Category: 7. SciTech
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Scientists grow ‘lost tree’ mentioned in Bible using mysterious 1,000-year-old seed
The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week – from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter The resin of a tree grown from an ancient seed found in a desert cave near
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NASA’s bold new mission is our best chance of finding aliens. Here’s why
Are we alone? One of the big questions that people would like to answer is whether life exists elsewhere in the Universe. Given the scale of the Universe, planetary scientists have tended to focus on whether lifeexists elsewhere in our Solar System. If it does, we think one of the most… Continue Reading
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NASA’s bold new mission is our best chance of finding aliens. Here’s why
Are we alone? One of the big questions that people would like to answer is whether life exists elsewhere in the Universe. Given the scale of the Universe, planetary scientists have tended to focus on whether lifeexists elsewhere in our Solar System. If it does, we think one of the most… Continue Reading
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Mysterious medieval ‘child vampire’ burial unearthed in Poland
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Mysterious mediaeval ‘child vampire’ burial unearthed in Poland
The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week – from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Workers renovating a fence wall near a historic Cathedral in Poland have… Continue Reading
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I Tried These Brain-Tracking Headphones That Claim to Improve Focus
One afternoon I was using the device for a little over an hour when I heard a voice in the headset: “You’ve earned a brain break.” Alcaide says the device can detect when your focus is starting to decline and that this feature is meant to help people avoid burnout. “We can tell you when……
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Scientists grow ‘lost tree’ mentioned in Bible using mysterious 1,000-year-old seed
The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week – from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter The resin of a tree grown from an ancient seed found in a desert cave near
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Octopuses Team Up With Fish to Hunt, And Will Punch Them if They Act Up : ScienceAlert
It turns out solitary octopuses actually like to partake in multi-species hunting parties. They join fish on their revels and have even been caught disciplining unruly hunting companions with a sly punch. As octopuses are not known to often seek the company of others of their own kind, their
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Revealing the long-lost secrets of the real First World War – more than 3,000 years ago
The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week – from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Archaeologists are revealing the long-lost secrets of the real First World… Continue Reading
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Scientists Grew Microbes in a Lab Experiment, And They Evolved a New Sense : ScienceAlert
Bacteria can develop a heightened new sensitivity to acid levels when exposed to different environmental extremes in the laboratory, a new study shows. This sense triggers a cascade of different gene expression, allowing the microbes to reconfigure themselves to the constantly changing… Continue Reading