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Researchers examining a well-preserved human skeleton recently excavated in Vietnam concluded that the man was about 35 years old when he died some 12,000 years ago and was mortally injured by a projectile tipped with quartz. The quartz shows signs ...

The lung of a genetically modified miniature pig survived transplantation in a brain-dead human, providing critical information to advance xenotransplantation and someday provide a temporary option until a human organ is available. The lungs are a ...

In a meeting that combined the scientific rigor of a flat Earth convention with the intellectual depth of a graphene monolayer, Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined forces to announce their theory on the "real" cause of autism, dismissing ...

Why is the night sky dark? This simple question, known as Olbers' paradox, has perplexed astronomers for centuries. In an infinite, eternal universe filled with stars, every line of sight should end on a star, bathing the night in constant light. --

Just in time for back-to-school, a new COVID strain named "Stratus" is rapidly infecting folks across California. The rate at which COVID lab tests came back positive in L.A. County is 12.6% for the week that ended Aug. 16, up from 7.6% a month ...

When researchers increased levels of an iron-storing protein called FTL1 in young mice's brains, they began showing memory problems typically seen only in old age. When scientists reduced FTL1 in the hippocampus of older mice -- the brain's memory ...

Contrary to the Trump Administration's loon, RFK Jr's unscientific guidance not to vaccinate children, the AAP wants us to protect our kids. Just as disgusting as RFK Jr's conspiracy theory-motivated call to endanger children is his department's ...

Scientists have created a brain implant that can decode a person's inner thoughts with 74% accuracy, but only after they mentally "speak" a personalized password, with one participant using the phrase "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang." The Stanford ...

Mini Museum sells all manner of cool collectibles, from T. Rex teeth and tiny bits from space shuttles to a section of cable from the Brooklyn Bridge. The IC chip from the CRAY-1 from Mini Museum is one of the coolest things I own. -- Read the rest ...

We recently reported on the Louisiana Department of Health's warning about Vibrio vulnificus, the flesh-eating bacteria that Boing Boing's Séamus Bellamy so beautifully describes as "living its best life in the waters slopping up against the beaches ...