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Elongated Skulls Increased Kudos in Ancient Peru, says new research

Elongated Skulls Increased Kudos in Ancient Peru, researchers say

Ancient Peruvian elites bound their babies' heads to planks of wood 900 years ago to give them elongated 'alien' skulls as a mark of...
Spacewalking astronauts finish months of robot arm repairs (Video)

Spacewalking astronauts finish months of robot arm repairs (Watch)

Spacewalking astronauts are finally wrapping up months of repair work on the International Space Station's big robot arm. The Canadian-built, 58-foot robot arm had both...
Monstrous black holes are OUTGROWING their host galaxies

Monstrous black holes are OUTGROWING their host galaxies

SUPERMASSIVE black holes are growing at a faster rate than their host galaxies, according to startling new research which could help experts unravel more...
Researchers create a new form of light by binding photons

Researchers create a new form of light by binding photons

Researchers have observed traveling three-photon bound states in a quantum nonlinear medium, a phenomenon that could help further the use of photons in quantum...
Research: Interstellar asteroid’s tumble suggests a violent past

Interstellar asteroid’s tumble suggests a violent past (Study)

The mysterious cigar-shaped asteroid Oumuamua has been spinning through space for billions of years because of a violent incident in its past, researchers have...
Study: Humans Mated Outside Our Species Three Times

Study: Humans Mated Outside Our Species Three Times

Ancient humans weren't against knocking boots with other species: We know they had sex with Neanderthals. A study published this week in the journal Cell...
Eclipse Season Starts for NASA's SDO

Eclipse Season Starts for NASA’s SDO

NASA delivers a colorful total solar eclipse as seen by the Solar Dynamics Observatory as the Earth blocks its view of the sun. Earth-bound humans...
Researchers discover the secrets behind the cuttlefish's 3D 'invisibility cloak'

Researchers discover the secrets behind the cuttlefish’s 3D ‘invisibility cloak’

Researchers has identified the neural circuits that enable cuttlefish to change their appearance in just the blink to eye – and discovered that this...
Engineers make wearable sensors for plants, enabling measurements of water use in crops

Researchers make wearable sensors for plants

Iowa State University plant Engineer Patrick Schnable quickly described how he measured the time it takes for two kinds of corn plants to move...
Researchers Find Massive Reserves of Mercury Hidden in Permafrost

Researchers Find Massive Reserves of Mercury Hidden in Permafrost

Researchers have discovered massive reserves of mercury hidden in permafrost. Research published in Geophysical Research Letters exposes another worrisome consequence of thawing permafrost—mercury (Hg) contamination....

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