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‘Bees are really highly intelligent’: the insect IQ tests causing a buzz among scientists
17th July 2022 | theguardian.com | Animal Life

We all know these busy insects are good for crops and biodiversity, but proof is emerging that they are also clever, sentient and unique beings

Cosmic “heartbeat” detected in fast radio burst billions of lightyears from Earth
17th July 2022 cosmosmagazine.com | Space, Tech

Astronomers have detected a new fast radio burst, or FRB, from a galaxy far, far away. The new FRB is currently the longest lasting with the clearest periodic pattern ever observed.

To know the history of mammals is to know ourselves
17th July 2022 bigthink.com | Ancient, Animal Life, Earth

The death of the dinosaurs allowed mammals to become ascendant. But the history of mammals stretches far deeper than that. The first mammals go back about 325 million years, when the ancestral mammal lineage split from the reptile line.

New fungi species unearthed in Cairngorms mountains
15th July 2022 | bbc.co.uk | Earth, Humans

The previously unknown species uncovered is from a group called Squamanita.The group includes a rare parasitic fungus nicknamed the strangler, due to its ability to take over other fungi.

 

A Strange Fossil in South China Reveals an Intriguing Link With The First Americans
15th July 2022 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans

Remains recovered from a cave in the Chinese province of Yunnan more than 10 years ago have finally given up their secrets, with a DNA analysis revealing not just who left them, but ultimately where their ancestors would go.

What happened at Arthur’s Stone? 5,000-year-old monument connected to King Arthur excavated
14th July 2022 eu.usatoday.com | Ancient, Humans

Some say King Arthur slew a giant there. Others say he knelt in prayer and his knee print indentations are forever etched into the stone. Archaeologists set out to find out what really happened at Arthur’s Stone, a 5,000-year-old Neolithic chambered tomb in Herefordshire, England, near the border of Wales.

Fossil tooth analysis brings to light earliest humans from southern Africa
14th July 2022 phys.org | Ancient, Humans

The new study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, demonstrates that among the 23 specimens analyzed and potentially representing early Homo from southern Africa between 2.5 and 1.4 million years, a maximum of seven of them actually represent Homo, while the others more likely belong to Australopithecus or Paranthropus.

Prehistoric giant stork competed with ‘hobbit’ human relative for food
14th July 2022 | nhm.ac.uk | Ancient, Animal Life, Humans

Over 50,000 years ago, giant carnivorous storks would have competed with ancient hominins for food on a tropical island.

Not just T. rex: Why do giant dinosaurs have tiny arms?
13th July 2022 bigthink.com | Ancient, Animal Life

Predatory dinosaurs with big skulls tend to have tiny arms. Researchers propose there might be a direct link between those traits.

Machine learning identifies the origin of the most famous Martian meteorite to land on Earth
13th July 2022 cosmosmagazine.com | Ancient, Space, Tech

Somewhere between five and ten million years ago, an asteroid crashed into Mars, creating a massive crater. Like getting caught in the crossfire of a friend’s drama, a piece of detritus from that explosive impact made its way all the way to Earth.

Buck moon: Closest supermoon of the year to rise in sky
13th July 2022 | bbc.co.uk | Humans, Space

If you look into the sky on Wednesday evening you’ll have a good chance of spotting the biggest and brightest Moon of the year.

 

Who Are We and What Does It Mean to Be Human Anymore?
13th July 2022 | haaretz.com | Ancient, Animal Life, Humans

Neanderthals and Denisovans in our genes, sentient mollusks, and speaking cats and bats. We are not what we thought we were. Nor were other human species, we have been discovering over the last 20 years.

Jawbone found in Spain could be oldest European human fossil
13th July 2022 | theguardian.com | Ancient, Humans

A jawbone fragment discovered in northern Spain last month could be the oldest known fossil of a human ancestor found to date in Europe, Spanish paleontologists said on Friday.

Dark matter: search for the invisible begins in an old gold mine
12th July 2022 | theguardian.com | Ancient, Humans, Space

In a former gold mine a mile underground, inside a titanium tank filled with a rare liquified gas, scientists have begun the search for what so far has been unfindable: dark matter.

James Webb telescope takes super sharp view of early cosmos
12th July 2022 | bbc.co.uk | Ancient, Humans, Space, Tech

The image is said to be the deepest, most detailed infrared view of the Universe to date, containing the light from galaxies that has taken many billions of years to reach us.

Mysterious ‘lord of the universe’ deity from ancient Palmyra finally identified
12th July 2022 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans

The identity of an unknown god described in inscriptions from the ancient city of Palmyra, located in modern-day Syria, has long baffled scientists. But now, a researcher declares that she has cracked the case.

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