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Amazing Views From Artemis 1 Of Moon And Earth From Space
See the epic view of the moon and Earth captured by the Orion spacecraft ahead of its outbound powered flyby. Credit: NASA / time-lapsed by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Kepler's Hope by Year of th ...
'Incredible moment in history:' Particle accelerator and AI offer first peek inside 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll
A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is filled with lost words that scholars can now ...
Corn's ancient ancestors are calling: Genomic encyclopedia sheds light on domestication 9,000 years ago
The domestication of maize is one of the greatest examples of humankind's impact on evolution. Early farmers' pre-industrial plant breeding choices turned corn from a nearly inedible crop into the ...
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Lost words of 2,000-year-old volcano-charred scroll revealed using AI sorcery
The Herculaneum scrolls, stored in a mansion in the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, were found among the ruins in the ...
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Why Auroras Are Suddenly Everywhere All at Once
Jo Marchant, author of The Human Cosmos, and Smithsonian science editor Carlyn Kranking revel in auroras through the ages and explain how to view these dazzling displays yourself.A transcript is below ...
Tamil Nadu CM announces $1 million for deciphering Indus Valley script
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, has announced a reward of $1 million for researchers who decode ancient script of the ...
66-million-year-old duck-billed dinosaur bones reveal decayed collagen proteins
They recovered a well-preserved hip bone (sacrum) of an Edmontosaurus dinosaur from the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota. This formation dates back to the late Cretaceous period, suggesting this ...
Ancient alphabetic writing unearthed by UC Santa Cruz professor remains a mystery
While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient ...