Read more about the article OUTER LIMITS: Scientists Discover Asteroid Ryugu Came From Edges of Outer Space
Picture shows a telescopic image of Ryugu, in 2018. Researchers conclude that the asteroid likely formed at the outer edge of the Solar System beyond the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn, as high-precision measurements that determine the ratio of iron isotopes in rock samples. (JAXA, University of Tokyo and collaborators/Newsflash)
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OUTER LIMITS: Scientists Discover Asteroid Ryugu Came From Edges of Outer Space

International researchers have revealed that the Ryugu asteroid originated from the outer edge of the Solar System beyond the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn. Iron isotopes from Ryugu's rock samples suggested that the asteroid's construction significantly differed from typical carbon-rich meteorites in the Solar system. Now scientists from the Max…

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October 25, 2022
Read more about the article GAMER CHIMPS: Primates Master Hunting For Hidden Fruit In VR Video Game Study Led By UK And US Researchers
One of the chimpanzees that participated in the study at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany. (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology/Newsflash)
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GAMER CHIMPS: Primates Master Hunting For Hidden Fruit In VR Video Game Study Led By UK And US Researchers

British and American researchers have found that chimpanzees can master hunting for hidden fruit in a virtual reality video game. The study, led by Matthias Allritz and Josep Call from the University of St Andrews in the UK and Francine Dolins at the University of Michigan-Dearborn in the US, found…

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June 29, 2022
Read more about the article MUMMY MIA: Oldest Known E. Coli Sample Dating Back To 16th Century Extracted From Italian Mummy
Researchers reconstruct the genome of E. coli, using fragments from gallstone of 16th century mummy. (Division of Paleopathology of the University of Pisa/Newsflash)
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MUMMY MIA: Oldest Known E. Coli Sample Dating Back To 16th Century Extracted From Italian Mummy

The oldest known sample of an E. coli bacteria has been extracted from a 16th-century Italian mummy by an international team of researchers. Modern E. coli bacteria is often found in the digestive system of healthy humans and animals and while most forms of it are harmless, researchers revealed in…

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June 28, 2022
Read more about the article NOT MY CUP OF TEA: Researchers Find Traces Of Over 400 Different Types Of Insects In A Single Teabag
A southern green shield bug (UK), also known as a southern green stink bug in the USA, crawling over a leaf and leaving traces of DNA. (Willibald Lang/Newsflash)
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NOT MY CUP OF TEA: Researchers Find Traces Of Over 400 Different Types Of Insects In A Single Teabag

Researchers have found traces of over 400 different types of insects in a single teabag using a new technique they have developed. The study's lead researcher, Professor Henrik Krehenwinkel, of the University of Trier, in the western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, said: "We examined commercially available teas and herbs and…

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June 23, 2022
Read more about the article FIRST HUMANS: Ancient Site Could Be Location Of Oldest Known Early Human Fossils In China
Remains of the maxilla and teeth of the skull of Gongwangling. (Xing Song, CENIEH/Newsflash)
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FIRST HUMANS: Ancient Site Could Be Location Of Oldest Known Early Human Fossils In China

An international team of researchers has authored a study claiming that they may have discovered what is possibly the oldest human fossil in existence in China. Researchers from the National Centre for Research on Human Evolution (CENIEH) in Spain, as part of a team of Chinese, Spanish and French scientists,…

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June 16, 2022