Sunday, 9 February 2020

Friday, 7 February 2020

An ancient skeleton from an underwater Mexican cave sheds light on early Americans

An ancient skeleton from an underwater Mexican cave sheds light on early Americans

A nearly 10,000-year-old skeleton discovered in a submerged Mexican cave provides more clues to how and when people settled the Americas.
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Wednesday, 5 February 2020

Arctic permafrost thaw plays greater role in climate change than previously estimated

Arctic permafrost thaw plays greater role in climate change than previously estimated

Abrupt thawing of permafrost will double previous estimates of potential carbon emissions from permafrost thaw in the Arctic, and is already rapidly changing the landscape and ecology of the circumpolar north, a new CU Boulder-led study finds. 
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Tuesday, 4 February 2020

NSW and Victoria just jumped 1.8 metres north

NSW and Victoria just jumped 1.8 metres north

On New Year’s Day, NSW and Victoria jumped north by 1.8 metres – while the rest of the country remained firmly fixed in place.
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Ancient human IQ can't be measured in the brain, but somewhere else — study

Ancient human IQ can't be measured in the brain, but somewhere else — study

How did human intelligence evolve? Anthropologists have studied this question for decades by looking at tools found in archaeological digs, evidence of the use of fire, and so on, and changes in brain size measured from fossil skulls.
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