Quote of the Week
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do."
Mark TwainTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS
30,000-year-old woman’s DNA links ancestry between eastern and western Europe
Ancient DNA reveals connections between Ice Age European groups, while cave sediment traces the survival of western ancestry through a major cold period.
Japan’s historic MMX mission begins a daring journey to collect the first samples from Mars’ moon Phobos
Japan’s MMX spacecraft is heading toward Mars to collect samples from Phobos, with a rover and two sampling systems helping investigate the moon’s origins.
Ancient proteins offer new clues to what Denisovans looked like
Ancient proteins link two Xujiayao fossil fragments to Denisovans, revealing more about their skull anatomy and supporting a broader East Asian presence.
The secret to being human may be hidden in our DNA
A Lund University study connects repetitive noncoding DNA with a gene-regulatory pathway that influences developmental timing in human brain organoids.