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Earliest Human Drug Use Ever Found Shows People in Indonesia Were Getting High on Betel Nut as Far Back as 25,000 Years Ago
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (302+ words) Researchers found evidence that Ice Age foragers were sucking psychoactive betel nuts 25,000 years ago....
If Your Windshield Seems Cleaner Than It Used to Be Scientists Say That Could Be a Very Bad Sign (For Insects)
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (513+ words) Insects are under threat partly because of man-made climate change, heatwaves and intensive farming. This summer you may have wondered why you are seeing so few insects squished on your car’s windscreen, compared to a road trip several years ago....
The Only Known Pelt of an Extinct Woolly Dog Has Returned Home to British Columbia After 160 Years
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (113+ words) This extinct dog was raised for its wool and its only known pelt has finally returned to canada....
Lion King Lied. We Had the Lion-Hyena Rivalry Backwards. It's the Male Lions Who Are Looking for Trouble
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (646+ words) GPS collars reveal hyenas retreating while male lions repeatedly close the distance....
Denver Residents Were Told to Let Their Lawns Die. Then They Saw Sprinklers Running Outside a Data Center and All Hell Broke Loose
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (341+ words) A viral video shows sprinklers soaking a green lawn outside a denver data center during severe water restrictions. Then came the worst insult. A video surfaced from the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood showing sprinklers soaking a bright-green lawn outside what the person…...
The World’s Oceans Just Hit Their Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded at a Time of Year When They Should Be Cooling
1+ week, 1+ day ago (413+ words) Earth’s oceans are heating so fast that marine heatwave days have more than tripled since the 1990s....
Bird Flu Kills First Dolphin in Australia, Raising Fears for Its Wildlife
1+ week, 3+ day ago (155+ words) The virus has moved quickly from seabirds into marine mammals across Australia’s southern coast....
Scientists Made Tobacco and Lettuce Produce a Meat Protein That Could Make Fake Meat Taste More Real
1+ week, 4+ day ago (371+ words) This genetically engineered lettuce produces the protein that helps give meat its flavor and color. One common method for producing fake meat is microbial engineering, where genes coding for animal proteins are inserted into the genome of bacteria or yeast…...
Earth’s Core Could Be Hiding the Equivalent of up to 45 Oceans of Water
1+ week, 4+ day ago (639+ words) Home → Science → Astronomy Deep Earth conditions created in a lab reveal the core is chemically packed with hydrogen. Earth’s core has often been described as just a giant ball of molten iron and nickel. Now, a new study argues that…...
2,000 Pairs of Underwear Were Turned Into a Giant Soil Experiment and the Results Were Surprisingly Revealing
1+ week, 5+ day ago (123+ words) After two months underground, cotton briefs revealed how land use shapes the life beneath us....