SCIENCE
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New Linguistics Technique Could Reveal Who Spoke the First Indo-European Languages
Almost half of all people in the world today speak an Indo-European language, one whose origins go back thousands of…
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Dominatrices Are Showing People How to Have Rough Sex Safely
[CLIP: Lady Harper Chase, speaks in her Intro to Whips class: “For me, my style of dominance…, I call myself,…
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Sucking Carbon from the Air Becomes A Lead Strategy
CLIMATEWIRE | The Department of Energy announced up to $100 million in funding for carbon removal pilot projects Monday in an effort to…
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Why Do Birds Have Such Skinny Legs?
February 10, 2024 4 min read The songbirds in your backyard hop around on such itty-bitty legs. Here’s why bird…
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Large Hadron Collider’s $17-Billion Successor Moves Forward
February 7, 2024 4 min read A feasibility study on CERN’s Future Circular Collider identifies where and how the machine…
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Why Does a Solar Eclipse Move West to East?
February 3, 2024 3 min read Here’s why the path of a solar eclipse travels in the opposite direction of…
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An Alarming Rise in Measles Cases Is Being Driven By Low Vaccination Rates
UK health services are battling an outbreak of measles — causing alarm in a nation that had eliminated the disease in 2017.…
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Ancient Jewelry Shows Ice Age Europe Had 9 Distinct Cultures
Bling isn’t a modern invention; humans have been wearing what anthropologists call personal ornamentation for tens of thousands of years.…
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The Roman Empire’s Worst Plagues Were Linked to Climate Change
January 26, 2024 4 min read Changes in the climate may have caused disruptions to Roman society that manifested as…
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Some Adults May Need a Measles Booster
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Imagine a disease…
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