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Scientists find evidence of humans making clothes 120,000 years ago
Tools and bones in Moroccan cave could be some of earliest evidence of the hallmark human behavior. The Contrebandiers Cave on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, where the bone tools and bones were found. Photograph: Contrebandiers – By Nicola Davis Science correspondent @NicolaKSDavis …
Food production generates more than a third of manmade greenhouse gas emissions – a new framework tells us how much comes from crops, countries and regions
A farmer walks through a rice paddy in India’s northeastern state of Assam. Buu Boro /AFP via Getty Images – By Xiaoming Xu, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Atul Jain, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of …
The Definitive Guide to the World’s Hidden Blunders
These 19 extraordinary errors will make you feel better about your next slip-up. By Kerry Wolfe 19 Places Everybody makes mistakes. Some go relatively unnoticed—fleeting blips soon forgiven and forgotten. But others last, adding a quirky kind of charm to the attractions they …
Western fires are burning higher in the mountains and at unprecedented rates as the climate warms
Heat and dryness are leaving high mountain areas more vulnerable to forest fires. David McNew/Getty Images – By Mojtaba Sadegh, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University and by John Abatzoglou, Associate Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced and by Mohammad …
How threats of hellfire helped keep ‘immodest’ women in their place – from the ancient world to ‘My Unorthodox Life’
For centuries, societies have used visions of the afterlife to discipline people’s behavior. DEA / G. Nimatallah/De Agostini via Getty Images – By Meghan Henning, Associate Professor of Christian Origins, University of Dayton 2021 Sep 08 – In the opening of Netflix’s popular …
From dust bowl to California drought – A climate scientist on the lessons we still haven’t learned
Peter Gleick argues there’s an urgent need to reshape our relationship to water: ‘There is enormous untapped potential for conservation’ The Enterprise Bridge crosses over a section of Lake Oroville in Oroville, California. Water levels at the lake have dropped to 42% of …
Why bitcoin entrepreneurs are flocking to rural Texas
Mining cryptocurrency requires lots of cheap energy and many miners have settled on Texas as their destination. Hundreds of machines more powerful than the average computer will soon be housed in this 320-acre mining facility in Dickens county, Texas. Photograph: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock – …
Zinc-infused proteins are the secret that allows scorpions, spiders and ants to puncture tough skin
A close-up of the head of a leafcutter ant, Atta cephalotes, showing the metal-infused teeth on its mandibles. Ryan Garrett, CC BY-ND – By Robert Schofield, Research Professor in Physics, University of Oregon 2021 Sep 01 The Research Brief is a short take …
Plans for $400-billion new city in the American desert unveiled
Credit: Bjarke Ingels Group and Bucharest Studio – Written by Oscar Holland, CNN Updated 2021 Sep 06 – The cleanliness of Tokyo, the diversity of New York and the social services of Stockholm: Billionaire Marc Lore has outlined his vision for a 5-million-person …
Pandemic hardship is about to get a lot worse for millions of out-of-work Americans
The door to unemployment benefits is closing for millions of Americans. AP Photo/John Minchillo – By Jeffrey Kucik, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona and Don Leonard, Assistant Professor of Practice in City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University Updated …
‘Last Journey’ offers clues to an ancient civilization
Cerro Azul is one of three sites featuring ancient rock paintings that was discovered in recent years in Colombia’s Serranía La Lindosa. Photo: Courtesy Vive Guaviare/Marcel Reina – Editor’s Note — CNN Travel series often carry sponsorship originating from the countries and regions …
It’s not your imagination. Weather and climate disasters have been getting more frequent since the ’70s
A chairlift at Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort sits idle as the Caldor Fire moves through the area on 2021 Aug 30 in Twin Bridges, California. – By Rachel Ramírez, CNN Updated 2021 Sep 01 – An extreme weather event or climate disaster has occurred …
Why America needs a Department of the Future
For too long we’ve been shortsighted, mistaking our cleverness for wisdom. Now, it’s time for politics to take a longer view. ‘The future depends on what you do today,’ Gandhi cautioned us.’ Photograph: Paper Boat Creative/Getty Images – By Kim Heacox 2021 Aug …
Fossil of previously unknown four-legged whale found in Egypt
Abdullah Gohar, a researcher at El Mansoura, university works on renovating the 43 million-year-old fossil of a previously unknown four-legged amphibious whale called “Phiomicetus Anubis”, that helps trace the transition of whales from land to sea, which were discovered in the Fayum Depression …
Ancient DNA from a teen girl reveals previously unknown group of humans
The skeletal remains of an ancient teenage Toalean woman were nestled among large rocks, which were placed in the burial pit discovered in a cave on Sulawesi. – Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating …
What do many terrorists have in common? They abuse women
Groundbreaking research shows that extremist attackers are often united in their violent misogyny, whatever their ideology. Flowers at an entrance to Fryent Country Park, in Wembley, north London, where Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry were killed. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA – By Joan Smith …
What is the metaverse? 2 media and information experts explain
Are these people interacting in some virtual world? Lucrezia Carnelos/Unsplash – By Rabindra Ratan, Associate Professor of Media and Information, Michigan State University – And Lei, Yi-Ming, Doctoral student in Media and Information, Michigan State University – 2021 Aug 12 – The metaverse …
How Cats Became Divine Symbols in Ancient Egypt
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images – By Elizabeth Yuko 2021 Aug 22 – Felines served a useful purpose in ancient Egyptian households and were eventually associated with deities. Along with hieroglyphics, obelisks and geometric patterns, cats feature prominently in ancient Egyptian art, reflecting …
Secret Chamber in the Rock of Gibraltar
There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock. – Inside a gallery on the Rock of Gibraltar, engraved by Joseph Constantine Stadler by Rev. Cooper Willyams – Entrance to the Prince’s …
What is Ashura? How this Shiite Muslim holiday inspires millions.
Ashura in Syria. Tasnim News Agency, CC BY-SA – By Noorzehra Zaidi, Assistant Professor of HIstory, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Originally posted 2019 Sep 06 – Thousands of Shiite Muslims from around the world will visit Iraq this month to see the …
What is Pegasus? A cybersecurity expert explains how the spyware invades phones and what it does when it gets in.
A woman holds a phone in front of the office of NSO Group, which makes a tool that can see and hear everything a phone is used for. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images – By Bhanukiran Gurijala, Assistant Professor of Computer Science & …
Is drinking good for you in any way? If not, why is alcohol legal for adults?
Beer, wine and hard liquor are causing nearly 100,000 U.S. deaths a year. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer – By Margie Skeer, Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine; Weiner Hailey Family Professor, Tufts University 2021 Aug 09 – Curious Kids is a series …
‘Seaspiracy’ Continues Making Waves – Here’s Why Fish Is Not A Health Food
Some who stop eating meat continue eating fish in the belief that it’s good for them and that fishing is less cruel and destructive than farming – nothing could be further from the truth. While fish continues to be labelled a health food …
Afghans’ lives and livelihoods upended even more as US occupation ends
Forced from their homes by fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces, thousands of families seek refuge in a Kabul park. Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images – By Abdulkader Sinno, Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies, Indiana University …
The Taliban are megarich – here’s where they get the money they use to wage war in Afghanistan
Taliban militants and Afghan civilians celebrate the signing of a peace deal with the United States on March 2. Noorullah Shirzada/AFP via Getty Images) – By Hanif Sufizada, Education and Outreach Program Coordinator, University of Nebraska Omaha –This article was originally published on …
Don’t call us traitors: descendants of Cortés’s allies defend role in toppling Aztec empire
On the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest, people from Mexico’s smallest state Tlaxcala say their ancestors were liberators – Dancers celebrate the anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlán, the Mexica capital, on 26 July. Photograph: Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/Pacific Press/REX/Shutterstock – David Agren …
The Biophysicist Transforming Asparagus Into Medical Implants
A horror movie proved an unlikely source of inspiration. Pelling in the kitchen with asparagus, the veggie that inspired his work on spinal cord injuries. Andrew Pelling – By Cari Shane 2021 Aug 04 – His lab is filled with apples, asparagus, broccoli, …
Melting Mongolian ice reveals fragile artifacts that provide clues about how past people lived
Archaeologist and paleoenvironmental researcher Isaac Hart of the University of Utah surveys a melting ice patch in western Mongolia. Peter Bittner, CC BY-ND – William Taylor, Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology, University of Colorado Boulder 2021 Aug 11 – In the world’s …
Complicity and silence around sexual harassment are common – Cuomo and his protectors were a textbook example
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, seen here in July 2021, announced on 2021 Aug 10, that he would resign amid a sexual harassment scandal. Spencer Platt/Getty Images – 2021 Aug 10 – Authors Sandy Hershcovis, Professor at Haskayne School of Business, University of …
Reduce methane or face climate catastrophe, scientists warn
Exclusive: IPCC says gas, produced by farming, shale gas and oil extraction, playing ever-greater role in overheating planet – Animal farming is one of the activities producing methane, which has a warming potential more that 80 times that of CO2. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters …
Why does gravity pull us down and not up?
Gravity feels like it’s pulling everything toward Earth, but why? AdventurePhoto/E+ via WikimediaCommons – By Mario Borunda, Associate Professor of Physics, Oklahoma State University 2021 Jul 26 – Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question …
From Enlightenment to Revolution – Freemasonry’s fledgling years had an enduring impact on the future of Western civilization
– By Kenneth Loiselle Originally published in the May/June issue of California Freemason. Read the digital magazine here! It takes a strong institution to abide for more than 300 years. But it takes a remarkable one to endure through 300 years of social …
Venus will receive two visitors from Earth next week
Venus, often referred to as “Earth’s twin”, is set to receive two visitors next week. NASA/JPL-Caltech View 7 Images – By David Szondy 2021 Aug 03 – Next week, two deep-space probes will make flybys of Venus within 30 hours of each other on …
How years of fighting every wildfire helped fuel the Western megafires of today
The Cedar Creek Fire burns in Washington’s Methow Valley in late July 2021. Jessica Kelley – Susan J. Prichard, Research Scientist of Forest Ecology, University of Washington Keala Hagmann, Affiliate Assistant Professor, University of Washington Paul Hessburg, Research Ecologist, United States Forest Service …
What are stablecoins? A blockchain expert explains
Stablecoins promise more stability than other cryptocurrencies. DenBoma/iStock via Getty Images – By Stephen McKeon, Associate Professor of Finance, University of Oregon 2021 Jul 29 – Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency linked to an asset like the U.S. dollar that doesn’t change …
Not everyone cheered the ancient Olympic games, but the sacred games brought together rival societies
The modern Olympics share many things with the ancient games. Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images – By Joel Christensen, Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University 2021 Jul 28 – The 2020 Tokyo Olympics started on July 23, 2021, amid a few different controversies. …
Don’t hike so close to me: How the presence of humans can disturb wildlife up to half a mile away
What are you looking at? Greg Shine, BLM/Flickr, CC BY – Authors Jeremy Dertien, PhD Candidate in Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Clemson University Courtney Larson, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming Sarah Reed, Affiliate Faculty in Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State …
Small climate changes can have devastating local consequences – it happened in the Little Ice Age
The Little Ice Age brought some bitter extremes. Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565 – By Dagomar Degroot, Associate Professor of Environmental History, Georgetown University 2021 Jul 27 – In recent weeks, catastrophic floods overwhelmed towns in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, inundated subway …
To boost or not to boost? The big COVID-19 vaccine question
As Pfizer and BioNTech make a push for third booster vaccine shots, some researchers are questioning whether boosters are needed right now. Ezumeimages/Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2021 Jul 13 – When will COVID-19 vaccine booster shots be necessary? Pfizer has recently claimed a …
Interview: Rocket-bike pilot Eddie Braun on his new Stuntman film
Eddie Braun launches toward immortality in his 10,000 horsepower steam rocket, the Evel Spirit. Loz Blain/New Atlas View 29 Images – By Loz Blain 2021 Jul 25 – Nearly five years ago, in a vastly different world, Eddie Braun completed the stunt that famously …
Scientists find evidence of humans making clothes 120,000 years ago
Tools and bones in Moroccan cave could be some of earliest evidence of the hallmark human behavior. The Contrebandiers Cave on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, where the bone tools and bones were found. Photograph: Contrebandiers – By Nicola Davis Science correspondent @NicolaKSDavis …
Food production generates more than a third of manmade greenhouse gas emissions – a new framework tells us how much comes from crops, countries and regions
A farmer walks through a rice paddy in India’s northeastern state of Assam. Buu Boro /AFP via Getty Images – By Xiaoming Xu, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Atul Jain, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of …
The Definitive Guide to the World’s Hidden Blunders
These 19 extraordinary errors will make you feel better about your next slip-up. By Kerry Wolfe 19 Places Everybody makes mistakes. Some go relatively unnoticed—fleeting blips soon forgiven and forgotten. But others last, adding a quirky kind of charm to the attractions they …
Western fires are burning higher in the mountains and at unprecedented rates as the climate warms
Heat and dryness are leaving high mountain areas more vulnerable to forest fires. David McNew/Getty Images – By Mojtaba Sadegh, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University and by John Abatzoglou, Associate Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced and by Mohammad …
How threats of hellfire helped keep ‘immodest’ women in their place – from the ancient world to ‘My Unorthodox Life’
For centuries, societies have used visions of the afterlife to discipline people’s behavior. DEA / G. Nimatallah/De Agostini via Getty Images – By Meghan Henning, Associate Professor of Christian Origins, University of Dayton 2021 Sep 08 – In the opening of Netflix’s popular …
From dust bowl to California drought – A climate scientist on the lessons we still haven’t learned
Peter Gleick argues there’s an urgent need to reshape our relationship to water: ‘There is enormous untapped potential for conservation’ The Enterprise Bridge crosses over a section of Lake Oroville in Oroville, California. Water levels at the lake have dropped to 42% of …
Why bitcoin entrepreneurs are flocking to rural Texas
Mining cryptocurrency requires lots of cheap energy and many miners have settled on Texas as their destination. Hundreds of machines more powerful than the average computer will soon be housed in this 320-acre mining facility in Dickens county, Texas. Photograph: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock – …
Zinc-infused proteins are the secret that allows scorpions, spiders and ants to puncture tough skin
A close-up of the head of a leafcutter ant, Atta cephalotes, showing the metal-infused teeth on its mandibles. Ryan Garrett, CC BY-ND – By Robert Schofield, Research Professor in Physics, University of Oregon 2021 Sep 01 The Research Brief is a short take …
Plans for $400-billion new city in the American desert unveiled
Credit: Bjarke Ingels Group and Bucharest Studio – Written by Oscar Holland, CNN Updated 2021 Sep 06 – The cleanliness of Tokyo, the diversity of New York and the social services of Stockholm: Billionaire Marc Lore has outlined his vision for a 5-million-person …
Pandemic hardship is about to get a lot worse for millions of out-of-work Americans
The door to unemployment benefits is closing for millions of Americans. AP Photo/John Minchillo – By Jeffrey Kucik, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona and Don Leonard, Assistant Professor of Practice in City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University Updated …