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“Why Did This Evolve? It Didn’t. It Was Already There”: 100-Year-Old Mystery Of Why Mitochondria Sometimes Look Like Strings Of Pearls Finally Solved
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“Why Did This Evolve? It Didn’t. It Was Already There”: 100-Year-Old Mystery Of Why Mitochondria Sometimes Look Like Strings Of Pearls Finally Solved

IFLScience spoke to Dr Juan Landoni to find out how scientists came together to explain “pearling” in the powerhouse of the cell, first recorded in lab drawings from 1915.

Why Are Supermassive Black Holes Growing So Slowly?
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Why Are Supermassive Black Holes Growing So Slowly?

About 10 billion years ago, the growth rate of supermassive black holes began to slow dramatically. To this day, the SMBH growth rate still appears to be low. There are three potential explanations for this, and researchers think they've figured out which explanation fits best.

Scientists Just Rewrote the Timeline of Complex Life on Earth
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Scientists Just Rewrote the Timeline of Complex Life on Earth

Scientists have discovered fossils showing that complex animals existed millions of years before the Cambrian explosion, reshaping the timeline of life on Earth. The finds reveal a strange, diverse ecosystem where early versions of modern animals were already evolving. Ancient Fossil Discovery Rewrites the Timeline of Complex Life A newly identified fossil site in southwest [...]

Chemists make hydrogen from breadcrumbs in groundbreaking reaction that could replace some fossil fuels
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Chemists make hydrogen from breadcrumbs in groundbreaking reaction that could replace some fossil fuels

Chemists say they’ve found a way to turn breadcrumbs into hydrogen, potentially offering a sustainable alternative to one of the most common chemical manufacturing processes.

Ancient children's teeth reveal a syphilis-like disease was spreading in Vietnam 4,000 years ago
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Ancient children's teeth reveal a syphilis-like disease was spreading in Vietnam 4,000 years ago

Remains from three Stone Age children in Vietnam may challenge long-standing ideas about the origin of syphilis, scientists say.