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Benjamin Johnson May 28, 2018 52

The discovery of a site, which dates back 14,550 years, shows that humans settled the south-eastern United States much earlier than scientists previously believed by as much as 1,500 years. The discovery of stone tools alongside mastodon bones in a…

Benjamin Johnson May 25, 2018 18

Research shows that the more skills children bring with them to kindergarten — in basic math, reading, even friendship and cooperation — the more likely they will succeed in those same areas in school. Hence, “kindergarten readiness” is the goal…

Benjamin Johnson May 25, 2018 36

A Multiverse — where our Universe is only one of many — might not be as inhospitable to life as previously thought, according to new research. Questions about whether other universes might exist as part of a larger Multiverse, and…

Benjamin Johnson May 24, 2018 14

A global expert on infrastructure says that China’s plan to crisscross half of the Earth with massive transportation and energy projects is environmentally the riskiest venture ever undertaken. Distinguished Professor William Laurance from James Cook University in Australia notes: “China…

Benjamin Johnson May 24, 2018 13

Astronomers at ANU have found the fastest-growing black hole known in the Universe, describing it as a monster that devours a mass equivalent to our sun every two days. The astronomers have looked back more than 12 billion years to…

Benjamin Johnson May 24, 2018 278

During the Warring States Period, in a place called Qi, there once lived an extraordinary woman called Wu Yan. She was still unmarried at the age of 40 because she was so unsightly. As if her thick neck, upturned nose, sunken…

Benjamin Johnson May 23, 2018 19

Imagine if, many millions of years ago, dinosaurs drove cars through cities of mile-high buildings. A preposterous idea, right? Over the course of tens of millions of years, however, all of the direct evidence of a civilization — its artifacts…

Benjamin Johnson May 19, 2018 11

Latest research finds plant debris in lake sediment affects methane emissions. The flourishing reed beds created by changing climates could threaten to double the already significant methane production of the world’s northern lakes. A new study of chemical reactions that…