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3,500-year-old rock art of wild sheep and double-humped camels revealed in Kazakhstan

Volunteers on an environmental clean-up in Kazakhstan uncovered rock art dating to the Bronze or Iron ages, but archaeologists say they already knew about the site.

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Some patients with brain injuries have life support withdrawn too soon, study suggests

A small modeling study suggests that some patients with severe traumatic brain injury may have recovered had they been kept on life support for longer.

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Did pandemic lockdowns stunt kids' immune systems long-term?

Common illnesses spiked in kids as COVID-related social distancing policies were lifted. But experts say this doesn't reflect a long-term change in children's immune systems.

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Secrets of radioactive 'promethium' — a rare earth element with mysterious applications — uncovered after 80-year search

Scientists have revealed key properties of radioactive promethium, a rare earth element with poorly understood applications, using a groundbreaking new method.

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Does the Milky Way orbit anything?

Do galaxies, including our own Milky Way, orbit anything in the universe?

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Why did Homo sapiens emerge in Africa?

Our human ancestors arose in Africa due to many factors, including climate.

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What's the highest place on Earth that humans live?

Inhabitants of the world's highest settlement, La Rinconada, in the Peruvian Andes, face a unique set of challenges.

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In a 1st, scientist grow mini brains with functional blood-brain barriers

New "assembloids" grown from stem cells offer a tiny, working model of the blood-brain barrier.

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Scientists made mice with Y chromosomes female by deleting just 6 tiny molecules

Scientists discovered that removing specific molecules from developing mice can completely reverse their sex from male to female.

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'Look at all this we don't understand': Study unravels whole new layer of Alzheimer's disease

A new study begins to unpack an understudied aspect of brain biology and Alzheimer's disease.

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In a 1st, HIV vaccine triggers rare and elusive antibodies in human patients

Scientists have taken a big step toward making an effective HIV vaccine.

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'Puppy eyes' didn't evolve just for humans, study of wild dogs finds

A new study debunks the idea that domestic dogs specifically evolved puppy dog eyes to tug on our heartstrings.

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Can a commercial airplane do a barrel roll?

Pilots have been doing barrel rolls in small planes throughout the history of aviation. But has anyone ever attempted this maneuver in a commercial airliner?

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Newfound autoimmune syndrome tied to COVID-19 can trigger deadly lung scarring

A surge in cases of a rare autoimmune disease during COVID-19 waves in England led to the discovery of a new syndrome.

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Does the Milky Way orbit anything?

Do galaxies, including our own Milky Way, orbit anything in the universe?

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New 3D map charted with Google AI reveals 'mysterious but beautiful' slice of human brain

Harvard and Google researchers have collaborated to map a tiny fragment of an adult human brain in unprecedented detail.

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1,000 years ago, Baltic pagans imported horses from Scandinavia to behead them or bury them alive

Baltic pagans imported horses to be sacrificed from their Christian neighbors around 1,000 years ago.

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What's the difference between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens?

Neanderthals are our closest relatives who went extinct around 40,000 years ago. Here's how they differed to us.

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'More Neanderthal than human': How your health may depend on DNA from our long-lost ancestors

Neanderthals and humans mated millennia ago, and their legacy lives on in us today. Here's how.

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Could Neanderthals talk?

While still the topic of ongoing debate, some scientists think Neanderthals could talk and may have had language.

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10 unexpected ways Neanderthal DNA affects our health

Around 2% of the genomes of modern Eurasians contains Neanderthal DNA. Here's how it affects our health.

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The mystery of the disappearing Neanderthal Y chromosome

Non-Africans carry around 2% Neanderthal DNA in their genomes — yet there's one chromosome where DNA from our ancient cousins is nowhere to be found.

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Long-lost branch of the Nile was 'indispensable for building the pyramids,' research shows

The Nile's now-extinct branch likely helped the ancient Egyptians move materials to pyramid building sites.

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130,000-year-old Neanderthal-carved bear bone is symbolic art, study argues

The carved bear bone is one of the earliest human-made artifacts with "symbolic culture" unearthed in Europe.

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Newfound 'glitch' in Einstein's relativity could rewrite the rules of the universe, study suggests

Einstein's theory of general relativity is our best description of the universe at large scales, but a new observation that reports a "glitch" in gravity around ancient structures could force it to be modified.

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