Humans in Ethiopia did not live in low valleys during the last ice age. Instead, they lived high …
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Victor Camp has spent a lifetime studying volcanic eruptions all over the world, starting in Saudi Arabia, then …
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Environment
Researchers Recreate the Sun’s Solar Wind and Plasma ‘Burps’ on Earth
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThe Sun’s solar wind affects nearly everything in the solar system. It can disrupt the function of Earth’s …
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Environment
Ice-Encased Plane Wreckage Provides Data for Glacier Ice Flow
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn recent years, wreckage parts of a 1946 crashed aircraft of the U.S. Air Force were recovered at …
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Bottles of beer, wine, and spirits contain potentially harmful levels of toxic elements, such as lead and cadmium, …
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Social life entails countless situations in which people have to trust each other. From mundane family matters to …
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Environment
Scientists Map Huge Undersea Freshwater Aquifer Off U.S. Northeast
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn a new survey of the sub-seafloor off the U.S. Northeast coast, scientists have made a surprising discovery: a gigantic …
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MysteriesArchaeology
Archaeological Discovery Rewrites a Piece of Barbados History
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhich came first, the pigs or the pioneers? In Barbados, that has been a historical mystery ever since …
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As fascinating as it is mysterious, dark matter is one of the greatest enigmas of astrophysics and cosmology. …
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New analysis by academics from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) predicts the dead may outnumber the living on …