Depicting how our species might look in the distant future often invites wild speculation on stand-out features such as height, brain size and skin color. The subtle shifts in our anatomy today show how predictable evolution can be. Take something as physical as an extra blood vessel in our hand, …
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The Fall Equinox arrives this Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. ET (1:30 pm UTC). Although not the best time to balance eggs (that’s the story of older wives), the Northern Hemisphere has autumn, cold temperatures, and short days that make up about 90 percent of the Earth’s population. For the Southern …
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Two experiments with subtle slogans that prevent entire galaxies from flying together have recently published some conflicting results. One came empty handed, while the other gives us every reason to keep searching. Dark bosons are candidates for dark matter based on force-carrying particles that do not actually pack more force. …
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If you had watched the news today, you would have forgotten that you think an enormous asteroid is about to collide with Earth the day before the 2020 US presidential election. At least that’s the takeaway from quite a few news stores. And, understandably, some people are freaking out. In …
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