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02/14/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Divers explore the first “undisturbed Roman shipwreck” in Cyprus: Findings include ancient jugs for oil and wine
Archaeologists diving off the coast of eastern Cyprus have uncovered the first known “undisturbed Roman Shipwreck” in the country’s history, according to the Cyprus Department of Antiquities. The ship was found off the coast of the resort town of Protaras. The Department of Antiquities worked with the Maritime Archaeological Research Laboratory (MARELab) of the University of Cyprus to document, […]
02/14/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Ancient ingenuity: Amazon tribes built fishponds to survive long droughts
According to a study led by researchers from the Federal University of Western Para in Brazil along with colleagues from France and Germany, ancient tribes that lived in the Llanos de Moxos region in Bolivia for thousands of years used a network of fish ponds to support their settlements. The researchers also believe that these fish ponds were used […]
02/13/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Wet-dog smell, tobacco smoke and skunk spray: Various factors affect how long an unpleasant scent lingers, explain researchers
The human nose can distinguish at least one trillion different scents. Many of these smells will come and go fairly quickly. However, others, such as disgusting smells, don’t disappear fast enough. The brain recognizes smells with the help of special sensory cells known as olfactory receptor neurons that are located inside the nose. Once they receive a […]
02/09/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
French researchers claim to have created metallic hydrogen in a lab: Material can “conduct electricity indefinitely at room temperature”
Metallic hydrogen is a state of hydrogen wherein the element is able to conduct electricity. Scientists have spent close to a century attempting to create this material. A team of French researchers now claim that they’ve done it. Normally, hydrogen isn’t a great conductor. However, physicists since the 1930s have suspected that if hydrogen were to be […]
02/08/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Fascinating study finds that the presence of atmospheric oxygen triggers the removal of webbed digits in amphibians and amniotes
A study published in the journal Developmental Cell found that when certain animal species detect the presence of atmospheric oxygen, their webbed digits can turn into free fingers. This is especially the case in the embryotic development of amphibians and amniotes, which includes birds, reptiles and even mammals, all of which are capable of having either webbed digits […]
02/07/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
NASA presents new images of dwarf planet Ceres: Digital renders show a mountain “unlike anything humanity has seen before”
Constructed images from NASA reveal an “ice mountain” on Ceres, a dwarf planet orbiting within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The pictures were taken by the now-retired NASA spacecraft Dawn back in 2015. The images of Ceres it transmitted featured mysterious “bright spots” on the surface of the dwarf planet. One of these spots is the ice mountain, […]
02/04/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Innate ingenuity: Ethiopian dig unearths ancient stone tools, some of the oldest ever discovered at more than 2.58 million years old
An archaeological site in Ethiopia has discovered some of the earliest evidence of stone tools known to the world. Previously, the oldest unearthed evidence was dated at between 2.58 and 2.55 million years ago. In the dig site known as Bokol Dora 1 (BD1) in the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia, researchers have found evidence of stone tools […]
02/03/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
No wonder mold is so hard to kill: Study findings reveal that it can withstand space radiation doses that would even kill humans
If you have mold in your house, you’re not alone, because even the International Space Station (ISS) has it. The astronauts on the ISS spend hours every week cleaning up the station’s walls to make sure the mold situation doesn’t turn into a full-blown health problem. But that’s not all, because new research suggests that the […]
02/03/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Amazing study reveals bees can connect symbols to numbers: Insects COMPUTE
Research has established that bees understand the concept of zero and are capable of doing basic math. Now, a recent research conducted by scientists from the RMIT University in Australia suggests that bees are also capable of being trained to connect symbols to numbers in order to receive food. This experiment used a carrot and stick reward system to […]
02/01/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
UK police officers recover incredible Viking coin hoard: Finding could change British history, notes historian
Police investigating the illegal trade of historical artifacts were able to find a hoard of Viking coins that historians now believe could rewrite British history. In a series of police raids at homes in northern England, police were able to recover coins as well as a silver ingot dating back to the ninth century during the reign […]
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