates called Bryozoans may in fact have been created by a different source:...
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Scientists Reveal The Most Detailed Geological Model of Earth’s Past 100 Million Years : ScienceAlert
Earth’s surface is the “living skin” of our planet – it connects the physical, chemical, and biological systems. Over geological time, landscapes change as this surface evolves, regulating the carbon cycle and nutrient circulation...
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Easter Island Statue Submerged For 200 Years Has Just Been Discovered : ScienceAlert
A new Moai, one of Easter Island’s iconic statues, was found in the bed of a dry laguna in a volcano crater, the Indigenous community that administers the site on the Chilean island has...
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Antarctic Sea Ice Is The Lowest It’s Been in 45 Years of Records, Researchers Report : ScienceAlert
Antarctic sea ice likely shrunk to a record low last week, US researchers said Monday, its lowest extent in the 45 years of satellite record-keeping. The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at...
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Recently ‘Discovered’ Whale Behavior Was Actually Documented Thousands of Years Ago : ScienceAlert
An unusual whale feeding technique only recorded for the first time in 2011 may have been around for at least two thousand years, according to researchers from Flinders University in Australia. Though whales have...
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Bows Were Being Used in Europe 40,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought : ScienceAlert
A cave in southern France has revealed evidence of the first use of bows and arrows in Europe by modern humans some 54,000 years ago, far earlier than previously known. The research, published on...
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