Ancient ‘hanging coffin’ people in China finally identified — and their descendants still live there today
People buried in “hanging coffins” thousands of years ago in China and Southeast Asia have finally been identified through DNA research.
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‘An extreme end of human genetic variation’: Ancient humans were isolated in southern Africa for nearly 100,000 years, and their genetics are stunningly different
Ancient genomes from southern Africa show that people evolved in isolation for upward of 100,000 years.
China has planted so many trees it’s changed the entire country’s water distribution
Huge “regreening” efforts in China over the past few decades have activated the country’s water cycle and moved water in ways that scientists are just
Death Valley’s ‘world’s hottest temperature’ record may be due to a human error
A new analysis of July temperatures in Death Valley between 1923 and 2024 suggests the world record near-surface air temperature of 134 F measured in
Ancient DNA reveals China’s first ‘pet’ cat wasn’t the house cat
The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese
Ancient southern Africans took genetic evolution in a new direction
An ancient, shared set of human-specific genes underwent changes in a geographically isolated population after around 300,000 years ago, scientists say.
Waxing Gibbous Moon
The waxing gibbous Moon rises above Earth’s blue atmosphere in this photograph taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above a
When an AI algorithm is labeled ‘female,’ people are more likely to exploit it
People who played the “Prisoner’s Dilemma” were less likely to cooperate when the other player was a male human or AI, and exploited female players.
Diagnostic dilemma: A woman got a rare parasitic lung infection after eating raw frogs
In an unusual case, a woman developed a parasitic infection in her lungs, when more typically, the parasite stays just under the skin.
James Webb telescope spots strange ‘super-puff’ planet frantically chasing its own atmosphere through space
New James Webb telescope observations of the ‘super-puff’ planet WASP-107b show that the exoplanet’s runaway atmosphere is frantically escaping into space.
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