Homo Erectus Could Have Arrived In Asia 600,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
Learn more about the methods a research team used to date ancient fossils and sediment, revealing they were much older than previously believed.
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Bodo/Glimt stun Inter Milan 3-1 in Champions League playoff first-leg
Norway's Bodo/Glimt produce another Champions League shock by beating last year's beaten finalists Inter Milan 3-1.
World News
Blue states sue Trump administration over canceled green funds
A group of 13 states that did not support President Trump in the last election sued the administration on Wednesday over canceled federal climate funds....
Politics
Policy
Encapsulated ovarian donor tissue restores natural hormone cycles in mice
With the aim of restoring female hormone cycles for pediatric cancer survivors, a team of University of Michigan researchers has demonstrated that donated ovarian tissue,...
Biology
Medicine & Health
Ukraine's officials to boycott Paralympics over Russian flag decision
Ukrainian officials will boycott the Paralympic Winter Games, Kyiv said on Wednesday, after the International Paralympic Committee allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under...
World News
Biology
Ukraine's officials to boycott Paralympics over Russian flag decision
Ukrainian officials will boycott the Paralympic Winter Games, Kyiv said on Wednesday, after the International Paralympic Committee allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under...
World News
Biology
Quantum simulator reveals statistical localization that keeps most qubit states frozen
In the everyday world, governed by classical physics, the concept of equilibrium reigns. If you put a drop of ink into water, it will eventually...
Quantum Computing
Physics
Quantum simulator reveals statistical localization that keeps most qubit states frozen
In the everyday world, governed by classical physics, the concept of equilibrium reigns. If you put a drop of ink into water, it will eventually...
Quantum Computing
Physics
Carla Hayden recommends books by Black authors from 2016 that resonate today
We're continuing to celebrate Black History Month by looking back at 2016, a year that brought big moments in the culture.
Books & Literature
After record sales, murky forecast sinks Carvana’s stock
Shares of Carvana tumbled some 20% after hours on Wednesday, after the online used-car retailer’s outlook for the year ahead offered few specifics, following a...
Finance
Oxygen May Have Been Key to Sparking the Rise of Complex Life
Learn how oxygen’s early rise could have given complex life the energy boost it needed to evolve.
Energy
New durable hybrid materials enable faster radiation detection
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma have developed new hybrid materials that challenge conventional thinking about how light-emitting compounds work and could advance the field...
Chemistry
Materials Science
New durable hybrid materials enable faster radiation detection
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma have developed new hybrid materials that challenge conventional thinking about how light-emitting compounds work and could advance the field...
Chemistry
Materials Science
Florida animal behaviorists’ “ridiculous idea” to administer eye drops save a Zimbabwean rhino with bleeding eyes
Corralling a wild rhinoceros into a small chute to give it eyedrops might seem like a crazy plan. But if it’s crazy and it works,...
Environment
Health
A leaked Pentagon list flagging dozens of universities as risks blindsided schools and military students alike
The Pentagon is scrutinizing its partnerships with institutions of higher learning.DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander KubitzaThe Pentagon is reviewing its...
Policy
Biology
Maryland, Virginia Democrats press DC Water on Potomac sewage spill
Maryland and Virginia Democrats are pressing local utility DC Water over a recent wastewater spill that leaked into the Potomac River, an incident that has...
Politics
Policy
Huntington's disease offers a rare clean test case for brain research
Neuroscience rarely enjoys clean experiments. Most brain disorders are mosaics of risk genes, aging, lifestyle and chance that leave their origins obscured. Huntington's disease (HD)...
Genetics
Neuroscience
Benchmark of 1.4 million checked protein structures could sharpen AI predictions
University of Missouri researchers have released the world's largest collection of protein models with quality assessment—a groundbreaking new resource that could accelerate drug development for...
Medicine & Health
Artificial Intelligence
Benchmark of 1.4 million checked protein structures could sharpen AI predictions
University of Missouri researchers have released the world's largest collection of protein models with quality assessment—a groundbreaking new resource that could accelerate drug development for...
Medicine & Health
Artificial Intelligence
Do not give away Diego Garcia, Trump tells UK in fresh attack on Chagos deal
The president's comments come just a day after the US gave its official backing to the UK's Chagos deal.
Genetic discovery offers hope for global banana farming
Scientists have pinpointed crucial genetic resistance to a fungal disease that threatens the global banana supply in a wild subspecies of the fruit. In a...
Biology
Genetics
Genetic discovery offers hope for global banana farming
Scientists have pinpointed crucial genetic resistance to a fungal disease that threatens the global banana supply in a wild subspecies of the fruit. In a...
Biology
Genetics
Roughly 1 in 4 hold negative opinion of both major political parties: Survey
A new survey found that 1 in 4 Americans have a negative opinion of both major political parties ahead of midterm elections. Poll results from...
Politics
Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein
The Def Con hacking conference banned hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, as well as former MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito, from attending the...
Cybersecurity