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Vampire bats run on a treadmill to reveal their strange metabolism

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Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:01:15 +0000

Experiments where vampire bats were made to run on a treadmill have revealed how they extract energy from protein in their latest blood meal

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2024 is set to be the first year that breaches the 1.5°C warming limit

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Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:00:30 +0000

This year’s average global temperature is almost certain to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial times – a milestone that should spur urgent action, say climate scientists

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Carbon emissions from private jets have exploded in recent years

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Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:00:59 +0000

The climate impact of flights taken by the super-rich rose sharply from 2019 to 2023, fuelling calls for a carbon tax on private aviation

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Bird flu antibodies found in dairy workers in Michigan and Colorado

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Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:10:40 +0000

Blood tests have shown that about 7 per cent of workers on dairy farms that had H5N1 outbreaks had antibodies against the disease

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Red kites and buzzards are being killed by misuse of rat poisons

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Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 06:00:33 +0000

Campaigners are calling for stricter controls on rodenticides after finding that birds of prey in England are increasingly being exposed to high doses of rat poison

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Migratory birds can use Earth's magnetic field like a GPS

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Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:39 +0000

Eurasian reed warblers don’t just get a sense of direction from Earth’s magnetic field – they can also calculate their coordinates on a mental map

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Drought, fires and fossil fuels push CO2 emissions to a record high

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Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:01:07 +0000

An annual accounting of CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels and land use change finds no sign emissions will peak this year

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Hominins may have left Africa 700,000 years earlier than we thought

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Published On :: Fri, 09 Feb 2024 17:20:42 +0000

Our hominin ancestors originated in Africa and the consensus is that they didn't leave there until about 1.8 million years ago, but stone tools found in Jordan challenge the idea

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Untangling the enigmatic origins of the human family’s newest species

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Published On :: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:00:43 +0100

Five years ago, a fossil found in the Philippines was determined to be from a new species of hominin called Homo luzonensis. Since then, we’ve learned a bit more about the newest member of the human family

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Why did hominins like us evolve at all?

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Published On :: Wed, 15 May 2024 10:00:36 +0100

Animal life on Earth existed for over half a billion years before hominins hit the scene – a complex combination of environmental changes, innovations in technology and competition may have led to us

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A lost branch of the river Nile flowed past the pyramids of Egypt

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Published On :: Thu, 16 May 2024 17:00:12 +0100

Soil core samples show an ancient riverbed under the desert near many Egyptian pyramids, revealing an ancient waterway that dried up thousands of years ago

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Iron Age skeletons found under bridge may have been hit by a tsunami

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Published On :: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:00:59 +0100

Twenty people may have died 2000 years ago when an Iron Age bridge suddenly collapsed following a tsunami or flood, but scientists also cannot rule out that they were sacrificed

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Britain saw centuries of economic growth under Roman rule

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Published On :: Fri, 05 Jul 2024 20:00:58 +0100

The technologies introduced by the Romans after they conquered Britain led to the kind of economic growth seen in the industrial age

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Egyptian pyramid may have been built using a water-powered elevator

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Published On :: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:20:04 +0100

Ancient Egyptians may have relied on a vertical shaft that could be filled with water, along with a network of water channels and filtration structures, to build the Step Pyramid of Djoser 4500 years ago

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Bronze Age hoards hint that market economies arose surprisingly early

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Published On :: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0100

An analysis of 20,000 metal objects from Bronze Age Europe suggests human economic behaviour may not have changed much over the past 3500 years

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Hobbit hominins from Indonesia may have had even smaller ancestors

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:00:27 +0100

An arm bone from an ancient human that lived 700,000 years ago on the island of Flores is the smallest ever found from an adult hominin, adding a new piece to the puzzle of Homo floresiensis

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Cocaine in mummified brains reveals when Europeans first used the drug

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Published On :: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:00:17 +0100

The use of cocaine only took off in Europe during the 19th century, after the drug was chemically isolated from coca leaves, but new evidence suggests much earlier use

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Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millennia

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Published On :: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:00:40 +0100

Analysis of DNA from a Neanderthal fossil found in a French cave indicates that it belonged to a group that was isolated for more than 50,000 years

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World's oldest cheese found on 3500-year-old Chinese mummies

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Published On :: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:00:15 +0100

DNA and protein analysis has identified a white substance smeared on mummies in China as a kind of kefir cheese, made from cow and goat milk

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We're homing in on the best ways to tackle misinformation

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0100

A debating technique known as the "truth sandwich" is helping archaeologists combat a false narrative about an advanced ancient civilisation forgotten in human history

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Ancient Mesopotamian clay seals offer clues to the origin of writing

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Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:01:09 +0000

Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the symbols used were carried over into proto-writing

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PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Linked With Liver Cancer

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT

Title: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Linked With Liver Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 8/10/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/10/2022 12:00:00 AM

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Lung Cancer Can Diminish Sexual Health for Women

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Lung Cancer Can Diminish Sexual Health for Women
Category: Health News
Created: 8/11/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/11/2022 12:00:00 AM

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Breakthrough Might Break Down PFAS 'Forever Chemicals'

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Breakthrough Might Break Down PFAS 'Forever Chemicals'
Category: Health News
Created: 8/19/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/19/2022 12:00:00 AM

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Types of Abdominal Fat, What They Are, and How to Lose Them

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Types of Abdominal Fat, What They Are, and How to Lose Them
Category: Health and Living
Created: 8/18/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/18/2022 12:00:00 AM

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