An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

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is newly published in Advanced Science. Zheng and senior author Ishan Barman develop diagnostic tools through biophotonics, using laser light to detect biomarkers, which are bodily responses to ...

Science sleuths work tirelessly to uncover ... isn’t enough evidence to write to an editor.” But signs suggest that AI-made ...

In medieval times, astrology was considered a serious science, a branch of astronomy. Curator Larisa Grollemond of the Getty Museum, walks us through the medieval zodiac and how someone’s sign ...

Uncertainty is a core tenet of science — researchers should be supported so they can communicate it with confidence to the ...

Would you tell us a little bit more about it? Grollemond: Sure, the exhibition is called Rising Signs: The Medieval Science of Astrology. And what I really wanted to do with this exhibition ...

Nov. 11, 2024 — Like the Earth, the Sun likely has swirling polar vortices, according to new research. But unlike on Earth, the formation and evolution of these vortices are driven by magnetic ...

Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age ...

AI can also remove barriers that some people face in communicating science, allowing a wider range of voices to be heard and thereby boosting the public’s trust in science. As someone with cerebral ...

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