Usually, soft-bodied species like spiders aren’t fossilized in rock-like animals with bones and teeth. More often, ancient spiders …
new discoveries
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Excavations at two quarries in Wales, known to be the source of the Stonehenge bluestones, provide new evidence …
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Anthropologists at the University of Oxford have discovered what they believe to be seven universal moral rules. The …
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What is a black hole? In an article that has just appeared in the journal Nature Astronomy, LMU …
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Environment
Biologist Discovers Megalodon Went Extinct Earlier Than Thought
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesMegalodon — a giant predatory shark that has inspired numerous documentaries, books, and blockbuster movies — likely went …
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Environment
Massive Earthquake Reveals Mountains 660 Kilometers Below Our Feet
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesMost schoolchildren learn that the Earth has three (or four) layers — a crust, mantle, and core, which …
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Technology
Polariton Filter Turns Ordinary Laser Light Into Quantum Light
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAn international team of researchers out of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, has demonstrated a new approach for …
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On Nov. 22, 2014, astronomers spotted a rare event in the night sky: A supermassive black hole at …
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Using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, citizen scientists have discovered a new world, a planet roughly twice the …
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An international team of astronomers, including from the University of Cambridge, discovered the massive object when trawling through …