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Researchers decode metal-making recipes in ancient Chinese text
10th August 2022 | theguardian.com | Ancient, Humans

Researchers have deciphered enigmatic recipes for metal-making contained in an ancient Chinese text, revealing unexpected complexity in the art at the time.

Twin ‘grumpy mouth’ reliefs of Olmec contortionists discovered in Mexico
10th August 2022 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans

Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered two Olmec reliefs chiseled into large, circular stones that are thought to depict local rulers performing ritual contortion.

These Spiders Look Like They’re in REM Sleep… Which Could Mean They’re Dreaming
10th August 2022 | sciencealert.com | Animal Life, Weird

A new discovery about jumping spiders could challenge some pretty hefty human assumptions about the cognitive abilities of arthropods.

The Peyote Plot: The Indigenous Fight to Conserve the Sacred Plant and the Spiritual Medicine it Contains
9th August 2022 doubleblindmag.com | Ancient, Humans, Misc.

The story of peyote is something like a fairytale, beginning in a time long ago and containing what could be called magic by those who utilize it for healing. However, today’s reality for the Indigenous people who consider it sacred is anything but…

Are we living in a simulation?
9th August 2022 | theguardian.com | Humans, Misc.

Could the universe be an elaborate game constructed by bored aliens?

New Study May Explain Why Not All Birds Are Actually Bird-Brained
8th August 2022 | sciencealert.com | Animal Life

Birds’ brains are a bit of a mystery. Despite the small size of their noggins, parrots and corvids show remarkable intelligence, solving some puzzles as well as primates.

The length of Earth’s days has been mysteriously increasing, and scientists don’t know why
8th August 2022 phys.org | Humans, Weird

Atomic clocks, combined with precise astronomical measurements, have revealed that the length of a day is suddenly getting longer, and scientists don’t know why.

Get a garden chair out and enjoy the meteor shower
8th August 2022 | theguardian.com | Humans, Space

The annual Perseids shower lasts more than a month, but will peak this week.

Ancient Egyptian temple to the sun cult uncovered near Cairo
4th August 2022 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old temple dedicated to the Egyptian sun god Ra at the site of Abu Ghurab, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Cairo.

Early Bantu speakers crossed through the dense Central African Rainforest 4,000 years ago
3rd August 2022 phys.org | Ancient, Humans

The Bantu Expansion transformed sub-Saharan Africa’s linguistic, economic, and cultural composition. Today, more than 240 million people speak one of the more than 500 Bantu languages.

Ancient ‘Ghost Footprints’ in Utah Are The Find of a Lifetime, Researchers Say
3rd August 2022 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans

Archaeologists recently stumbled upon a set of mysterious ‘ghost footprints’ in the salt flats of a Utah desert.

Shape of human brain has barely changed in past 160,000 years
3rd August 2022 | newscientist.com | Ancient, Humans

An analysis of fossils suggests changes in the shape of the braincase during human evolution were linked to alterations in the face, rather than changes in the brain itself

The Rise of Casual Shrooms
2nd August 2022 | vice.com | Humans, Misc.

Once the reserve of hippies and those going on “journeys”, magic mushrooms have evolved into another casual party drug alongside booze or MDMA.

Can artificial intelligence really help us talk to the animals?
2nd August 2022 | theguardian.com | Animal Life, Earth, Tech, Weird

A California-based organisation wants to harness the power of machine learning to decode communication across the entire animal kingdom. But the project has its doubters

New device will investigate Milky Way’s origins
2nd August 2022 | bbc.co.uk | Humans, Space, Tech

Scientists have supercharged one of Earth’s most powerful telescopes with new technology that will reveal how our galaxy formed in unprecedented detail.

 

New Mexico mammoths among best evidence for early humans in North America
2nd August 2022 phys.org | Ancient, Animal Life, Humans

About 37,000 years ago, a mother mammoth and her calf met their end at the hands of human beings.

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