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These ‘living’ rocks can give birth to baby stones
Trovants are bulbous, otherworldly stones that grow over time, thus appearing to be alive. Parent rocks can even push out baby trovants, which then grow independently. The sandstone structures are found mainly in Romania, with the most famous cluster in and around a village named Costeşti. There, a Trovants Museum Natural Reserve celebrates and protects…
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Scientific discovery casts doubt on our understanding of human evolution
Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Scientists are planning to solve one of the world’s greatest archaeological mysteries. Using an unparalleled range of tests, experts are investigating whether a group of ‘ape-men’ succeeded in…
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Top 5 Movies About Real-Life Scientists to Watch After the Oppenheimer Film
The release of Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s sprawling study of the man known as “the father of the atomic bomb,” has propelled the world-shifting work of a scientist to cinema’s front stage. Tracking the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer through his time as director of the Manhattan Project and beyond, the film explores the complexities of its…
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Handful of nuts a day ‘associated with 17% lower risk of depression’
Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Eating a handful of nuts every day is associated with a 17% lower risk of depression, scientists have said. Data gathered from the UK Biobank, an online database…
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How the Titanosaur Lived: The Biggest Dinosaur to Ever Walk on Earth
Titanosaurs, a diverse group of long-necked sauropod dinosaurs, were found on every continent, including Antarctica, in their Cretaceous heyday. They lived right up until the end of all other non-bird dinosaurs, when the Chicxulub asteroid struck the Yucatan Peninsula about 66 million years ago. Paleontologists have discovered dozens of distinct titanosaurs, many of them relatively…
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Beaver-like dams can protect communities from flooding, study finds
Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter River barriers similar to those built by beavers can protect communities at risk of flooding by storing water upstream then slowly releasing it, a study has found. Researchers…
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What Doctors Wish You Knew About HIPAA and Data Security
A former Department of Homeland Security adviser and a doctor, Chris Pierson is CEO of BlackCloak, a company that specializes in personal digital protection from financial fraud, cybercrime, reputational damage, and identity theft. He believes vigilance is key for doctors and patients alike. Protect Your Entire Family “I don’t think people realize that once someone…
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A New Blood Test May Predict Your Alzheimer’s Risk. Should You Take It?
Typically, doctors look at several factors to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease: a patient’s medical history, cognitive and functional assessments, brain imaging scans, and spinal tap or blood tests. So a person who takes Quest’s test and receives a result indicating an elevated risk would need additional testing to determine whether they in fact have Alzheimer’s. “When…
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Voyager 2 signal reestablished after NASA ‘shouted’ into the cosmos
After nearly 46 years in space, NASA lost communications with Voyager 2 last month, leading to a few weeks of silence from the aged interstellar explorer. Now, after a last-ditch effort that was essentially a “shout into the cosmos,” NASA has restored connection to Voyager 2’s signal, resuming communications with the probe. Tech. Entertainment. Science.…
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Brain’s appetite control centre different in overweight or obese people – study
Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter The brain’s appetite control centre is different in the brains of people who are overweight or live with obesity, a new study suggests. The researchers said their findings…