Collaborate Disseminate
Neanderthals were gluing handles onto their tools over 100,000 years ago, possibly making the species even smarter than previously thought. So says a new study that discovered the use of adhesives on ancient stone tools that were previously overlooked…. Continue reading Ingenious Neanderthals had glue as part of their prehistoric tool kits
Astronomers have detected the strongest magnetic field ever observed in the universe. Studying powerful X-ray signals coming from a neutron star, the team calculated that its magnetic field is tens of millions of times stronger than any ever created in… Continue reading Astronomers detect strongest known magnetic field in the universe
An investigation by scientists from the University of Tübingen has found that foxes may have been feeding off human scraps for over 40,000 years. Based on a study of several sites in southern Germany, isotopic analysis shows ancient foxes fed on the re… Continue reading Study suggests foxes lived off human leftovers 40,000 years ago
Under the right conditions, DNA has been known to last for thousands of years, allowing scientists to study the genomes of ancient Egyptians, the very first Brits, and even early human ancestors. RNA, on the other hand, degrades much more qui… Continue reading RNA recovered and sequenced from 14,000-year-old mummified wolf
Fossilized human skulls found in a cave in Greece may force a rewrite of the human migration timeline yet again. Archaeologists have dated one of the skulls to about 210,000 years old – roughly 150,000 years older than the previous record-hol… Continue reading Fossil skull found in Greek cave may be oldest human remains in Europe
An algorithm was able to tell whether subjects had studied a house or face before going to sleep based on electrical activity in their brain. Continue reading This Algorithm Can Tell What You’ve Learned Before Going to Sleep