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Plant material on blades on Rapa Nui suggests residents visited South America
by Bob Yirka , Phys.org Anakena site as it looks today after excavations and restoration. Credit:...
Astronomers discover a rare eclipsing X-ray binary
by Tomasz Nowakowski , Phys.org OGLE IV, Swift UVOT, and Swift XRT light curves for Swift...
Mantle convection –> seaway closure that transformed oceanographic circulation
by Hannah Bird , Phys.org Paleogeographic reconstructions through the Cenozoic (last 66 million years) and cross...
Neolithic boats found in the Mediterranean reveal advanced nautical technology
Excavation of Canoe 5. Credit: PLOS ONE (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299765, CC-BY More than 7,000 years ago,...
The extraordinary financial costs of nuclear power
By Alan Finkel Partial extract from an article to be posted in 360info.org They’re being touted...
How ants are breaking down biogeographic boundaries and homogenizing biodiversity
Ants transported by humans out of their native zones reshape ant communities worldwide. A recent study...
Rare eleventh-century astrolabe discovery shows Islamic–Jewish sci. exchange
The Verona astrolabe. Credit: Federica Gigante The identification of an eleventh-century Islamic astrolabe bearing both Arabic...
Killer whales use specialized hunting techniques to catch marine mammals in the open ocean
Killer whales foraging in deep submarine canyons off the coast of California represent a distinct subpopulation...
In wake of powerful cyclone, remarkable recovery of Pacific island's forests
These photos show the rapid recovery of the forest canopy on Tanna, following Cyclone Pam in...
Rediscovering the world's largest cormorant
The world's largest cormorant went extinct almost 200 years ago—but almost nothing is known about its...
Dung dynasty: The plant boosting powers of beetle recyclers
Dung beetles, those unsung heroes of the insect world renowned for their prowess in breaking down...
Characterizing salps as predators of marine microbes
A huge fraction of global flows of carbon and other nutrients pass through marine microbes. Little...
China Room Temperature Superconductor Researcher Had Experiments to Refute Critics | NextBigFuture.com
Chinese researchers are making variations of LK99 room temperature superconductor materials with more sulfur and copper...
Doubts Grow About the Biosignature Approach to Alien-Hunting | Quanta Magazine
Recent controversies bode ill for the effort to detect life on other planets by analyzing the...
Largest map of the universe includes 1300 supermassive black holes
Astronomers have created a new map of the universe which includes 1.3 million supermassive black holes...