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Ice Age North Americans Were Freshwater Fishers, New Evidence Suggests
Archaeologists working in central Alaska have found over 1,000 fish specimens that potentially indicate the early presence of subsistence farming among Ice Age North Americans.
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U.S. Endangered Species List Gets 21 Species Smaller (in the Bad Way)
The U.S. is officially saying goodbye to 21 species that have been feared gone for years. These animals, which include many birds and marine mammals, have been delisted from the Endangered Species Act because they are now declared extinct, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said this week. One famous bird, the ivory-billed woodpecker, was…
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CSIRO Finds Most Distant Fast Radio Burst (and It Offers a Way to Weigh the Universe)
The unprecedented signal likely comes from a set of merging galaxies eight billion light-years away.
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SpaceX Blames Understaffed FAA for Starship Regulatory Delays
The space company said staffing at the FAA needs to double and that the regulator should expedite processes for companies under contract with NASA.