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Space & Cosmos
New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salt water in the early solar system.
In October 2020, a bans -size robot spacecraft temporarily touched the surface of Benne, a 525 -meter planet, 32 million kilometers from the earth. As part of NASA’s OSIRIS-REX mission, spacecraft not only spent two years of imaging as an planet, but also collected valuable samples of dust and small rocks from the poor surface of Bennu. In September 2023,…
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Biology
Possible evidence of avian influenza vaccination promoting virus evolution
Temporal dynamics in the divergence and adaptive fixation of H5 AIV HA genes in different host-specific lineages. Credit: Science Advances (2025). doi:10.1126/sciadv.ado9140 A team of virologists, infectious disease experts, and pathobiologists from several institutions in China and the United Kingdom has found possible evidence that avian influenza vaccination is accelerating the evolution of the virus. In their study published in…
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Biology
Morphological evidence supporting the classification of four giraffe species
Map of the geographic ranges of extant giraffe species and subspecies, with a side view of a representative male skull of each subspecies. Credit: PLOS ONE (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315043 The University of Cape Town, in collaboration with the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, conducted a large-scale study to identify major differences in cranial shape among four genetically distinct species of giraffe. This…
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Science
Archaeological research uncovers world’s oldest evidence of livestock horn manipulation
Left: Sheep skull T54–1 viewed (a) from the front and (b) from the left front. Main features: (1) raised areas between horns, (2) perforated depressions. Right: Sheep skull T54–2 shown (a) from the front and (b) from the left front, with an enlarged view of the frontal region between the horn core bases. Main features: (1) smooth area without sutures,…
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Space & Cosmos
Oldest direct evidence of hydrothermal activity on Mars discovered
A sample of the Martian meteorite known as Black Beauty. Credit: Curtin University/Aaron Kabosie New Curtin University-led research uncovers what may be the oldest direct evidence of ancient hydrothermal activity on Mars, revealing the planet may have been habitable at some point in its past It became. The study analyzed 4.45 billion-year-old zircon particles from the famous Martian meteorite NWA7034,…
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Other Sciences
Traces of an 18th-century master forger: new evidence discovered
Forgery by Domenico Alessandro Cicci. Probably from 1763 to 1769. Credit: Apparatus Diplomaticus of the University of Göttingen A document kept at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Göttingen has been found to be an 18th-century forgery. This document is dated to 1266, but refers to a church in Pisa that was not built until later. This discovery…
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Environment
Marine research provides evidence of ‘Atlanticization’ of the Arctic Ocean
Members of the research team will collect samples. Credit: ICTA-UAB The international BIOCAL expedition, led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), has provided new evidence of the phenomenon of the “Atlanticization” of the Arctic Ocean. Gradual invasion of the polar Arctic Ocean from the Atlantic Ocean. The campaign collected samples to…
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Other Sciences
Research reveals earliest evidence that humans used fire to shape Tasmania’s landscape
Emerald Swamp, Three Hammock Island. Credit: Simon Haberle Some of the first humans to arrive in Tasmania more than 41,000 years ago used fire to shape and manage the landscape, some 2,000 years earlier than previously thought. A British-Australian research team analyzed charcoal and pollen in ancient mud to uncover how Tasmanian indigenous people shaped their surroundings. This is the…
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Science
New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories about the people of ancient Pompeii
This image provided by the Pompeii Archaeological Park shows mint number 25, made in 1929 from the Villa dei Mysteri in Pompeii. Credit: Provided by MIC, Pompeii Archaeological Park via AP When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its inhabitants were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories such as a…
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