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IN A NUTSHELL 🌍 Researchers use supercomputers to simulate and predict earthquake dynamics with unprecedented detail. 🏢 The EQSIM project highlights how geological conditions can amplify or dampen seismic waves. 💡 Smaller earthquakes can cause more damage than larger ones due to specific geological factors. 🔍 Simulations provide critical data to enhance infrastructure resilience and disaster preparedness. In a groundbreaking …

Phylogenetic framework and HMMs of sulfur-cycling proteins To discern sulfur-cycling genes or proteins from their functionally divergent homologues, phylogenetic analysis was conducted for 116 sulfur-cycling proteins (Supplementary Table 1). For each protein family, sequences of enzymes with biochemically validated functions, including related sequences of enzymes with divergent functions (outgroups), were identified by literature surveys and recovered from SwissProt61. Additional homologues …

In some cases, to learn more about our solar system, all we have to do is look at evidence found on Earth. Researchers from Japan’s Nagoya University and the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) have determined how mysterious molten “raindrops” in meteorites formed — and used that information to date Jupiter’s formation. The raindrops are called chondrules. They’re strange …

With shiny new next-generation spacecraft come the complex systems required to track their technologically advanced systems. When it comes to NASA’s Orion spacecraft, that need is a whole extra room of monitors. NASA has opened a new complex in the Mission Control Center at its Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston ahead of the Artemis 2 mission to send astronauts …

Two evolutionary changes underpinning human bipedalism are discovered  Reuters The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps  Nature Uncovering the Genes That Let Our Ancestors Walk Upright  The New York Times New Research Reveals How Reshaping Pelvis Helped Human Ancestors Walk Upright  Sci.News Irish scientist helps crack mystery of how humans came to stand on two legs  The Irish Independent Source link

Animal stories History uncovered Genetics Ancient creatures See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link In a rocky outcrop on Mount Carmel, in what is now Israel, a group of ancient humans buried their dead about 140,000 years ago. Scientists uncovered the site, called Skhul Cave, in 1928, and about three years later they found the remains of more than a …

IN A NUTSHELL 🔭 Astronomers have identified a potential candidate for the elusive Planet Nine beyond Neptune. 🛰️ The discovery was made using archival data from the IRAS and AKARI satellites. ❓ There is significant skepticism due to the candidate’s orbit not aligning with Planet Nine predictions. 🔍 The Vera C. Rubin Observatory could provide definitive evidence to confirm or …

What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week hits Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and everywhere else you listen to podcasts every-other Wednesday morning. It’s your new favorite source for the strangest science-adjacent facts, figures, and …

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