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The recovery of the Stele of Thonis-Heracleion from the submerged ruins of the ancient Egyptian port city of Thonis-Heracleion in Aboukir Bay, near Alexandria, Egypt 🇪🇬; by the French marine arc…

BBC News

Sacked gender critical teacher 'could have shown respect'

A hearing is told Kevin Lister felt his college had an 'intimidating' culture on the subject.

BBC News

Oxford lecturer denies possessing indecent child images

Dr Lola Salem is a lecturer in French and music at University of Oxford's Oriel College.

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Fossils of a ground-dwelling, carnivorous bird with wing anatomy similar to that of a pheasant may force a rewrite of the role of flight in the early evolution of birds https://t.co/e5MQbTEGLI

Phys.org

Giant Jurassic fossil sheds light on the evolution of a six-legged predator

Insects belong to a broader group of six-legged animals called hexapods. This group also includes other less well-known, small animals, including diplurans or two-pronged bristletails, wingless relatives ...

Mind Matters

Scientist Cuts Ties with Top Journal Nature over Ideological Bias

If more scientists follow Anna Krylov’s lead in simply severing ties from journals that are being politicized, reform may follow.

CBN Ribeirão

Pesquisa com participação da UFSCar propõe método sustentável para descontaminar solos com atrazina - CBN Ribeirão

Estudo combina biochar, feijão-de-porco e bactérias para reduzir resíduos do herbicida usado em lavouras de milho e cana-de-açúcar

News-Medical

AI study of 101,000 patients links brown fat to heart and mental health

In a retrospective analysis of PET-CT records from 101,243 patients, researchers found that detectable brown fat was associated with lower prevalence of cardiometabolic and psychiatric conditions, while greater activity, particularly in the axillary region…

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Physics In History (@PhysInHistory) on X

More than 350 years after his death, Galileo's middle finger is displayed at the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy. It was removed from his body by admirers in the 18th century as a relic of the sc…

Tom's Hardware

China startup demoes prototype EUV light source — 15W of output power and 90% domestic components, still years away from viability

And will not demo one for many years to come.

The Brighter Side of News

Scientists discover ‘D-Rex,’ a giant fungus with a 65-million-year evolutionary history

Dianjunus rex produces structures up to 50 centimeters tall and belongs to a newly described fungal family from Yunnan, China.

BBC News

Covid vaccine compensation scheme set for overhaul after Inquiry criticism

Ministers promise to reform the scheme that provides financial support for those injured or bereaved by vaccines in the UK.

the Guardian

Cancer rates rising more quickly among younger people, international research finds

Experts looking at UK, US and Dutch data found ‘significant increases’ in early onset cases of seven cancers, prompting warnings about lifestyle choices

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Physics In History (@PhysInHistory) on X

In 1895, at the age of 16, Einstein failed the entrance exam for the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich. He excelled in mathematics and physics but did poorly in other subjects such as language a…

The Brighter Side of News

Miniature brain and cardiovascular models head to orbit on SpaceX CRS-35 to study aging

Brain and cardiovascular models aboard CRS-35 will probe how spaceflight affects living human tissue and aging-related biology.

News-Medical

Novel gene rejuvenation therapy preserves cell identity while reversing age

Every organ and tissue progressively loses function and integrity as it ages. In fact, researchers have identified "hallmarks of aging" that not only present specific processes impacted by age, but are also thought of as levers that, if successfully targeted…

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Science Magazine (@ScienceMagazine) on X

Why do large dogs tend to live shorter lives than their smaller counterparts? The answer may be written into their epigenome, according to a new study in Science. The findings reveal that larger…

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Mapping the genetics of a giant: New research decodes bison DNA | CBC News

New research decoding their DNA is helping to shed light on how the collapse and slow, scattered return of herds to the landscapes they once dominated has forever changed the mighty species.

Mongabay

A study unravels the genetic mystery of a cobra divided by sea

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s spectacled cobra (Naja naja) carries a two-million-year-old genetic mystery, and a new study finds that the island’s cobras form a genetically distinct lineage, reopening a taxonomic question raised by a Sri Lankan zoologist nearly nine…