7-million-year-old limb fossils may be from the earliest known hominid
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50 years ago, genes eluded electron microscopes
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Sleep deprivation may make people less generous
Lack of sleep has been linked to heart disease, poor mood and loneliness (SN: 11/15/16). Being tired could also make us less generous, researchers...
The discovery of the Kuiper Belt revamped our view of the solar system
On a Hawaiian mountaintop in the summer of 1992, a pair of scientists spotted a pinprick of light inching through the constellation Pisces. That...
News stories have caught spiders in a web of misinformation
Even spiders, it seems, have fallen victim to misinformation. Media reports about people’s encounters with spiders tend to be full of falsehoods with a...
Not one, but two asteroids might have slain the dinosaurs
Chicxulub, the asteroid that wiped out most dinosaurs, might have had a little sibling. Off the coast of West Africa, hundreds of meters beneath...
Sea urchin skeletons’ splendid patterns may strengthen their structure
Sea urchin skeletons may owe some of their strength to a common geometric design. Components of the skeletons of common sea urchins (Paracentrotus lividus)...
Extreme climate shifts long ago may have helped drive reptile evolution
There’s nothing like a big mass extinction to open up ecological niches and clear out the competition, accelerating evolution for some lucky survivors. Or...
The new CDC guidelines may make back-to-school harder
Across the United States, kids are prepping for back-to-school, or are already in classrooms, and parents are buckling up for another pandemic school year....
‘The Five-Million-Year Odyssey’ reveals how migration shaped humankind
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