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Discovery at Earth’s ‘most dangerous glacier’ sparks joy among climate skeptics

Discovery at Earth’s ‘most dangerous glacier’ sparks joy among climate skeptics

Scientists have made a startling discovery that may debunk global warming at Earth’s ‘most dangerous glacier,’ sending climate change deniers into celebration. Based on a surprising photo taken by the International Space Station (ISS) in 2023, researchers from around the world have concluded that three glaciers in Asia‘s Karakoram mountain range have been gaining ice and merging. The NASA image …

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Scientists Believe This 140,000-Year-Old Child’s Skull May Finally Prove Humans and Neanderthals Were Hybridized

Scientists Believe This 140,000-Year-Old Child’s Skull May Finally Prove Humans and Neanderthals Were Hybridized

A new study published in L’Anthropologie is shedding light on a remarkable discovery from Skhul Cave in Israel. Researchers have reanalyzed the remains of a 140,000-year-old child, and the findings suggest that the child could have been a hybrid between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. This revelation challenges long-held assumptions about early human evolution and may provide new insights into the …

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Earth’s Most Dangerous Glacier Is Gaining Ice—And Scientists Can’t Explain Why

Earth’s Most Dangerous Glacier Is Gaining Ice—And Scientists Can’t Explain Why

A remarkable image taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) offers a breathtaking view of three glaciers merging into one massive ice mass in the Karakoram mountain range. These glaciers, located in one of Earth’s most remote and contested regions, are gaining ice volume despite the warming temperatures that are threatening glaciers worldwide. A Rare Glacial Phenomenon …

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‘No one had any idea this cloud existed’

‘No one had any idea this cloud existed’

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of the Giant Molecular Cloud. | Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF/NRAO/P.Vosteen Astronomers have discovered a vast cloud of gas and dust stretching out for a staggering 200 light-years and lurking in a poorly explored region of the Milky Way. The structure, named the Midpoint …

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Why Did The Universe Begin?

Why Did The Universe Begin?

Most cosmologists agree that our universe had a beginning. But the finer details about the Big Bang remain a mystery. A history of everything would explain all, or so theoretical physicists hoped. In his final years, Stephen Hawking working with Thomas Hertog proposed a striking idea: The laws of physics were not precisely determined before the Big Bang; they evolved …

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Alarm as largest great white shark recorded in the Atlantic swims straight towards iconic tourist spot

Alarm as largest great white shark recorded in the Atlantic swims straight towards iconic tourist spot

The biggest ever shark tagged in the Atlantic has been tracked swimming dangerously close to one of America’s top summer vacation spots. The 14-foot, 1,653-pound apex predator – nicknamed ‘Contender’ after the research vessels used by the organization – was recently detected off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, about 30 miles from Cape Cod and 100 miles south of Boston. …

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How the Brain Decides to Flee or Freeze

How the Brain Decides to Flee or Freeze

Summary: A new study reveals how evolution fine-tunes instinctive fear responses by tweaking a key neural switch deep in the brain. Comparing two deer-mouse species, researchers found that forest-dwelling mice have hypersensitive escape circuits, while open-field mice are more likely to freeze. This difference is traced to the dorsal periaqueductal gray (dPAG), a brain hub for defensive actions, which is …

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