2019-03-01
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Up to One-Third of Native Americans may have Ancient European Roots
October 12, 2016A genetic study of the world's oldest anatomically-modern human, the body of a boy buried 24,000 years ago near Siberia's Lake Baikal, has revealed that this individual was of European ancestry. This finding is surprising, in that Lake Baikal, the... continued
Different Types of Meditation Affect Different Parts of the Brain: A Little Something for Everyone
October 11, 2016Many of us have been there: we've taken up meditation, followed the practice to the letter, but just couldn't get into the proper state, or didn't achieve any tangible benefits. It is, however, important to remember that each of us... continued
Matthew Takes Aim at Orlando
October 8, 2016The governors of Florida and South Carolina have warned all residents in areas that may be affected by Hurricane Matthew to evacuate or make appropriate preparations. The storm has crossed Haiti, but with communications down over most of the island, damage... continued
Pluto May Very Well Have a Liquid Ocean, Too
October 8, 2016As the data being transmitted by the New Horizons space probe continues to flow back to Earth, scientists poring over the information continue to find new surprises, including possible evidence that Pluto has a subsurface ocean of liquid water. Scans... continued
A Baby has been Born with DNA from Three Parents
October 7, 2016As counter-intuitive as it may sound, a baby has been born that has the DNA of three separate people. While we're quite familiar with the traditional combination of genetic material from two reproductive cells -- ovum and sperm -- this... continued
Stopping Light Cold: Australian Scientists Freeze Photons for Use in Quantum Computers
October 6, 2016 Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a method of freezing and storing light, an important step on the road to developing quantum computers. Most switches used in quantum computing experiments are made up of trapped ions or... continued
A Baltimore Elementary School has Replaced Detention… with Meditation!
October 4, 2016For decades, misbehaving students in our culture could expect to be sent to detention, a form of punishment that is meant to discipline the unruly child: a practice that sometimes works, and sometimes does not. But one elementary school in... continued
Trump Appoints Climate Change Denier Myron Ebell as Head of his EPA Transition Team
October 1, 2016Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has appointed long-time climate change denier Myron Ebell as his new head of Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition, provided Trump is elected this fall. Ebell is well known as a global warming denier, with... continued
NASA Announces Evidence of Water Plumes Erupting from Europa — Will This Make for Easier Access to the Solar System’s Largest Ocean?
September 30, 2016NASA has announced that it has found evidence of water plumes erupting from the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, using images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, hinting that the Jovian moon's subsurface oceans -- oceans that scientists consider to... continued
EWG Warns that 218 Million Americans are Exposed to “Potentially Unsafe Concentrations” of Chromium-6
September 28, 2016A new report released by the Environmental Working Group reveals that over 218 million people across the United States are being exposed to potentially unsafe concentrations of hexavalent chromium in their drinking water, a chemical compound known to be toxic... continued