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The Same Genetic Blueprint Develops the Faces of Birds and Mammals, So Why Do They Look So Different?
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (377+ words) Learn how birds and mammals share the same genetic toolkit that helps them develop their faces, and why they don't look the same." The face of a bird is much different from the face of a mammal. While birds tend…...
A Galaxy Cluster's Sloshing Spiral Reveals the Story Behind a Chaotic Collision That Began Four Billion Years Ago
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (443+ words) Learn about the turbulent history of Abell 2029, a galaxy cluster that experienced a collision with a smaller galaxy cluster about four billion years ago." The galaxy cluster Abell 2029 may seem calm and collected at first glance, but a closer look…...
Neanderthals May Have Turned Ice Age Rhino Teeth Into a Variety of Ancient Tools
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (535+ words) Learn how archaeologists discovered that Ice Age rhino teeth may have been used by Neanderthals to shape, sharpen, and repair stone tools. Stone tools, animal bones, and sharpened antlers are all familiar parts of the Neanderthal toolkit. But researchers now…...
Northern Ireland's Hedgehogs Are Wearing Mini GPS Backpacks To Help Species Conservation
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (523+ words) Learn how researchers in Northern Ireland are using GPS tracking to uncover the obstacles hedgehogs face in modern neighborhoods and cities. Most people never see what hedgehogs do after dark. In Northern Ireland, the tiny mammals squeeze through gaps in…...
This Substance Is 1, 000 Times More Potent Than the World's Spiciest Pepper " and It Could Provide Pain Relief
1+ week, 2+ day ago (580+ words) Learn about resiniferatoxin, the hottest substance on Earth that is being investigated as the future of pain relief. Capsaicin, the toxin found in chili peppers, is what many people believe to be the spiciest chemical on Earth. But an ultrapotent…...
Potatoes May Have Given Some Andean Populations a Genetic Advantage 6, 000 to 10, 000 Years Ago
1+ week, 4+ day ago (591+ words) Learn how a potato-rich diet may have reshaped human genes in the Andes thousands of years ago. Those changes could have helped some people process starch more efficiently, giving them a small but lasting advantage. Life in the Andes comes…...
JWST Spots a Nearby Super-Earth That Could Look Like the Moon or Mercury
1+ week, 6+ day ago (585+ words) Learn more about exoplanet LHS 3844 b, a rocky "Super-Earth" that's about 30 percent larger than our planet and could have a surface comparable to our moon or Mercury." Exoplanet LHS 3844 b is a rocky world orbiting a cool red dwarf 48. 5 light-years…...
Three Cougar Kittens Caught on Camera in Minnesota for the First Time in 100 Years
2+ week, 2+ day ago (409+ words) Learn how trail cameras captured the first evidence of cougar reproduction in Minnesota in over a century " and what it could mean for the species" return. A set of trail cameras in northern Minnesota recently captured something researchers hadn"t…...
Colossal Plans De-Extinction Project for the Bluebuck " and an Effort to Help Save African Antelope Populations
2+ week, 3+ day ago (450+ words) Learn about Colossal Biosciences' de-extinction project involving the bluebuck, an antelope that disappeared from South Africa over two centuries ago." Colossal Biosciences, the company pushing for the de-extinction of the woolly mammoth and dire wolf, has just announced its plans…...
Modern Humans and Neanderthals May Share Genetic Regions Linked to Complex Language
3+ week, 2+ day ago (500+ words) Learn more about Human Ancestor Quickly Evolved Regions (HAQERs), genetic regulatory regions that may have shaped language skill in modern humans and Neanderthals. Language is one of the things that makes modern humans modern. Since the start of our species,…...