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A collaboration between the University of Huddersfield’s Archaeogenetics Research Group and the University of Southampton’s Center for Maritime Archaeology, has clarified the first settlement of New Guinea and Australia by modern humans, Homo sapiens—refining our understanding of the origins of…
Long before modern telescopes, early astronomers mapped the heavens with math, myth, and sheer curiosity. This crossword quiz celebrates the minds who first charted the cosmos.
Five minutes of training can significantly improve people’s ability to identify fake faces created by artificial intelligence, research published in the journal Royal Society Open Science shows.
This Christmas, astronomers are highlighting a spectacular region of space that looks remarkably like a glowing holiday tree. Known as NGC 2264, this distant star-forming region sits about 2,700 light-years away and is filled with newborn stars lighting up clouds…
In a study published in Latin American Antiquity, Dr. Julien Hiquet and Dr. Rémi Méreuze analyzed the remains of a unique mosaic-style patolli game board discovered in the Classic Period city of Naachtun, Guatemala.
As a space scientist, I predict that the company will soon have to reckon with a growing problem: space debris.
All the NASA engineers and scientists need is a star on top of the telescope in the cleanroom.
They won’t be home for Christmas, but astronauts in space are finding their own way to make the season bright.
The night sky is the Christmas gift that just keeps giving.
A new study suggests that dementia may be driven in part by faulty blood flow in the brain. Researchers found that losing a key lipid causes blood vessels to become overactive, disrupting circulation and starving brain tissue. When the missing…