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A fragmentary hand stencil preserved in a limestone cave on Indonesia’s Muna Island was found alongside much more recent rock art.
Mineral deposits over an Indonesian hand stencil establish a minimum age of 67,800 years, extending the known record of cave art.
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A study of 4,523 adults links higher BMI at dementia onset to lower mortality, without showing that weight gain improves survival.
HealthHigher body weight linked to lower risk of death from dementiaJoshua Shavit
Gemini North images reveal chains of gas knots in Pa 30, a supernova remnant linked to 1181 with a surviving central star.
SpaceCosmic ‘pearls’ emerge around the surviving star of an ancient supernovaJoseph Shavit
Recent lightsail experiments reveal progress toward interstellar travel, while distance, radiation and energy remain major hurdles.
SpaceInterstellar travel faces steep hurdles, but recent research is paving a new path to the starsJoseph Shavit
A new scientific perspective traces quantum mechanics from early theory to lasers, computing and gravitational-wave detection, with limits intact.
DiscoveriesFrom Schrödinger’s cat to LIGO: quantum physics turned strange ideas into useful technologyShy Cohen
A 2.6-million-year-old jaw from Ethiopia’s Afar region extends Paranthropus’ known range north by more than 1,000 kilometers.
Discoveries2.6-million-year-old jaw fossil challenges long-held ideas about early homininsJoshua Shavit
A Canadian analysis favors permanent standard time, citing morning light, sleep and mood benefits over year-round daylight saving time.
HealthCanadian analysis weighs the health trade-offs of permanent standard time versus daylight saving timeJoseph Shavit
Gold nanogaps and AI distinguish mirror-image amino acids, offering a possible route to compact instruments for the search for life.
SpaceScientists use AI and nanotechnology to detect signs of life in spaceJoseph Shavit
An artist’s impression of ZTF J0440+2325, where a brown dwarf transfers material onto a red dwarf as the pair orbit each other every 86.65 minutes.
SpaceA small star is slowly consuming a brown dwarf, 300 light years awayJoseph Shavit
Nanoscale polymer structures create more droplets, while heat treatment helps them leave the surface before growing large.
DiscoveriesUltra-thin polymer coating boosts condensation heat transfer up to 5.5 timesJoseph Shavit
Mice slept far less when key brainstem cells were blocked, giving researchers a clearer look at how sleep pressure builds.
HealthWhy do we get sleepy? New study reveals brain cells that help drive sleepRebecca Shavit
Dr. Rupak Mahapatra, an experimental particle physicist, holds a SuperCDMS detector. The highly sensitive devices, which are fabricated at Texas A&M University, are deepening the search for dark matter and have potential applications in quantum computing.
DiscoveriesScientists build ultra-sensitive quantum detectors to search for invisible dark matterShy Cohen
A gamma-ray reanalysis tightens specific limits on violations of Einstein’s light-speed rule by roughly a factor of ten.
SpaceCosmic gamma rays test the limits of Einstein’s speed of light ruleJoseph Shavit
Ediacaran sea floor, Namibia, Southwest Africa - 543 million years ago.
DiscoveriesAnimals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than previously thoughtJoshua Shavit
A small V1 neuron population affected locomotor rhythm without causing the limb hyperflexion seen after broader V1 loss.
HealthStudy of 90,000 spinal neurons links a small cell group to walking speedRebecca Shavit
A proposed laser interferometer could measure energy exchanged with gravitational waves, offering a possible test of quantum gravity.
DiscoveriesPhysicist proposes laser light could transfer energy to a gravitational waveJoseph Shavit
A FAST search finds an unexplained radio signal toward K2-155, but deeper checks favor terrestrial or instrumental interference.
SpaceComprehensive planetary search detected an unexplained radio signal from K2-155, 238 light-years awayJoseph Shavit