News Desk

IceCube neutrinos provide new view of active galaxy
7th November 2022 | eurekalert.org | Ancient, Space, Tech

An international team of scientists, including researchers at the University of Adelaide, have gathered new evidence about the energetic core of an active galaxy millions of lights years away by detecting neutrino particles emitted by it.

The ‘Beaver Blood Moon’ rises (and eclipses) on Nov. 8. Here’s how to watch.
7th November 2022 | livescience.com | Humans, Space

Sky watchers in North America who get an early start on Tuesday will also be treated to a total lunar eclipse — the last one for the next three years — with the moon falling into the darkest part of Earth’s shadow around 5:17 a.m. EST (9:17 a.m. UTC).

The Moon Had Volcanoes Much More Recently Than We Thought, Says New Study
7th November 2022 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Space

The analysis of these rocks revealed a great deal about the Moon’s composition, formation, and geological history. In particular, scientists concluded that the rocks were formed from volcanic eruptions more than 3 billion years ago.

The plot thickens: new study reveals complex identity of ancient Britons
7th November 2022 | theguardian.com | Ancient, Humans

Do bones and teeth found in Sussex share characteristics with Neanderthal fossils from northern Spain?

LSD induces both an “afterglow” for memory performance and a cognitive “hangover,” study finds
5th November 2022 | psypost.org | Humans, Misc.

LSD appears to induce both improvements and impairments to cognitive functioning that can be observed on the day after consumption, according to a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study published in European Neuropsychopharmacology.

The origins of human society are more complex than we thought
5th November 2022 phys.org | Ancient, Humans

In many popular accounts of human prehistory, civilization emerged in a linear fashion. A new book—The Dawn of Everything, challenges this narrative. Rather than being nomadic hunter-gatherers, they argue human societies during the Paleolithic were, in fact, quite diverse.

Revealed: oldest star clusters in the universe
3rd November 2022 | eurekalert.org | Ancient, Humans, Space, Tech

A team of Canadian astronomers, including experts from the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Arts & Science, have used the James Webb Telescope (JWST) to identify the most distant globular clusters ever discovered – dense groups of millions of stars that may be relics containing the first and oldest stars in the universe.

Enormous river discovered beneath Antarctica is nearly 300 miles long
3rd November 2022 | livescience.com | Ancient, Earth

A river longer than England’s Thames flows beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, draining an area the size of France and Germany combined, new research reveals.

A Stone Age child buried with bird feathers, plant fibers and fur
3rd November 2022 phys.org | Ancient, Humans

The study, led by Archaeologist Tuija Kirkinen, was aimed at investigating how these highly degraded plant- and animal-based materials could be traced through soil analysis.

Magic mushrooms’ psilocybin can alleviate severe depression when used with therapy
3rd November 2022 | theguardian.com | Ancient, Humans, Misc.

Nearly third of patients on largest trial using psychedelic compound went into rapid remission.

Evidence that human evolution driven by major environmental pressures discovered
2nd November 2022 cosmosmagazine.com | Ancient, Humans

Analyses of more than one thousand ancient genomes dating as far back as 45,000 years ago have found historic signals showing genetic adaptation was more common than previously thought.

Huge ‘planet killer’ asteroid discovered – and it’s heading our way
2nd November 2022 | theguardian.com | Humans, Space, Tech

With a diameter of 1 to 2km, space rock named 2022 AP7 crosses our orbit but has ‘no chance’ of hitting Earth

Ancient DNA analysis sheds light on the early peopling of South America
2nd November 2022 phys.org | Ancient, Humans

The Americas were the last continent to be inhabited by humans. An increasing body of archaeological and genomic evidence has hinted to a complex settlement process. This is especially true for South America, where unexpected ancestral signals have raised perplexing scenarios for the early migrations into different regions of the continent.

Scientists Just Discovered an Entirely New Way of Measuring Time
2nd November 2022 | sciencealert.com | Humans, Tech

Marking the passage of time in a world of ticking clocks and swinging pendulums is a simple case of counting the seconds between ‘then’ and ‘now’… however, ‘then’ can’t always be anticipated. Worse still, ‘now’ often blurs into a haze of uncertainty.

Rare medieval script discovered on stone carved by Scotland’s ‘Painted People
1st November 2022 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans

Archaeologists and volunteers have discovered a stone bearing a mysterious inscription and carved birds that the Picts of Scotland crafted more than a millennium ago.

The mysterious Viking runes found in a landlocked US state
1st November 2022 | bbc.com | Ancient, Humans

Did Vikings find their way to a remote part of Oklahoma? Some in a small community believe so, thanks to controversial runic carvings found in the area.

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