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Ancient DNA shows genetic link between Egypt and Mesopotamia
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Ancient DNA shows genetic link between Egypt and Mesopotamia

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Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature.Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in an Egyptian tomb site dating to between 4,495 and 4,880 years ago.See the Story
Astronomers Capture First Direct Image of Double-Detonation Supernova Remnant
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Astronomers Capture First Direct Image of Double-Detonation Supernova Remnant

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Hymn to Babylon, missing for a millennium, has been discovered
Artificial Intelligence · Iraq

Hymn to Babylon, missing for a millennium, has been discovered

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In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been lost for a thousand years. A paper on this discovery is published in the journal Iraq.See the Story

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Plastic bag fees and bans help limit coastal litter, study finds
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Plastic bag fees and bans help limit coastal litter, study finds

Can Adults Make New Brain Cells? New Study May Finally Settle One of Neuroscience's Greatest Debates

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Scientists say they have very strong evidence that the adult human brain is capable of making new neurons, a point of ongoing controversy in neuroscience.ScienceSee the Story

Astronomers Detect First Known ‘Death Wish’ Planet

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The outlook isn’t great for the exoplanet HIP 67522 b. Over the next 100 million years, powerful magnetic fields and destructive cosmic radiation will continue eating away at the distant planet, reducing it from its current Jupiter-sized mass down to a size resembling Neptune. But these apocalyptic conditions aren’t the fault of a nearby black hole. Instead, they’re a result of what astronomers describe as the exoplanet’s “clingy” relationship t…SpaceSee the Story

Ultra-rare first edition book from Galileo heading to auction

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The astronomer wrote it under a pseudonym in 1605 to avoid persecution for ‘heretical’ theories.Read Article

Think of this Kodak scanner as a time machine—and it’s $55 off

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There’s a good chance you’ve got a box (or five) of film negatives and slides somewhere in your house. Maybe they’re in your basement, maybe in your parents’ attic. But one thing’s for sure: they’re not doing much good collecting dust in a shoebox. That’s why we love the Kodak Slide N Scan, a sleek little machine that turns your old photos into high-resolution digital files. Think of it as a time machine for your memories—only it doesn’t require…Read Article

Allergic to cats? Chickens could help.

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Plus other weird things we learned this week.CatsRead Article

The imitation game: Why some species are better at fooling predators than others

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Experts from the University of Nottingham have created life-size 3D-printed insect models to explore how some species trick predators into thinking they're more dangerous than they really are—and avoid being eaten as a result.SpeciesSee the Story

Hermit crabs with more sensitive claws may be bolder in their decisions

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If you have ever looked closely into a rockpool along the U.K. coastline, you may have been lucky enough to find a tiny hermit crab scuttling about. What you might not realize is that hermit crabs are constantly monitoring their environment for changes and threats.Plymouth, United Kingdom · PlymouthSee the Story

Do we need our tonsils?

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Humans have been taking our tonsils out for a remarkably long time. The first tonsil extractions date back thousands of years, to at least early Hindu medicine practices, and later to the Roman empire. With the advance of surgical methods, tonsillectomies became commonplace in the 20th century. They were once so widely recommended that, in 1921, a Manhattan hospital opened dedicated solely to performing the procedure in poor children. Wealthy do…New York State · New YorkRead Article

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