A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science bulletin Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. CNN — The past is an ever-changing story, and this week a myriad of discoveries added new details. Fossils, jewelry, and even DNA unearthed from the earth shed light on some of history’s …
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Mussel spat collection on Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe/Ninety Mile Beach is a regular occurrence, with spat going to most mussel farms in the country. It’s a $380 million a year industry. But most mussels from New Zealand aquaculture farms come from spat collected at Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe/Ninety Mile Beach, which in turn came from other sites in Northland, …
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Opinion The UK’s national broadcaster, the BBC, its R&D team and all of its 15 million century-old archives are part of a new student consortium QNLP, Quantum Natural Language Processing, with the ultimate goal of automating the extracting meaning from the babbling of humanity. “The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is …
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Opinion The UK’s national broadcaster, the BBC, its R&D team and all of its 15 million century-old archives are part of a new student consortium QNLP, Quantum Natural Language Processing, with the ultimate goal of automating the extracting meaning from the babbling of humanity. “The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is …
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New research has revealed how genetic changes that slowly accumulate in blood stem cells throughout life are likely to be responsible for the dramatic change in blood production after age 70. The study, led by scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and collaborators, is published today (June 1) in the …
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Chris Hemsworth revealed shocking news to his fans this month, saying he was taking a break after discovering he was at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease. The Thor the actor learned the news after taking a genetic test while filming his new Disney+ documentary series Unlimited. In an interview with vanity lounge, Hemsworth says the …
Studying the speed of sound revealed that heavy neutron stars have a hard mantle and a soft core, while light neutron stars have a soft mantle and a hard core, much like different chocolate pralines. Credit: Peter Kiefer and Luciano Rezzolla So far, little is known about the interiors of neutron stars, those extremely compact …
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Studying the speed of sound revealed that heavy neutron stars have a hard mantle and a soft core, while light neutron stars have a soft mantle and a hard core, much like different chocolate pralines. Credit: Peter Kiefer and Luciano Rezzolla So far, little is known about the interiors of neutron stars, those extremely compact …
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The green sign advertised Siskiyou Peak as the highest point on I-5, which implied that the entire west coast of North America was mine. Sir Isaac Newton’s theory of universal gravitation claimed that if air drag could be eliminated along with all friction from tires and ball bearings, I could glide to Tacoma without gas. …
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