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We’ve Got the Meat: Scientists Unearth Final Ingredient to the Forbidden Sandwich

It’s been a summer of historic archeological finds that have left world feeling stunned by the scope of history. These incredible discoveries have also left some with an implacable urge to eat these important specimens. Now that researchers have unearthed a perfectly preserved prehistoric foal, the ingredients for The Forbidden Sandwich are finally all here.…

Biology Rhett Jones Aug 24

Evidence Shows Earth’s Magnetic Field Once Flipped Quickly

A new study analyzing rock formations from 107,000 to 91,000 years ago has revealed something troubling: a strangely quick reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field in fairly recent history. The team of researchers from China, Taiwan, and Australia analyzed a stalagmite, a rock that slowly grows up from the floors of caves, in order to…

Earth Science Ryan F. Mandelbaum Aug 24

Scientists Accuse Big Tobacco of Trying to Undermine Anti-Smuggling Efforts

In what might be one of the least shocking revelations ever, the authors of two recently published papers accuse tobacco companies of further dishonesty (you know, besides decades-long attempts to downplay the addictiveness of cigarettes). They allege the tobacco industry has been scheming to take over an international program aimed at stemming the flow of tobacco…

Health Ed Cara Aug 24

Former CDC Chief Tom Frieden Arrested on Charges of Sexual Abuse and Harassment

One of the world’s foremost public health voices is now facing criminal charges of sexual misconduct. On Friday, STAT reported that Tom Frieden, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was arrested by the New York Police Department in Brooklyn for allegedly groping a woman in 2017. The alleged incident is…

Tech News Ed Cara Aug 24

Earth Is on Fire. It’s Always on Fire

A new satellite image of our planet shows fires raging across the world, from Canada to Australia to South America to Sub-Saharan Africa. But despite its striking appearance, much of this is actually quite ordinary. The map, created by NASA, denotes fires with red dots, based on heat measurements that detect fires. While it may…

Earth Science Ryan F. Mandelbaum Aug 24

There’s No Such Thing as Safe Alcohol Consumption, Huge New Study Finds

You don’t have to go far to find people, including doctors and researchers, who will argue that a little bit of alcohol can actually help you live a longer, healthier life. But an enormous new study published Thursday in the Lancet seems poised to rip that idea to shreds. Its findings not only reaffirm that…

Health Ed Cara Aug 24

Genetic Testing Reveals Shelters Often Label Dogs With the Wrong Breeds

When adopting a new canine family member at a shelter, many people choose a dog based on the breed or breeds labelled on its cage. But new research using genetic testing shows that shelters don’t always correctly label dogs, meaning the pointer you just adopted could actually be more of a labrador. This has implications…

Biology Jessica Boddy Aug 24

Humans Rarely Tweet About Vaccines, but Bots Love to Slam Them

The anti-vaccination movement might be getting a boost from Twitter bots and Russian trolls, suggests a new study published Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health. It found that certain kinds of bot accounts were more likely to send antivax tweets than were accounts belonging to actual people, while alleged troll accounts were more likely…

Health Ed Cara Aug 23

Here’s Where Hayabusa2 Will Try to Land on the Asteroid Ryugu

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced where its Hayabusa2 spacecraft will attempt a landing on the asteroid Ryugu. Hayabusa2 launched in December 2014 with the goal of bringing a sample of an asteroid back to Earth. Its target is Ryugu, a 3,000-meter-wide asteroid containing water and organic molecules—the building blocks of our own…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Aug 23

Superbugs That Cause UTIs Are Spreading Outside of Hospitals

The bacteria that cause urinary tract infections are not only becoming more resistant to antibiotics, suggests a recent study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, but they’re starting to spread outside of hospitals. Even worse than that, doctors might be losing their ability to predict when someone has a superbug, raising the chances of…

Health Ed Cara Aug 22

Scientists Will Soon Drop Antimatter to See How It Behaves in Gravity

Antimatter continues to behave just like regular matter, no matter what tests scientists throw at it. And in the face of yet another new challenge, antimatter has again refused to crack. In a new study, physicists attempted to find differences between matter and antimatter—confusingly, also a kind of matter, but with the opposite charge and…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum Aug 22

Blue-and-Yellow Macaws Turn Pink to Communicate, but What Are They Saying?

Do you ever get so excited about something that your whole face starts to turn red? Well, it seems that blue-and-yellow macaws do the same thing, according to new research—though the exact reason they go red in the face is still unknown. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to those who handle parrots regularly, but…

Biology Jessica Boddy Aug 22

How Robots Could Help Autistic Children Improve Their Social Skills

As excited or terrified as we might be by the latest advances in robot technology, they’re still far from being the ubiquitous helpers portrayed in science fiction. But a new study published Wednesday in Science Robotics does seem to offer a glimpse of their potential in assisting children who have communication differences due to autism…

Tech News Ed Cara Aug 22

The Trump Administration Is Suppressing Science at an Alarming Rate

Tuesday’s announcement that the Trump administration would replace an Obama era rule regulating coal-fired power plants with a weaker one garnered a ton of coverage. Rightfully so, given that an analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) showed the rule could kill up to 1,400 more Americans annually—an estimate that drew on public health studies…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Aug 22

Scientists Put Paint on Ants to Study How They Form Societies

Ants can do pretty amazing things when they work together, like building elaborate nests and even creating bridges from their bodies. One team of scientists wanted to know how these social insects figure out how to take on their various roles within a colony. Given that “survival of the fittest” is how we think of…

Biology Ryan F. Mandelbaum Aug 22

Scientists Find Evidence of 1,000-Year-Old Parrot-Breeding Operation in the American Southwest

DNA evidence appears to have revealed an ancient parrot-breeding operation in the southwestern United States, a new study reports. A team of researchers from several U.S. universities analyzed ancient scarlet macaw DNA to try to understand how so many scarlet macaw skeletons ended up outside their native range of Central and South America. After reconstructing…

Biology Ryan F. Mandelbaum Aug 22

Your Brain Tries to Change Focus Four Times per Second, Study Finds

By the time you’re finished reading this sentence, your brain will have rapidly assessed your surroundings 14 times to see if you should focus on something else. At least, that’s what new research suggests. This is a departure from the way we typically think our brains hold attention—neuroscientists have suggested that neurons fire in a…

Tech News Jessica Boddy Aug 22

Mysterious Aurora-Like Lights Above Canada Continue to Confuse Scientists

New research into a strange atmospheric effect known as STEVE has failed to associate its enigmatic lights with aurora, pointing to the presence of an entirely new type of atmospheric phenomenon. Scientists started to look into these strange lights just a few years ago after people began to post images to a Facebook group called…

Earth Science George Dvorsky Aug 22

‘Spooky’ Quantum Entanglement Confirmed Using Distant Quasars

If you read enough science news, you’ll know that there’s a long list of experiments attempting to “prove Einstein wrong.” None have yet contradicted his hallmark theory of relativity. But the latest effort to falsify his statements surrounding “spooky action at a distance” has gone truly cosmic. Scientists have long performed tests demonstrating that the…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum Aug 21

We’re Learning More About the Contents of that Mysterious Egyptian Sarcophagus

Back in July, Egyptian archaeologists dared to open a strange granite sarcophagus, finding three skeletons soaking in an unsightly reddish-brown liquid. Scientists have now completed a preliminary analysis of the coffin’s contents, offering new insights into the tomb’s 2,000-year-old occupants. The granite sarcophagus was discovered in the Sidi Gaber district of Alexandria, Egypt, on July…

Human History George Dvorsky Aug 21

We’ve Got the Meat: Scientists Unearth Final Ingredient to the Forbidden Sandwich

Evidence Shows Earth’s Magnetic Field Once Flipped Quickly

Scientists Accuse Big Tobacco of Trying to Undermine Anti-Smuggling Efforts

Former CDC Chief Tom Frieden Arrested on Charges of Sexual Abuse and Harassment

Earth Is on Fire. It’s Always on Fire

There’s No Such Thing as Safe Alcohol Consumption, Huge New Study Finds

Genetic Testing Reveals Shelters Often Label Dogs With the Wrong Breeds

Humans Rarely Tweet About Vaccines, but Bots Love to Slam Them

Here’s Where Hayabusa2 Will Try to Land on the Asteroid Ryugu

Superbugs That Cause UTIs Are Spreading Outside of Hospitals

Scientists Will Soon Drop Antimatter to See How It Behaves in Gravity

Blue-and-Yellow Macaws Turn Pink to Communicate, but What Are They Saying?

How Robots Could Help Autistic Children Improve Their Social Skills

The Trump Administration Is Suppressing Science at an Alarming Rate

Scientists Put Paint on Ants to Study How They Form Societies

Scientists Find Evidence of 1,000-Year-Old Parrot-Breeding Operation in the American Southwest

Your Brain Tries to Change Focus Four Times per Second, Study Finds

Mysterious Aurora-Like Lights Above Canada Continue to Confuse Scientists

‘Spooky’ Quantum Entanglement Confirmed Using Distant Quasars

We’re Learning More About the Contents of that Mysterious Egyptian Sarcophagus

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