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Lost Iron Age Ship Cargoes Discovered in Ancient Israeli Port Rewrite Mediterranean Trade History
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Lost Iron Age Ship Cargoes Discovered in Ancient Israeli Port Rewrite Mediterranean Trade History

Iron Age cargoes from Dor reveal how ancient Mediterranean trade evolved alongside shifting empires and political power. New findings from researchers at the University of California San Diego and the University of Haifa are changing how scholars understand ancient seaborne trade in the eastern Mediterranean. Recently published in Antiquity, the study reports the first documented [...]

New Clues Suggest Life’s Building Blocks Were Sorted in Space Before Reaching Earth
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New Clues Suggest Life’s Building Blocks Were Sorted in Space Before Reaching Earth

New research suggests that amino acids, the fundamental components of life, may have arrived on Earth carried by interstellar dust grains, possibly contributing to the origins of life as we know it. In a study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Stephen Thompson, I11’s principal beamline scientist, and Sarah Day, an [...]

New 190-Million-Year-Old “Sword Dragon” Rewrites Ichthyosaur Evolution
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New 190-Million-Year-Old “Sword Dragon” Rewrites Ichthyosaur Evolution

A uniquely preserved ichthyosaur from the Pliensbachian period helps resolve when a major evolutionary shift occurred among Jurassic marine reptiles. A nearly complete skeleton discovered along the UK’s Jurassic Coast has been identified as a previously unknown and rare species of ichthyosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile that once dominated ancient seas. The dolphin-sized species, named [...]

Is the Universe Made of Math? Part 4: The Fire and the Filter
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Is the Universe Made of Math? Part 4: The Fire and the Filter

Like I said at the beginning, I’m not really keen on the idea of the mathematical universe. My own personal biggest objection stems from the whole point of occam’s razor: make things as simple as possible.

There's One Critical Thing You Can Do to Cut Your Risk of Dementia
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There's One Critical Thing You Can Do to Cut Your Risk of Dementia

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