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First skull of Homo Naledi unearthed

December 6, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.science.org/content/article/first-child-s-skull-homo-naledi-unveiled

This drone has legs: Watch a flying robot perch on branches, catch a tennis ball in midair. Foot design provides powerful, quick-action grip

December 6, 2021technologyhistoryscoper

https://www.science.org/content/article/drone-has-legs-watch-flying-robot-perch-branches-catch-tennis-ball-midair

Ancient footprints suggest famed human ancestor ‘Lucy’ had company. Reanalysis of 3.6-million-year-old footprints suggest a second kind of hominin walked in Lucy’s neighborhood

December 6, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-footprints-suggest-famed-human-ancestor-lucy-had-company

‘It’s misinformation at worst.’ Weak health studies can do more harm than good, scientists say Others say small COVID-19 studies accumulate into a clear picture over time

December 6, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.science.org/content/article/it-s-misinformation-worst-weak-health-studies-can-do-more-harm-good-scientists-say

Human geneticists curb use of the term ‘race’ in their papers. Field still struggles with how to accurately describe populations, study finds

December 6, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.science.org/content/article/human-geneticists-curb-use-term-race-their-papers

Germany’s trees are dying

December 6, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.science.org/content/article/germany-s-trees-are-dying-fierce-debate-has-broken-out-over-how-respond

Gene editing produces all-male or all-female litters of mice. CRISPR approach shows promise for curbing culling of lab animals, chicks

December 6, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.science.org/content/article/gene-editing-produces-all-male-or-all-female-litters-mice

The Power of the Waves. Understanding how oceans move is key to understanding life on Earth.

December 6, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://nautil.us/issue/108/change/the-power-of-the-waves

US Officials Says China’s Space Tech Developing at ‘Twice’ America’s Speed

December 6, 2021space, technologyhistoryscoper
US Officials Says China’s Space Tech Developing at ‘Twice’ America’s Speed

Major study shows ZERO deaths from COVID among healthy kids. ‘If you let your healthy child receive the mRNA Covid vaccine, you are insane’

December 5, 2021medicine, sciencehistoryscoper
Major study shows ZERO deaths from COVID among healthy kids

Fossils of 400-million-year-old ‘Excalibur worm’ discovered in Australia. The ancient worm had a full suit of armor, and a hearty appetite for organic waste.

December 4, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.livescience.com/devonian-excalibur-worm-shuriken-worm-fossil

Omicron variant may have evolved in rats, one theory says. There are several theories as to how the omicron variant evolved

December 4, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.livescience.com/omicron-origin-theory-rodents

Dark matter may spawn more of itself from ordinary matter, like a cosmic ice-9. Physicists propose an new exponential growth mechanism for dark matter creation.

December 4, 2021spacehistoryscoper

https://www.livescience.com/dark-matter-multiplies-cosmic-ice-9?

Giant ‘phantom jellyfish’ that eats with mouth-arms spotted off California coast. The giant sea monster traps its prey in 33 feet-long mouth-arms.

December 4, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.livescience.com/giant-phantom-jellyfish-spotted

Scientists may have discovered a new kind of physics

December 3, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a35917019/large-hadron-collider-new-physics/

A Plane Powered by Cooking Oil Just Flew Across the US

December 3, 2021technologyhistoryscoper

https://singularityhub.com/2021/12/03/a-plane-powered-by-cooking-oil-just-flew-across-the-us/

Did the Universe Start with a Bounce Instead of a Bang? A small group of physicists hoping to explain the origin of the cosmos are exploring theories other than the Big Bang.

December 3, 2021spacehistoryscoper

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/big-bounce/

China’s Mysterious Hypersonic Weapon Can Stay in Orbit According to Space Force General…

December 3, 2021space, technologyhistoryscoper

https://www.tldm.org/news52/chinas-mysterious-hypersonic-weapon-can-stay-in-orbit-according-to-space-force-general.htm

‘Very weird’ ankylosaur’s tail looked like an Aztec war club. The beast looked like a cross between a stegosaur and an ankylosaur.

December 3, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.livescience.com/new-ankylosaur-dinosaur-chile

An AI Finds Superbug-Killing Potential in Human Proteins. A team scoured the human proteome for antimicrobial molecules and found thousands, plus a surprise about how animals evolved to fight infections.

December 3, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.wired.com/story/an-ai-finds-superbug-killing-potential-in-human-proteins/

Here’s How Big The Largest Mountain In The Solar System. Actually Is Hint: really, really big

December 3, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://grantpiperwriting.medium.com/heres-how-big-the-largest-mountain-in-the-solar-system-actually-is-dfb432073b48

The Allegory of Applied Mathematics. You’re wrong. I’m wrong. Everyone’s wrong. But, more than that, we should strive to be wrong. Let me explain.

December 3, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://csferrie.medium.com/the-allegory-of-applied-mathematics-9d7c18ab621d

What the hell are Baryon Acoustic Oscillations?

December 3, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/what-the-hell-are-baryon-acoustic-oscillations-cfee6d726538

Mouse study shows microplastics infiltrate blood brain barrier

December 3, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2021/12/mouse-study-shows-microplastics.html

Starship engine ‘crisis’ poses possible bankruptcy risk for SpaceX, Elon Musk says: “will need all hands on deck to recover from what is, quite frankly, a disaster,” Musk wrote in an email recently.

December 1, 2021space, technologyhistoryscoper

https://www.livescience.com/starship–raptor-engine-crisis-spacex-elon-musk

Earth’s earliest water may have come from solar wind and space rocks. Samples from an asteroid collected by a Japanese probe suggest that Earth’s water may have come from the sun.

December 1, 2021spacehistoryscoper

https://www.livescience.com/earth-water-may-have-come-from-space

How they plan to kill BILLIONS with the common flu: Covid vaccines induce “AIDS” immune system failure, opening door to death via common flu strains

December 1, 2021medicine, sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-12-01-how-plan-to-kill-billions-with-the-common-flu-covid-vaccines-induce-aids-immune-system-failure-opening-door-to-death-via-common-flu-strains.html

These flesh-eating centipedes hunt and eat baby birds alive. Here’s why. This is the first time flesh-eating centipedes have been seen eating seabirds.

December 1, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.livescience.com/flesh-eating-centipedes-eat-baby-birds-alive.html

Biggest eagle to ever live plunged headfirst into dead prey to eat the organs. Its name in the Māori language means “old glutton.”

December 1, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.livescience.com/giant-extinct-eagle-ate-organs

Cannibal toads eat so many of their young, they’re speeding up evolution. Here’s how the young are fighting back.

December 1, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.livescience.com/cane-toads-cannibalism-evolution.html

Ants vomit into each other’s mouths to form social bonds. Ants have social networks, and they exchange info through vomit.

December 1, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://www.livescience.com/ants-vomit-to-form-social-bonds

How the Western Diet Has Derailed Our Evolution

December 1, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2021/11/how-western-diet-has-derailed-our.htm

Genetic Changes In Bronze Age Southern Iberia

December 1, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2021/11/genetic-changes-in-bronze-age-southern.html

Flowering Plants: An Evolution Revolution

December 1, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2021/11/flowering-plants-evolution-revolution.html

See Incredible Transformation of Paralyzed Mice Given Nanofibers in 4 Week Study Breakthrough

December 1, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2021/11/see-incredible-transformation-of.html

Why whales in Alaska have been so happy

December 1, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2021/11/why-whales-in-alaska-have-been-so-happy.htm

Stanford Researchers Recognize Lack of Whales Wrecks the Oceans

December 1, 2021sciencehistoryscoper

https://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2021/11/stanford-researchers-recognize-lack-of.html

Robots Won’t Close the Warehouse Worker Gap Anytime Soon. Even Amazon’s new AI-powered machines aren’t nearly capable enough to handle the most important fulfillment tasks.

December 1, 2021technologyhistoryscoper

https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-warehouse-robots-worker-shortage/

First Professional Astronomer Detection of UFO from Space Telescope!?

December 1, 2021spacehistoryscoper

https://climateofsophistry.com/2021/12/01/first-professional-astronomer-detection-of-ufo-from-space-telescope/

The comet of the century, Leonard, is heading toward Earth. Some believe it heralds the end of the world.

December 1, 2021spacehistoryscoper

https://vstories.medium.com/the-comet-of-the-century-leonard-is-heading-toward-earth-50f4bf1ee9b

The Famous Celibate Physicist Inventor Who Fell Madly in Love With a Pigeon Nikola Tesla was a man of impossible intelligence and few meaningful human relationships

December 1, 2021science, technologyhistoryscoper

https://historianandrew.medium.com/the-famous-celibate-physicist-inventor-who-fell-madly-in-love-with-a-pigeon-5aaa9a91e62c

What Really Happens When You Divide By Zero?

December 1, 2021sciencehistoryscoper
https://thewalkingtemple.medium.com/what-really-happens-when-you-divide-by-zero-a1893bd7f13c

Paris Will Use Electric Flying Cars to Get Passengers to the Olympics. “Everything is falling into place.”

November 30, 2021Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

https://futurism.com/paris-flying-cars-olympics

Scientists Discover Antibody That Can Protect People from Getting CΟVID and Variants

November 30, 2021Uncategorizedhistoryscoper
Scientists Discover Antibody That Can Protect People from Getting CΟVID and Variants

People Furious at Robot Serving Pancakes at Denny’s. It’s like dining with the Jetsons!

November 29, 2021technologyhistoryscoper

https://futurism.com/robot-server-dennys

Experts Say Fusion Power Is Finally Starting to Look Imminent. It’s so close we can almost taste it.

November 29, 2021technologyhistoryscoper

https://futurism.com/the-byte/fusion-power-imminent

Scientists Model What Would Happen if a Mini Black Hole Punched Through the Moon

November 29, 2021spacehistoryscoper

https://singularityhub.com/2021/11/28/scientists-model-what-would-happen-if-a-mini-black-hole-punched-through-the-moon/

Army found a way to warm hands without heat

November 29, 2021technologyhistoryscoper

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a30498262/army-hand-warming-device/

Fossils found on Mars might be fake

November 29, 2021spacehistoryscoper

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a38321874/fake-fossils-on-mars/

Flashback 2016: Fauci’s Cohort Peter Daszak Explains How Scientists Can Perfectly Create a Coronavirus in China Lab That Can Lead to Global Pandemic

November 29, 2021Uncategorizedhistoryscoper
Flashback 2016: Fauci’s Cohort Peter Daszak Explains How Scientists Can Perfectly Create a Coronavirus in China Lab That Can Lead to Global Pandemic

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