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Subscribe via RSSThree dating approaches place Jordan Valley’s ‘Ubeidiya site at least 1.9 million years ago, tying it in age to Dmanisi and raising questions about early human dispersals and tool traditions.
A newly reported Kuiper Belt object, 2026 ED138, may be a large dwarf planet, but its size and status remain uncertain; Rubin and archival images helped reveal its long, tilted orbit.
A 2026 study mapped landslide susceptibility across eThekwini using satellite data and machine learning, linking higher susceptibility to built and cultivated land and identifying coastal hotspots.
Katherine Cann argues that community-engaged climate research could support fairer adaptation, but only if projects examine their aims, value social learning and scrutinize how the work is governed.
A reported helium experiment produced a weak, high-energy X-ray plateau beyond the usual single-electron cutoff, pointing to a way to probe correlated electrons on attosecond timescales.
Across 114 countries, antibiotic use tracked resistance in some pathogen–drug pairs; a modeled 10% reduction was associated with 38,000 fewer annual AMR deaths, a modest share of bacterial mortality.
A reported tourist recommendation model combines clustering, shortest-distance calculations and weighted ranking to match destinations with travelers’ preferences, budgets and routes, though evaluation details remain unclear.
MIT researchers reported a modular origami-inspired method for building lightweight, rigid structural shells, with simulations and a room-sized sculpture pointing to promise while leaving architectural use for future testing.
A theoretical study proposes voltage-controlled barriers to steer light-generated charges across graphene, a possible route toward infrared harvesting that still needs experimental testing.
A reconstruction from 17th-century records finds frequent harsh winters and uneven, often excessive precipitation in Transylvania, with climate stress compounding harvest and social crises.
A PLOS Biology article argues that Alzheimer’s vascular research must connect molecular changes in brain vessels to mechanics, blood flow and tissue perfusion before treating them as causes of disease.
A 2026 study reports long-running laboratory tests of a flowing zinc slurry battery. The measurements do not establish its performance in a grid installation.