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Cracking a 3,000-Year-Old Mystery: Rare Burials Reveal Secrets of the Late Bronze Age
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Cracking a 3,000-Year-Old Mystery: Rare Burials Reveal Secrets of the Late Bronze Age

Evidence from rare burials shows Late Bronze Age Central European communities adapted through exchange, shifting diets, and diverse burial practices rather than large-scale migration. A new interdisciplinary study published in Nature Communications offers the first detailed biomolecular and archaeological perspective on the lives of people in Central Europe during the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1300–800 [...]

One Nostril Is More Dominant Than The Other. Here's Why.
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One Nostril Is More Dominant Than The Other. Here's Why.

They even take turns.

Scientists Finally Solve the 20-Year Mystery of Strange Tiny Dinosaur Fossils
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Scientists Finally Solve the 20-Year Mystery of Strange Tiny Dinosaur Fossils

Fossil bone analysis shows that mysterious tiny Liaoningosaurus specimens are actually hatchling ankylosaurs, offering rare evidence of early armored dinosaur development. A long-standing puzzle involving dozens of unusually small dinosaur fossils has finally been resolved. Specimens once believed to represent a tiny species of armored dinosaur are now understood to be the remains of baby [...]

Your Brain Can Be Tricked Into Enjoying Artificial Sweeteners
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Your Brain Can Be Tricked Into Enjoying Artificial Sweeteners

Can your expectations change how sweet something tastes or how much you enjoy it? A nutrition label can shape your experience before you take the first sip. In a study in JNeurosci, Elena Mainetto (Radboud University), Margaret Westwater (University of Oxford), and researchers at the University of Cambridge tested whether expectations alone could change how [...]

This Epic Nebula Looks Like a Giant Brain Floating in Space
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This Epic Nebula Looks Like a Giant Brain Floating in Space

Meet the Exposed Cranium nebula.