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Oldest Evidence of Human Presence in the Tibetan Plateau
A new optical dating technique was used by researchers to directly constrain the age of prehistoric stone artifacts from an archaeological site in southern Tibet.…
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Technology
New Software for Creating Environmentally Friendly Cities
New technology has the potential to improve people’s lives while saving billions of dollars in cities around the world. The Stanford Natural Capital Project’s free,…
Technology
Memory Safety make Computer Systems more Secure
Maintaining the security of your computer allows you to avoid malware and direct hacking attempts aimed at stealing your personal information. Your internet privacy is…
Astronomy
New Observations of Large Magellanic Cloud Reveal Thousands of Unknown Radio Sources
The Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) survey certainly depends on expectations. It is expected to detect 40 million galaxies and it seems to have…
Environmental Science
Less Meat Consumption and Air Travel Necessary for Net-Zero World, Report Says
A new report on the potential for a net-zero economy by 2050 concludes that “a relatively small number of key behavioral changes … will reduce…
Environmental Science
Grand Canyon’s Gap in Time a Legacy of Continental Break-up
More than a billion years of geological history is missing from some parts of the Grand Canyon and some geologists believe, much of the rest…
Astronomy
Giant Bird-Eating Centipedes Exist and they’re Surprisingly Important for their Ecosystem
Giant bird-eating centipedes may sound like a science-fiction movie-but they aren’t. On the tiny island of Philip, part of the Norfolk archipelago in the South…
Biology
First Known Video of Tortoise Hunting a Bird and Yes, we have it
In Es Shop’s Fairy Tale the Turtle and The Hair, we learned that complacency is a dangerous thing because “slowly and steadily one wins the…
Technology
Compete for the Title of Top ID Checkers
UNSW Sydney psychologists have developed a new face identification ability test that will aid in the recruitment of facial recognition experts for a variety of…
Physics
Using a Conventional Computer to Run Quantum Software
If the quantum computer is imperfect enough, classical computers can efficiently simulate its behavior. Quantum simulators that run on traditional computers can simulate the execution…
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