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That’s Not a Knife, These 65,000-Year-Old Stone Ones Are and They Prove Early Humans Had Long-Distance Social Networks
Humans are the only species to live in every environmental niche in the world – from the icesheets to the deserts, rainforests to savannahs. As individuals we are rather puny, but when we are socially connected, we are the most dominant species on the planet. New evidence from stone tools in southern Africa shows these…
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Large New NASA Study Will Investigate UFOs, Er, ‘Unidentified Aerial Phenomena’
NASA will commission a team of scientists to begin investigating unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) this fall, the agency announced today.
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Webb Telescope Shakes Off Impact From Tiny Space Rock
NASA said today that one of the Webb Space Telescope’s primary mirror segments was hit by a micrometeoroid, a small asteroid fragment, between May 23 and May 25. Initial assessments of the telescope found that the spacecraft was still performing exceptionally well, though the effects of the impact were noticeable in recent data readouts.
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Remarkable Drug Trial Ends With All 18 Patients Cancer-Free
A cancer treatment has shown astounding results in a small clinical trial. All of the treated patients, who had a specific form of mid-stage rectal cancer, have since experienced complete remission. Though the findings are based on a sample size of just 18 people, they could hold important implications for treating these particular cancers.