Scientists Find a Mysterious ‘Ghost Lineage’ In the DNA of West Africans
Researchers find evidence that a group of still-unknown humans interbred with our ancestors. (Inside Science) — A mysterious extinct “ghost” human lineage that was an even more distant relation than Neanderthals may have interbred with the ancestors of modern West Africans, significantly contributing to their gene pool, a new study…
Perseverance rover has successfully landed on Mars and sent back its first images
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN)The NASA Perseverance roversafely landed on Mars after its 292.5 million-mile journey from Earth, the agency confirmed at 3:55 p.m. ET Thursday. The rover landed itself flawlessly, according to the mission’s team.”Percy,” as the spacecraft is affectionately called at mission control, sent back its first images of the…
See How A Potato Battery Can Light Up a Room For Over a Month
A crop-based power system coming out of Israel is significantly cheaper than batteries, but why isn’t anyone interested? one of the most ubiquitous crops in the world, the potato is poised to feed the entire world. Along the way, scientists discovered that the popular staple of many people’s diets may also…
Bizarre, Monstrous Half-Alligator Half-Fish Animal Spotted In Singapore (Pics)
A monstrous ‘prehistoric’ fish that looks like an alligator sparked a marine mystery after it was discovered washed up by a reservoir in Singapore. The remains of the creature were discovered on the banks of the MacRitchie Reservoir, where locals struggled to identify it. It was discovered by Karen Lythgoe,…
Physicists cracked the mystery of teleportation — but it’s nothing like what you see in Star Trek
Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University and co-founder of the World Science Festival, explains how teleportation can be done. Following is a transcript of the video. Brian Greene: I’m Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University and co-founder of the World Science Festival. Teleportation is one of the…
CHINA MARS MISSION: SPACESHIP ARRIVES ON RED PLANET TO EXPLORE SURFACE IN SEARCH OF SIGNS OF LIFE
A Chinese spacecraft has arrived at Mars and is preparing to explore its surface, the country has said. The Tianwen-1 spacecraft is one of three missions to the red planet arriving this month. It comes a day after a UAE spaceraft successfully went into orbit around the planet, and ahead of the arrival of…
NASA tracking two giant asteroids set to collide with Earth’s orbit next week
February 2021 will be welcomed in with a visit from two giant asteroids that will collide with Earth’s orbit at whopping speeds, NASA’s centre for Near Earth Object Studies said. Astronomers at NASA’s Centre for Near Earth Object Studies are tracking two giant asteroids that are set to collide with Earth’s orbit. The cosmos…
Finally Found a Dinosaur’s Butthole, and It’s Pooping
Scientists were able to describe the cloaca, which included a fossilized piece of dinosaur poo, in detail for the first time. A dinosaur that died some 120 million years ago has left behind such an exquisitely preserved cloacal opening—an orifice used for defecation, urination, and copulation—that scientists have been able…
Physicists have discovered that rotating black holes might serve as portals for hyperspace travel
Scientists once thought that traveling into a black hole would kill you. But now, physicists have run computer simulations to show that certain types of black holes — large, rotating ones — could serve as portals for hyperspace travel. Some physicists believe that you’d arrive at a remote part of the Milky Way or perhaps in…
