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WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — Forensic tests confirmed that human remains found on a remote mountain in Washington state this month were those of Travis Decker, a former soldier wanted for killing his three young daughters last spring, officials confirmed Thursday. His remains were discovered on a steep, remote, wooded slope part way up Grindstone Mountain in central Washington, less than …

New look at ancient skull challenges timeline of human evolution  The Washington Post Million-year-old skull rewrites human evolution, scientists claim  BBC A skull unearthed in China challenges the timeline of human evolution, scientists say  CNN 1 million-year-old skull from China holds clues to the origins of Neanderthals, Denisovans and humans  Live Science Study of 1m-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans  The Guardian …

Microplastics are now so ubiquitous we’re drinking, eating, and inhaling them. As a result, they’re showing up in our poop, placentas, reproductive organs, and brains. Now these fossil-fuel-derived particles, less than 5 mm in size, have been found deep within our bones. A new review of 62 studies suggests microplastics and smaller nanoplastics are impacting our skeletal health in multiple …

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told global leaders Wednesday that the world is in “the most destructive arms race in human history” and urged the international community to act against Russia now, asserting that Vladimir Putin wants to expand his war in Europe. In a bleak view of today’s world, he told the annual high-level meeting of …

Scientists sound alarm after making unsettling discovery deep in human bones: ‘There’s a gap in our knowledge’  Yahoo The big problems with microplastics  1A | Speak Freely Opinion | You Are What (Plastics) You Eat  MedPage Today How Small Are Microplastics? We Put Things Into Perspective  Visual Capitalist Your Microplastics Questions Answered by Professor Andre Dick Vethaak  Technology Networks Source link

In ‘Secrets of the Brain,’ Jim Al-Khalili explores 600 million years of brain evolution to understand what makes us human  Live Science Source link

SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Department of Health reported Wednesday a case of plague in a 77-year-old man from Bernalillo County. According to NMDOH, the man spent time in the hospital but doctors discharged him. He is the second reported plague case this year. There have been no deaths from plague. Plague is a bacterial disease of rodents, …

Immune-competent LOC mimics small airway cell composition The immune-competent LOC model of the small airway comprises a three-dimensional (3D), perfusable microvascular network underneath a mature, differentiated airway epithelium at an air–liquid interface (ALI). The 3D microvascular network provides a unique advantage in that it is comprised of both endothelial cells and fibroblasts in a hydrogel matrix, in which interstitial immune …

Even after a few hours of sober reflection it was still hard to identify exactly which bit of the reliably nauseating 69th Ballon d’Or ceremony was the single most nauseating bit of the reliably nauseating 69th Ballon d’Or ceremony. One thing is certain. We have a powerful shortlist here. The competition is generational. But this is also the elite, the …

A Madison County resident has been hospitalized with the county’s first-ever human infection of EEE, an extremely rare, but deadly, virus. It’s the first Central New York case of EEE since a Salina man died in 2015. An Ulster County resident died from the virus in 2024. The mosquito-borne virus attacks the brain. About 30% of infected people die, while …