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By Kristen Rogers, CNN – Updated 2020 Apr 23 – The Mosuo, a Tibetan-descended population living in the mountains of Southwest China, were found to be at lower risk for hypertension and diabetes-associated anemia than low-altitude Han populations. – Living near the Tibetan …
By Melissa Sartore – Updated 2019 Nov 12 – The Aztec, a collective of Mesoamericans who thrived from the 14th to the 16th centuries, were the inheritors of ancient cultural traditions from their Olmec, Mayan, and Toltec predecessors. Aztec hygiene practices reflected …
By Loz Blain – 2020 Apr 23 – The Nova’s ball is completely isolated, with its own battery system, and is driven by omni wheels in the base. Eight360. – By far the most extreme gaming and simulation platform we’ve seen, the Nova places …
By Michael Irving – 2020 Apr 20 – Hubble observations of 2I/Borisov reveal its chemical composition is unlike any local comet. NASA, ESA, K. Meech (University of Hawaii), and D. Jewitt (UCLA). – 2I/Borisov is like a time capsule from a part of the …
By Rich Haridy – 2020 Apr 18 – Honorable Mention – Flying Frog. Wallace’s Flying Frog is a moss frog found in Malaysia and western Indonesia. Teo Chin Leong. – Now in its fifth year, The Mind’s Eye is online photography magazine All About …
By Nick Lavars 2020 Apr 22 – The first comprehensive geological map of the Moon. – Drawing on data from satellites and Apollo-era missions, scientists at the US Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and the Lunar Planetary Institute have pieced together what they say is …
Paleontologists seek the ancestors that could explain how bats became the only flying mammals. Reconstruction of Palaeochiropteryx (Wiki Commons / Obisian Soul) By Riley Black, SmithsonianMag.Com – 2020 Apr 21 – Listen carefully on a quiet summer night and you might hear them. …
While the virus seems capable of infecting some pets and wild animals, these cases probably aren’t occurring often. Research suggests humans can occasionally pass the new coronavirus to cats. But felines are very unlikely to be a source of transmission back to humans. …
By Michael Irving – 2020 Apr 20 – An artist’s impression of a cometary collision around the star Fomalhaut, which is now proposed to be the explanation for a “disappearing exoplanet” ESA, NASA and M. Kornmesser. – Exoplanet discoveries are a dime a dozen …
Narrated by Smithsonian Distinguished Scholar Richard Kurin, the 24-part video series blends history with modern mainstays. – The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Nicolas Raymond via Flickr under CC BY-2.0) – By Katherine J. Wu, SmithsonianMag.Com – 2020 Apr 20 – Over the …
