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Daily Archives: September 11, 2017
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Researchers have discovered a new kind of glycan (sugar chain) that survives even in a 4-million-year-old animal fossil from Kenya, under conditions where ancient DNA does not. While ancient hominin fossils are not yet available for glycan analysis, this proof-of-concept study sets the stage for unprecedented explorations of human origins […]
Self-peeling droplets have been discovered, along with a new way to control adhesion of freezing droplets by adjusting the thermal properties of substrates. These findings could make everything from additive manufacturing to deicing more efficient.
A 52-million-year-old ankle fossil suggests our prehuman ancestors were high-flying acrobats. For years, scientists thought the ancestors of today’s humans, monkeys, lemurs and apes were relatively slow and deliberate animals, using their grasping hands and feet to creep along small twigs and branches. But a new study suggests the first […]
Cassini sees the plume from Enceladus one last time. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will destroy itself in Saturn’s atmosphere on Friday, but it already got one last fabulous look at the ringed planet’s moon Enceladus and the wild vapor plume spewing out from it. On Friday, NASA released […]
For anyone who hasn’t played a lot of Bungie’s shooter, you may not know much about the Destiny 2 weekly reset. Since the original title launched, Bungie have run certain in-game activities on a weekly schedule. These can fall into both daily and weekly events, although the most important always […]
The hermit kingdom has business links to companies that are active in parts of Asia Africa, the Middle East and even Europe, according to an investigation. Defence analyst Andrea Berger told BBC documentary ‘North Korea: Murder in the Family’: “Many have the view that North Korea’s actually extremely, extremely isolated […]
Apple introduced the first iPhone in 2007, and in the 10 years since, the company has sold more than 1.2 billion of the 15 models it has developed. The iPhone accounts for nearly two-thirds of Apple’s revenue; in the fiscal year ending September 30, Apple is on pace to sell […]