2.5 billion-year-old ‘time capsule’ rocks rewrite history: New study challenges mantle oxidation theory

A thin section of ancient rocks collected from the Gackel Ridge near the North Pole, imaged under a microscope and seen under cross-polarized light. Field width ~ 14mm. Analyzing rocks…

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New study: These strange blood-sucking fish have a ‘stunning’ evolutionary origin

Research on sea lampreys offers insights into vertebrate evolution by highlighting similarities in stem cell gene networks with jawed vertebrates and explaining differences in jaw formation. Courtesy: T. Lawrence, Great…

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Scientists discover ‘dark oxygen’ produced by metals on the seafloor in ground-breaking study

An international team of scientists has found that oxygen is produced in total darkness approximately 4,000 meters (13,100 feet) below the ocean's surface.Previously, it was thought that only living organisms…

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“Dark comets” may be a much bigger threat to Earth than we thought, a new study warns

Mysterious, nearly invisible objects known as “dark comets' may pose a greater threat to Earth than scientists thought, new research suggests. These small, rapidly rotating objects wander near Earth, possibly…

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The study of superlubricity shows that a macroscale frictionless condition can be achieved

credit: Applied materials today (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2024.102140 SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) President Winston "Wole" Soboyejo, Ph.D., and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Tabiri Kwayie Asumadu published a paper titled "Stable Macroscale…

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Neanderthals didn’t actually go extinct, but rather were swallowed up by the modern human population, DNA study suggests

Neanderthals may not have truly gone extinct, but instead may have been absorbed into the modern human population. That's one of the conclusions of a new study that finds modern…

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