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Early humans left Africa much earlier than previously thought

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Hundreds of thousands of years ago, our species emerged in Africa. Research into the DNA of living humans has shown that early Homo sapiens remained on the continent for a long time, with a small group leaving only 50,000 years ago to populate the rest of the world. However, these findings raise a puzzling question: … Read more

New models suggest the Milky Way is not as full of stars as previously thought

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The half-radius of the Milky Way compared to that of local disk galaxies. Credit: Nature Astronomy (2024). DOI file: 10.1038/s41550-024-02315-7 A small team of astronomers from the University of Yunnan, the University of Utah, New Mexico State University and the University of St. Andrews has developed a new model of the Milky Way based on … Read more

Wild bats have been shown to have high cognitive abilities previously attributed only to humans

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Bat. Credit: Yuval Barkai Researchers from Tel Aviv University have been tracking free-ranging Egyptian bats from a colony based in TAU’s I. Meier Segals Garden for Zoological Research to answer a long-standing scientific question: Do animals have high and complex cognitive abilities previously attributed only to humans? In particular, the study focused on the characteristics … Read more

New analysis reveals CO2’s greater impact on global temperatures than previously thought

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New Analysis Reveals Co2's Greater Impact On Global Temperature Than Previously Thought

Recent studies have shown that a doubling of CO2 levels in the atmosphere could lead to a significantly greater increase in global temperatures than previously estimated. This finding comes from an analysis of sediments from the Pacific Ocean near California conducted by researchers at the NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and the universities … Read more

Webb telescope makes discoveries that were previously impossible

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Astronomers get their money’s worth. Scientists have used the powerful $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope to peer into the deepest cosmos and capture images of star clusters in an extremely old galaxy for the first time. In the images below you see these star clusters, which are gravitationally bound groups of stars, as they … Read more

Cyclists ‘incredibly disappointed’ as councilors vote to reopen previously infamous junction to taxis – despite casualties falling to ‘virtually zero’ seven years since restrictions were introduced following cyclist’s death

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Cyclists “incredibly disappointed” as councillors vote to reopen formerly notorious junction to taxis – despite casualties dropping to “virtually nil” seven years since restrictions introduced after cyclist’s death

Cyclists in London say they are “incredibly disappointed” after councilors voted to allow taxi drivers access to the previously notoriously dangerous Bank Junction, where traffic restrictions have been in place for seven years restricting the intersection to cyclists, pedestrians and buses. In May 2017, the junction and surrounding streets, which are in the heart of … Read more

Another previously unreleased SRAM Red groupset discovered at Unbound Gravel, this time with 13-speed cassette

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13 Speed SRAM Red groupset in the wild at Unbound Gravel

In a surprising turn of events, a brand new SRAM Red AXS groupset has been unearthed at Unbound Gravel, featuring a 13-speed cassette, just two weeks after SRAM unveiled the latest version of Red AXS. Initially spied by Anne-Marije Rook from our sister site Cycling every weekthe new groupset seems to be a love child … Read more

Research shows that Paleolithic people settled in Cyprus thousands of years earlier than previously thought

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Credit: Flinders University × close to Credit: Flinders University The patterns of early humans’ dispersal across continents and islands are hotly debated, but according to a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPleistocene hunter-gatherers settled in Cyprus … Read more