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A Stone Age skull cult, rogue Parkinson’s proteins in the gut, and controversial pesticides linked to bee deaths
This week we have stories on what the rogue Parkinson’s protein is doing in the gut, how chimps outmuscle humans, and evidence for an ancient skull c…
8 years, 6 months ago
Why eggs have such weird shapes, doubly domesticated cats, and science balloons on the rise
This week we have stories on the new capabilities of science balloons, connections between deforestation and drug trafficking in Central America, and…
8 years, 6 months ago
Slowly retiring chimps, tanning at the cellular level, and plumbing magma’s secrets
This week we have stories on why it’s taking so long for research chimps to retire, boosting melanin for a sun-free tan, and tracking a mouse trail t…
8 years, 6 months ago
How to weigh a star—with a little help from Einstein, toxic ‘selfish genes,’ and the world’s oldest Homo sapiens fossils
This week we have stories on what body cams reveal about interactions between black drivers and U.S. police officers, the world’s oldest Homo sapiens…
8 years, 7 months ago
A new taste for the tongue, ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies, and early evidence for dog breeding
This week we have stories on how we taste water, extracting ancient DNA from mummy heads, and the earliest evidence for dog breeding with Online News…
8 years, 7 months ago
How whales got so big, sperm in space, and a first look at Jupiter’s poles
This week we have stories on strange dimming at a not-so-distant star, sending sperm to the International Space Station, and what the fossil record t…
8 years, 7 months ago
Preventing augmented-reality overload, fixing bone with tiny bubbles, and studying human migrations
This week we have stories on blocking dangerous or annoying distractions in augmented reality, gene therapy applied with ultrasound to heal bone brea…
8 years, 7 months ago
Our newest human relative, busting human sniff myths, and the greenhouse gas that could slow global warming
This week we have stories on ancient hominids that may have coexisted with early modern humans, methane seeps in the Arctic that could slow global wa…
8 years, 7 months ago
Podcast: Reading pain from the brains of infants, modeling digital faces, and wifi holograms
This week, we discuss the most accurate digital model of a human face to date, stray Wi-Fi signals that can be used to spy on a closed room, and arti…
8 years, 8 months ago
Podcast: Where dog breeds come from, bots that build buildings, and gathering ancient human DNA from cave sediments
This week, a new family tree of dog breeds, advances in artificial wombs, and an autonomous robot that can print a building with Online News Editor D…
8 years, 8 months ago