Modern Humans May Have Shared Culture With Neanderthals for 20,000 Years
The excavation of a cave in southern Türkiye revealed evidence of shared technologies, survival strategies, and even symbolic objects.
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New screening tool spots RNA-disrupting antibiotics for drug-resistant gram-negative bacteria
Researchers from Skoltech and other science centers in Russia have developed a reporter system—a tool for screening potential new antibiotics—that enables the selection of drug compounds disrupting RNA synthesis in gram-negative bacteria. Among others, these include multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a dangerous pathogen responsible for hospital-acquired infections that has already adapted to existing antibiotics.
New beetle genus named after One Piece’s Monkey D. Luffy, encompassing two new species
A research team from the Natural History Museum of Denmark has published a compelling new study in insect taxonomy in the open-access journal ZooKeys, officially establishing a new genus of rove beetle: Luffy gen. nov. The inspiration for the name comes directly from Monkey D. Luffy, the iconic protagonist of the globally popular manga and…
Scientists just measured the smallest possible contacts for future computer chips
The rise of AI has created an almost insatiable appetite for computing power. Training and running AI systems requires vast numbers of transistors, and engineers are now racing to pack more of them onto every chip. With their existing designs, however, silicon transistors are rapidly running up against physical limits on how small they can…
Scientist Announces discovery of “Space-Phase Selection”, as an organizing principle of nature.
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France’s Le Pen faces pivotal ruling in race for president
France’s far-right chief Marine Le Pen is bracing for a key verdict on Tuesday that will determine if she can run in next year’s presidential elections, when her party has its best chance yet of winning power.
Canadian Artemis II crew member to retire from space agency
The Canadian astronaut who was part of the historic Artemis II crew that successfully voyaged around the Moon earlier this year is retiring from the nation’s space agency, officials said.
JAXA releases photo of asteroid Torifune taken by Hayabusa2
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, on Monday released a photo of Torifune that was taken by Hayabusa2 at close range when…
A Jupiter-sized planet outlived its dying star, and NASA’s Webb has now read its atmosphere – the first ever detected on a world orbiting a white dwarf
The gas giant WD 1856 b should have been swallowed when its star ballooned into a red giant. Webb found methane, haze, and a faint leftover heat in its air, and that heat became the clue to how the planet survived.
Earth reaches its furthest point from the Sun on Monday
Did you know the Earth does not have a perfectly circular orbit around our Sun? It is elliptical, which means that the Earth’s distance from the Sun varies depending on the time of year.