Africa is the homeland of humanity – at least, that’s what most experts currently think. Like all families, Homo sapiens has a complicated story marked by disagreements, unanswered questions, and glaring gaps in our understanding. The idea that all members of Homo sapiens (that's...
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Astronomers have been studying star WOH G64 for a while. It’s a red supergiant in the galaxy next door, the Large Magellanic Cloud, and it is believed to be in the last stages before going supernova. Researchers have now broken a record by actually photographing it in detail – this had never been...
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If you too suffered through the cinematic experience that was The Happening, you’ll know it’s hard to feel that threatened by a plant – but there is a tree out there that seems hell-bent on cruelty. The manchineel has been declared “the most dangerous tree in the world” by the Guinness Book Of World...
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Voyager 2’s visit to Uranus in 1986 occurred just after the planet was slammed by an exceptionally powerful solar outburst. The heightened solar wind compressed the magnetosphere. According to new research, we’ve been treating that squashed magnetic field as standard for 40 years, causing scientists...
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Microplastics have been discovered in the human heart and its innermost tissues for the first time. While the health consequences of this are still unknown, the new study is yet another grim reminder of how pervasive the world’s plastic problem has become within just a century. In a new study,...
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The especially high, seasonal tides hit the Pacific Northwest on Nov. 15, 16 and 17. Coastal flooding is possible during this period as tides may surpass the highest average tide marks by six inches or more. Hiker found dead in Mt. Hood National Forest identified In this Jan. 11, 2020 photo,...
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