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- Canada Once Had Mountains Nearly as Tall as the Himalayas
About 955 million years ago, mountains in what is now Quebec may have rivaled the Himalayas before erosion wore them down over hundreds of millions of years.
Tags: Earth
- Why We Give Better Advice to Others Than Ourselves
Solomons paradox describes how people can give better advice to others than themselves, but self-distancing can help close that gap.
Tags: Mind
- 5,500-Year-Old High-Altitude Copper Site Reveals Repeated Mountain Trips
About 5,500 years ago, people repeatedly climbed to a cave 2,235 meters up in the Pyrenees to process green copper-bearing rock, likely malachite.
Tags: History
- Capuchin Monkeys Have Developed a Strange New Social Ritual
White-faced capuchins in Costa Rica developed a social ritual where one monkey puts a finger into another monkey eye socket for several minutes.
Tags: Medicine
- Asian Tiger Mosquito Now Covers 83 of France's 96 Mainland Departments
The Asian tiger mosquito became established in France in 2004 and is now found in 83 of the country's 96 mainland departments.
Tags: Medicine
- Norwegian Dairy Goats Naturally Lack a Protein Linked to Prion Disease
Some Norwegian dairy goats carry a natural mutation that stops prion protein production, yet goats with two copies appear healthy and resistant to scrapie.
Tags: Medicine
- Scientists Revived a 46,000-Year-Old Worm From Siberian Permafrost
A tiny roundworm frozen in Siberian permafrost for about 46,000 years was revived, revealing a new species with an unusual way to survive extreme conditions.
Tags: Medicine
- Dairy Cows Have Waterbeds to Help Them Rest
Dairy cows have used waterbeds since the 1990s, giving them a softer place to rest and encouraging more lying time linked to milk production.
Tags: Medicine
- One Falcon Colony Stores Live Birds for Later Meals
In Morocco, one colony of Eleonora’s falcons has been observed plucking flight feathers from live small birds and wedging them into rock crevices as a fresh food reserve.
Tags: Medicine
- The Rete Ovarii May Be a Secretory Helper of the Ovary
A little-known structure beside the ovary has been found in mice to release proteins that may help support ovarian function.
Tags: Medicine
- The Largest Solar Storm Ever Found Hit Earth 14,300 Years Ago
About 14,300 years ago, Earth was hit by a solar storm at least 10 times stronger than the Carrington Event, leaving a carbon-14 trace in ancient tree rings.
Tags: Astronomy
- Why Ancient Roman Lead Is Valuable for Ultra-Sensitive Detectors
Ancient Roman lead from shipwrecks has extremely low radioactivity, making it valuable as shielding for highly sensitive scientific equipment.
Tags: Physics