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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Ancient Worm Resurrected After 46,000 Years of Death-Defying Limbo : ScienceAlert
An international effort to revive an ancient roundworm, frozen in Siberian permafrost for millennia, has unleashed a lifeform even older than scientists once thought. In 2018, several resurrected nematodes, of the genus Panagrolaimus, were...
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There’s a Weird Link Between Bees And Money, And It Goes Back Thousands of Years : ScienceAlert
In 2022, the Royal Australian Mint issued a $2 coin decorated with honeybees. Around 2,400 years earlier, a mint in the kingdom of Macedon had the same idea, creating a silver obol coin with...
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Look Up! One of The Year’s Best Meteor Showers Is Visible This Month : ScienceAlert
Annually, between July 17 and August 24, the Perseid meteor shower puts on one of the brightest cosmic events of the year. This year the meteor shower is predicted to reach its peak on...
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Earth’s Day Was Stuck at 19.5 Hours Long For Over a Billion Years : ScienceAlert
We’ve known for some time now that Earth’s days are getting longer as the Moon continues to move away from us at a creeping rate. But there was a time this increasing day length...
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This Meteorite Left Earth. Thousands of Years Later, It Came Back. : ScienceAlert
They say what goes around comes around, but it’s unlikely the saying was supposed to ever refer to meteorites. And yet here we are. Scientists are seeking to confirm that a black rock discovered...
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An Explosion of Life Happens on Earth Every 36 Million Years. Now We Know Why. : ScienceAlert
Marine life booms with a spate of new species every 36 million years, and tectonic heaving is the indirect reason, new research has found. A deep analysis of the fossil and geological record reveals...
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The Incredible True Story of The Man Who Had Hiccups For 68 Years : ScienceAlert
For most of us, hiccups are rather annoying but thankfully short-lived. In severe cases, they can persist for a few days, which sounds like a LOT. But next time you’re struggling through a symphony...
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One Careless Act of War Could Destroy All Satellites in Just 40 Years : ScienceAlert
On one particular day in 2021, astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the ISS must have felt a pin-prick of fear and uncertainty. On November 15th of that year, Russia fired an anti-satellite missile at one...
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Google Quantum Computer Is ’47 Years’ Faster Than #1 Supercomputer : ScienceAlert
Progress towards fully capable and practical quantum computers isn’t slowing down, and researchers from Google are the latest to announce a significant step forward in the capabilities of today’s machines. While we call these...
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