“We found about two-thirds of an intact calf,” David Landon says matter-of-factly of the young cow his team unearthed in 2016, as he leans forward, elbows on the archaeological papers that cover his desk. Landon, Associate Director of the Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archeological Research at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), Boston, is in… Continue reading Four-Hundred Years Later, An Archaeologist Makes Contact
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New Blood Test Predicts Future Suicide Attempts — NOVA Next | PBS
Scientists have developed a test that can predict if someone will attempt suicide—and whether it will require hospitalization. Source: New Blood Test Predicts Future Suicide Attempts — NOVA Next | PBS
RNA Spray Could Make GMOs Obsolete — NOVA Next | PBS
Gene-halting RNA interference temporarily alters the traits of plants and animals. Source: RNA Spray Could Make GMOs Obsolete — NOVA Next | PBS
Roma Children’s Fight for Education | FXB Center for Health & Human Rights | Harvard University
By Abbey Interrante This blog is the first in a series we’ll be presenting over the next few weeks to address the importance of school desegregation and the efforts that should be made to move forw… Source: Roma Children’s Fight for Education | FXB Center for Health & Human Rights | Harvard University
New Theory Could Tell Us If Life Came From an Alien Planet — NOVA Next | PBS
Researchers have devised a way to test the panspermia hypothesis using next-generation telescopes. Source: New Theory Could Tell Us If Life Came From an Alien Planet — NOVA Next | PBS
Vivid Extrasolar Aurora Solves Astronomical Mystery — NOVA Next | PBS
An aurora that glows one million times brighter than the northern lights unlocks one of astronomy's unsolved mysteries. Source: Vivid Extrasolar Aurora Solves Astronomical Mystery — NOVA Next | PBS
Scientists Spot Earth’s Near-Identical Twin 1,400 Light-Years Away — NOVA Next | PBS
NASA has discovered an exoplanet that closely resembles Earth and has the potential to host life. Source: Scientists Spot Earth's Near-Identical Twin 1,400 Light-Years Away — NOVA Next | PBS
Universal Flu Vaccine Could End Annual Shots — NOVA Next | PBS
A universal flu vaccine is being put to the test—and so far, the results are encouraging. Source: Universal Flu Vaccine Could End Annual Shots — NOVA Next | PBS
Prozac’s Latest Users Are Hungry Starlings — NOVA Next | PBS
Psychiatric pharmaceuticals are expelled in human excrement—only to enter wastewater plants and consequently affect wildlife behavior. Source: Prozac’s Latest Users Are Hungry Starlings — NOVA Next | PBS
Meet the LHC’s Latest Discovery, the Long-Sought Pentaquark — NOVA Next | PBS
Physicists have been hunting the elusive particle for more than 50 years. Source: Meet the LHC’s Latest Discovery, the Long-Sought Pentaquark — NOVA Next | PBS
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