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Did Ancient Americans Settle in Polynesia? The Evidence Doesn’t Stack Up
How did the Polynesian peoples come to live on the far-flung islands of the Pacific? The question has intrigued researchers for centuries. Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl brought the topic to public attention when he sailed a balsa-wood raft called the Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia in 1947. His goal was to demonstrate such voyages were…
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Immunity To COVID-19 May Not Last, Threatening Herd Immunity And A Vaccination
How is the world going to go back to the days when we could grab a coffee, see a movie, or attend a concert or footy game with anyone? Opinion suggests there are two options: an effective vaccine, or herd immunity via at least 60-80% of people becoming infected. Either one of these options requires…
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Six Eyewitnesses Misidentified a Murderer, Here’s What Went Wrong in the Lineup
On the strength of six eyewitnesses’ lineup identifications, Lydell Grant was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 for the murder of a young Texas man, Aaron Scheerhoorn, who was stabbed to death outside a Houston nightclub in 2010. All six of those eyewitnesses were wrong. New DNA testing on biological material collected from underneath…
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OnePlus Shows Off the OnePlus Nord, Comes With Another Camera Redesign
OnePlus is really going hard on the OnePlus Nord, so much so that even with an impending launch day it can’t stop teasing us with details about the phone. Today we get a look at the phone itself, including another redesign of the camera array. This latest tease took place in during an interview between YouTuber Marques…