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According to recent geochemical discoveries, Earth’s ‘Great Oxidation Event’ occurred over a period of 200 million years

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Credit: CC0 Public domain × close to Credit: CC0 Public domain About 2.5 billion years ago, free oxygen, or O2first began accumulating to meaningful levels in Earth’s atmosphere, paving the way for the emergence of complex life on our evolving … Read more

Ed Stone, who led NASA’s iconic Voyager project for fifty years, dies at the age of 88

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Humanity has lost an interstellar pioneer. Ed Stone, who was a project scientist for NASA’s groundbreaking Voyager mission from 1972 to 2022, died on Sunday (June 9) at the age of 88. “Ed Stone was a pioneer who dared mighty things in space. He was a dear friend to all who knew him, and a … Read more

British unemployment at its highest level in more than two years

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1 day ago By means of Mitchell Labiak, Business reporter • Andy Verity, Economic correspondent Getty Images The unemployment rate has unexpectedly risen to the highest level in two and a half years, official figures show. Interest rates rose to 4.4% in the three months to April, the highest level since September 2021. Despite the … Read more

Combined X-ray studies and supercomputer simulations track 12 billion years of cosmic black hole growth

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Researchers have produced the best model to date of the growth of supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies by combining X-ray observations from the most powerful X-ray facilities ever launched into space with supercomputer simulations of galaxy structure … Read more

A Siberian cemetery reveals 800 years of interactions between humans and mammoths

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A so-called ‘mammoth graveyard’ in Arctic Siberia has a lot to teach us about how humans and elephants’ furry cousins ​​interacted in the last days of their existence. Unfortunately, some of the best evidence has been stolen by ivory hunters. It’s amazing that humans could have lived in Siberia, above the Arctic Circle, at the … Read more

Apple is finally adding RCS support after years of mixed messages

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Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday announced a number of upcoming improvements to the iGiant operating systems, including improved app security, support for RCS in Messages, and a dedicated password manager app. The most notable announcement had to do with the debut of “Apple Intelligence” – Cook & Co’s plan to integrate machine learning into … Read more

Astrophysicists calculate the probability that Earth was exposed to cold, hard interstellar clouds two million years ago

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Credit: CC0 Public domain × close to Credit: CC0 Public domain About two million years ago, the Earth looked very different, where our early human ancestors lived alongside sabre-tooth tigers, mastodons and enormous rodents. And depending on where they were, … Read more

Lost era of monotremes revealed by fossils from 100 million years ago

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As the bones locked in the rocks rotted away, water-based silica seeped into the crevices, solidified into opal and preserved precious details for 100 million years. The resulting fossils now provide evidence that there may really have been an age of monotremes, before other mammals took over. “It’s like discovering a whole new civilisation,” says … Read more

The average age of my employees is 61 years. They are reliable and trusting

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Peter Stewart’s youngest team member at Aberkill is 55 years old One company tried to poach its 71-year-old employee because of his exemplary reputation A businessman has revealed that all of his company’s staff are over the age of 50, as he believes older workers have more ‘sense’ and know how to get things done. … Read more

Prof discovers huge long-necked dinosaur that lived 210 million years ago

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A PROFESSOR has discovered a new species of dinosaur that is 210 million years old. Kimi Chapelle, from Long Island, made the historic discovery in Zimbabwe – the fourth discovery ever in the southern African country. Long Island professor Kimi Chapelle is among researchers who have discovered a new dinosaur species in ZimbabweCredit: Stony Brook … Read more