Essential Insights Influenza viruses produce defective genomes—missing large parts—yet these flawed copies can hijack full viruses to interfere with infection,…
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Quick Takeaways Euclid’s mission provides vital data for NASA’s upcoming Roman Space Telescope launch. This collaboration helps map the Milky…
Summary Points Early humans, specifically Homo erectus, controlled fire inside Wonderwerk Cave from about 1.07 to 1.79 million years ago,…
Essential Insights Habits become automatic through reinforced patterns, and breaking them requires an active neural signal. Researchers identified a surge…
Summary Points Archaeological finds at Playa Chica reveal a 900-year-old fish processing site, showing extensive use of fish scales, tools,…
Summary Points A 300-million-year-old fossil of a baby embolomere, a crocodile-like predator, challenged previous assumptions by showing it lacked tadpole-like…
Fast Facts Old photographs reveal that British Columbia’s kelp forests in 1972 were far denser and larger than modern measurements…
Fast Facts A new study revises our understanding of historical plague outbreaks. Archaeologists discovered unusual mortality patterns in prehistoric Siberian…
Fast Facts Gilles Brassard is a pioneer in quantum information science and cryptography. Co-created the BB84 protocol, revolutionizing quantum cryptography…
Top Highlights Astronomers studied the hot Jupiter CoRoT-2 b and discovered it isn’t tidally locked, with a rotation period of…