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Biology
Where did the kiss come from? Research introduces “Groomer’s Last Kiss Hypothesis”
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the University of Warwick suggest that kissing in humans may have evolved from grooming behavior observed in our great ape ancestors. In a study published in the journal Evolutionary Anthropology titled “The Evolutionary Origins of Human Kissing,” researchers introduce the “Groomer’s Last Kiss Hypothesis.” A kiss is just a kiss, but depending on when…
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Biology
Researchers deny the validity of the “set theory of everything” hypothesis
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Three new papers refute the ensemble theory of molecular complexity, which has been billed as a new “theory of everything.” First publicly proposed in 2017, assembly theory is a hypothesis about the measurable complexity of molecules that claims to characterize life, explain natural selection and evolution, and even redefine our understanding of time, matter, life, and…
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Space & Cosmos
Mars’ unique shape may be the result of a long-lost moon, according to a new hypothesis.
Mars is being deformed by its putative moon Nerio. Source: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2408.14725 A U.S. Naval Observatory astronomer has come up with a hypothesis to explain Mars’ unique shape and topography, both of which he suggests are the result of a long-lost moon. Michael Efroymsky has published a paper outlining his hypothesis on the arXiv preprint server. Previous studies…
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