[ad_1] A new report challenges the theory that Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a hominid that lived over 6 million years ago, was our oldest known human ancestor. French paleontologists discovered a Sahelanthropus in Chad almost two decades ago. Nicknamed it “Toumai,” they announced that the creature was an early bipedal – with a skull indicating it had … Read more
[ad_1] Israeli scientists say they have successfully reversed the biological aging process – using oxygen alone. New research, led by Professor Shai Efrati of Tel Aviv University, working with a team from Shamir Medical Center, found that when healthy adults over the age of 64 were placed in a pressurized chamber and given pure oxygen … Read more
[ad_1] Titanosaurs were common when the asteroid struck in the late Cretaceous 66 million years ago. A new statistical analysis of dinosaur diversity shows that they were not in decline when they were extinct by an asteroid that hit 66 million years ago. Researchers at the University of Bath and the Natural History Museum in … Read more
[ad_1] A team of scientists at Harvard University have developed new imaging technology to visualize the organization of chromatin, a substance in a chromosome made up of DNA and proteins, at multiple scales in single cells at high throughput genomics. his et al. report error-robust multiplexed fluorescence in situ hybridization (MERFISH) based method for genome-wide … Read more
[ad_1] The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is expected to launch on Saturday as a new generation of spacecraft monitoring the sea level of our planet. The joint venture between NASA and the European Space Agency will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on November 21 at 12:17 p.m. ET. A launch livestream will … Read more
[ad_1] Refinery29 6 women share the real cost of their shower routines Showers are like the last bastion of calm in our lives. Just think about all the things you don’t do when you’re foaming: mindlessly scrolling through a stranger’s Instagram, texting your friend who just got back together with her worst ex, getting mad … Read more
[ad_1] Updated November 20 at 7:00 am, with scene recovery. WASHINGTON – Rocket Lab launched its Electron rocket on November 19, putting nearly 30 small satellites into orbit during its first attempt to recover the first stage of the rocket. The Electron took off from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula, New … Read more
[ad_1] A London bus-sized asteroid missed Earth by just 240 miles on Friday the 13th in the closest pass on record – but it wasn’t spotted until the next day The rock – dubbed 2020 VT4 – was seen 15 hours after it was whistled by It was detected by Hawaii’s latest land-based asteroid impact … Read more
[ad_1] “Some were wandering around and eating,” said Elizabeth Brown, a biologist in Dr. Keene’s lab. But if an insect spotted a piece of food that was being monopolized by another, it would “stand up and, with its head, slit through the body of the other caterpillar,” she said. Sometimes the strikes landed near the … Read more
[ad_1] IMAGE: © 2018 BY YUAN CAO In 2018, a group of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) performed a dazzling materials science magic trick. They stacked two microscopic graphene cards – sheets of carbon an atom thick – and twisted one very slightly. The application of an electric field transformed the stacking … Read more