Scientists have extracted and analyzed DNA from mummies that are thousands of years old, and they have found that the ancient Egyptians are actually more genetically similar to people living today...

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Submitted on May 30th 2017 by geoleo

Musk has emerged as the Trump White House's go-to tech industry executive.

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John Bevis explores the various feats of cunning and subterfuge undertaken by the Kearton brothers — among the very first professional wildlife photographers — in their pioneering attempts to get ever closer to their subjects.

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Submitted on May 28th 2017 by gladsdotter

A shot from the hike up to the base camp through the autumnal coloured forest below Cerro Torre Mountain one of the most recognisable with it's distinctive pointed peak standing 3128m high.

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Data gathered by oil exploration companies was combined to create the highest resolution map ever made of the area.

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The reluctance of U.S. federal regulators to require operators of nuclear reactors to spend $5 billion to enhance the security of spent fuel rods stored underground threatens the country with a potential catastrophe, scientists warned on Friday.

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Its threads reinforce themselves by sucking up chemicals from the victim’s own shell.

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Submitted on May 31st 2017 by gladsdotter

Wolves and other top predators need large ranges to be able to control smaller predators whose populations have expanded to the detriment of a balanced ecosystem. That’s the main finding of a study appearing May 23 in Nature Communications that analyzed the relationship between top predators on three different continents and the next-in-line predators they eat and compete with. The results were similar across continents, showing that as top predators’ ranges were cut back and fragmented, they were no longer able to control smaller predators.

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Submitted on May 27th 2017 by TNY

China has announced that the World’s largest floating solar farm has finally been completed and connected to the local power grid. The plant, located on a coal mining subsidence area in Eastern China's Anhui province has a capacity of 40 megawatts.

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Submitted on May 28th 2017 by geoleo

They change ecosystems quickly, and leave impacts even after they're removed.

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You know some of them—use renewable energy, eat less meat—but others will surprise you. By Simon Worrall.

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Submitted on May 30th 2017 by AdelleChattre

The volcano, on a tiny island on the southern edge of the Bering Sea, is so active that researchers have halted plans to visit this summer.

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Submitted on May 30th 2017 by gladsdotter

As record-breaking high tides overwhelm Hawaii, people are getting a preview of what life will be like in the decades to come. 

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For the first time, scientists are getting a view of the inner workings of ladybug wings.

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Submitted on May 29th 2017 by canuck with 2 comments

'Extinction rates for birds, mammals and amphibians are similar to the five global mass-extinction events of the past 500 million years that probably resulted from meteorite impacts, massive volcanism and other cataclysmic forces'

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Submitted on May 31st 2017 by wetwilly87

Studies of the gut microbiome have gone to the dogs -- and pets around the world could benefit as a result. In a new paper, researchers report that the ratio of proteins and carbohydrates in a canine's daily diet have a significant influence on the balance of microbes in its gut. Researchers observed that dogs fed a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet had enriched microbial gene networks associated with weight loss in humans.

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Submitted on May 30th 2017 by Gozzin

Has the Earth already reached peak warming? Has climate change leveled off, leaving us to adjust to a new, warmer normal? Not according to satellite measurements, say the authors of a paper published yesterday in the journal Scientific Reports.

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Submitted on May 27th 2017 by kxh

Ars technical director: "I, I, I... think we need to call 911."

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Submitted on May 28th 2017 by kxh

A previously unobserved phenomenon has roiled the interior of one of Greenland’s glaciers. By Brian Kahn.

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Submitted on May 27th 2017 by AdelleChattre

A fish created by spontaneous androgenesis is the first known vertebrate to arise naturally by this asexual reproductive phenomenon.

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Submitted on May 28th 2017 by Gozzin