QuartzWest Africa How new discoveries in west Africa could rewrite pre-history verified_publisherQuartz - Eleanor ScerriOur species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some 300,000 years ago. The objects that early humans made and used, known as the Middle Stone Age material culture, are found throughout much of Africa and include...
When does science cross an ethical line?By New AtlasScientists have created human-monkey chimera embryos, restored brain function in pigs hours after death, and used electrical pulses to prevent violent behavior in criminals. Sometimes crossing an ethical line in research is accidental, other times scientists can see the problem looming and ask questions early. Would you eat dog meat if it was grown from cells in a lab?
SalonScience Pterosaurs with thumbs? Scientists say yes, a "monkeydactyl" once existed verified_publisherSalonIf you can, try to imagine a pterodactyl combined with a monkey. It's an absurd image, like Pterri from "Pee-Wee's Playhouse" crossed with King Kong. Absurd as it might seem, such a thing existed at one...
DNA Neanderthal DNA Unearthed from Dirt insidescience.org (Inside Science) -- Roughly 100,000 years ago, a community of Neanderthals settled into a region of what we know as northern Spain, calling it home …
InverseGenetics Sex between different types of ancient humans resulted in “genetic resistance” Inverse - Stephenie Livingston Around 45,000 years ago, anatomically modern humans expanding into the Pacific region encountered archaic hominins on their journey. It wasn’t long …
Genetics SARS-CoV-2 within-host diversity and transmission sciencemag.org Patterns and bottlenecks A year into the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic, we are experiencing waves of new variants emerging. …
AvatarDigital TrendsRobotics Evolving, self-replicating robots are here — but don’t worry about an uprising verified_publisherDigital Trends - By Luke Dormehl “We are trying to, if you like, invent a completely new way of designing robots that doesn’t require humans to actually do the designing,” said Alan …
Whales Smithsonian Scientists Solve “Sudden Death at Sea” Mystery si.edu Mass strandings of whales have puzzled people since Aristotle. Modern-day strandings can be investigated and their causes, often human-related, …
Meghalaya Meghalaya records India’s first bat with sticky disks thehindu.com - Rahul Karmakar Meghalaya has yielded India’s first bamboo-dwelling bat with sticky disks, taking the species count of the flying mammal in the country to 130. The …
InsiderUnited States 'Godzilla Shark,' the 300-million-year-old fossil discovered in New Mexico, gets an official name Insider - Taylor Ardrey A shark fossil that was discovered in New Mexico about seven years ago, initially coined "Godzilla Shark," has received an official formal name from …
Ars TechnicaBiology Arkansas House passes unconstitutional bill putting creationism in schools verified_publisherArs Technica - John Timmer Despite unanimous Democratic opposition, the bill moves on to the Senate. Last week, the Arkansas state House of Representatives passed a bill that …
Biological Species How a mislabeled wolf skull spurred an erroneous scientific conclusion massivesci.com - Jazmin Murphy In August of last year, two researchers, Fabio Machado and Pablo Teta, were publicly corrected by fellow scientists. They had made a mistake that …
The Conversation UKDinosaurs Dinosaurs: how our understanding of what they looked like keeps changing The Conversation UK - Daniel Merino and Gemma Ware This is a transcript of episode 11 of The Conversation Weekly podcast Dinosaurs: from giant reptiles to warm-blooded, feathered creatures, how our …
Jeff Bezos Here’s why Jeff Bezos quoted a 1986 book about human evolution in his shareholders letter geekwire.com - Mike Lewis The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins’ bestselling 1986 book that skewers the notion of intelligent design while celebrating the rational science of …
The GuardianGenetics What are the new Covid variants and what do they mean for the pandemic? verified_publisherThe Guardian - Ian Sample Science editorFrom the moment public health officials started to track new variants of coronavirus, it became clear that the same mutations were cropping up time and again and making the virus more troublesome. What...
Popular MechanicsLearning The Universe Is a Machine That Keeps Learning, Scientists Say verified_publisherPopular Mechanics - By Caroline DelbertBasically, we live in one giant algorithm. In fascinating new research, cosmologists explain the history of the universe as one of self-teaching, autodidactic algorithms. The scientists, including physicists...
Science Bipedalism Led Humans Down Strange Evolutionary Path realclearscience.com - Riley Black No other animal moves the way we do. That’s awfully strange. Even among other two-legged species, none amble about with a straight back and a gait …
Gemma Collins Gemma Collins is sure a dinosaur is buried at the bottom of her garden verified_publishermirror.co.uk - Janine Yaqoob Gemma Collins reckons she has a dinosaur graveyard at the bottom of her garden. Channelling her inner David Attenborough, the GC is hoping to find the …
Plastic Four BILLION plastic particles from all over the world found on island dailymail.co.uk - Ryan Morrison Billions of pieces of plastic have washed up in the sand of a remote Pacific island from all over the world, despite being 3,000 miles from the …
DW EnglishScience Researchers integrate human stem cells into monkey embryo verified_publisherDW English - Carla Bleiker Stem cell research is an ethically fraught field. Now scientists in California have taken a step that's sure to jump-start a lot of discussions: They …
Evolutionary Biology What is natural selection: the driving force of evolution zmescience.com - Tibi Puiu It's one of the most revolutionary theories in science.
Winter Sports Natural Selection Tour Finals Premiere Today | The Inertia theinertia.com - Will Sileo Seven of the world’s best snowboarders are having a showdown in Alaska. Photo: Redbull You heard me right. Today, Friday, April 16 at 12 p.m. PST, the …
United States Ithaca College launching new "high demand" physician's assistant program ithacavoice.com - Matt Butler ITHACA, N.Y.—Ithaca College has announced the establishment of its Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies program, calling it a "historic …
SalonLiberal View Republicans who pushed Arkansas' anti-trans ban just passed a bill to teach creationism in schools verified_publisherSalonGOP state Rep. Mary Bentley has been very busy doing what religious conservatives might say is the lord's work in the Arkansas state legislature. A fourth-term member of the House, Bentley has introduced...
ScienceAlertDNA Who Are The Denisovans? verified_publisherScienceAlert The Denisovans are an extinct relative of modern humans that also share a common ancestor with Neanderthals. Little is known about this category of …
Science FridayPaleontology Pterosaurs Had A 40-Foot Wingspan And A Giraffe-Like Neck Science Friday - www.sciencefriday.com During the age of dinosaurs, there were all sorts of creatures flying through the air with different body shapes and sizes. One of those was a flying …
Evolution Neutral quasispecies evolution and the maximal entropy random walk sciencemag.org Even if they have no impact on phenotype, neutral mutations are not equivalent in the eyes of evolution: A robust neutral variant—one which remains …
Biology A rich marine algal ecosystem existed 600 million years earlier than previously thought phys.org - Birgitte Svennevig The first photosynthetic oxygen-producing organisms on Earth were cyanobacteria. Their evolution dramatically changed the Earth allowing oxygen to …
ABC NewsSnowboarding Snowboarding event goes back to nature ABC News ABC News’ Kaylee Hartung looks at the new downhill freestyle snowboarding event “The Natural Selection Tour,” which is captivating viewers by taking …
Snowboarder MagazineWinter Sports FINALS Live Stream: The Natural Selection on Red Bull TV from Alaska! verified_publisherSnowboarder Magazine - Mark Clavin "I experience hate on a daily basis."—Chloe Kim Featured // Apr 13, 2021 Austen Sweetin and some heavy hitters up at Baker! Videos // Mar 31, 2021 Danny …
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