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This 15,000-Year-Old Discovery Changes What We Know About Early Human Creativity
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This 15,000-Year-Old Discovery Changes What We Know About Early Human Creativity

Clay ornaments created 15,000 years ago show that symbolic expression began before agriculture. Evidence suggests both children and adults participated, highlighting early social and cultural development. Long before pottery or farming emerged, and even before the first villages formed, people in the Levant were already shaping clay by hand. They did so with care and [...]

35-Million-Year-Old Mystery: Strange Arachnid Discovered Preserved in Amber
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35-Million-Year-Old Mystery: Strange Arachnid Discovered Preserved in Amber

A fossil harvestman identified using advanced imaging techniques shows that extinct arachnid lineages once lived in Europe. The discovery expands the known diversity of amber-preserved species in the region. A team of researchers from Germany and Bulgaria, led by SNSB paleontologist Christian Bartel, has identified a previously unknown species of harvestman preserved in 35-million-year-old amber [...]

Ancient Korean society practiced human sacrifice and high inbreeding, researchers find
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Ancient Korean society practiced human sacrifice and high inbreeding, researchers find

A genomic analysis of dozens of ancient Korean skeletons revealed a special "sacrificial caste" of people.

NASA Releases Images of Artemis II's Flight Behind the Moon
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NASA Releases Images of Artemis II's Flight Behind the Moon

The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal some regions no human has seen, including a rare in-space solar eclipse. Released Tuesday, astronauts captured the images April 6 during the mission’s seven-hour flyby of the lunar far side, showing humanity’s return to the Moon’s […]

A Baby Star Blows A Giant Gaseous Ring
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A Baby Star Blows A Giant Gaseous Ring

Observing the Taurus Molecular Cloud, a research team led by Kyushu University has found that during the early growth period of a baby star, the protostellar disk blows magnetic flux 1,000 au in size and creates a giant, relatively warm ring. Describing these phenomena as a baby star’s “sneezes,” these expulsions of energy and gas help the star to properly develop.