what we can learn from tiny traces of ancient blood chemicals
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From ski jumping to speedskating, winter sports represent physics in action
During the 2026 Winter Olympics, athletes will leap off ramps, slide across ice and spin…
Great white sharks grow a whole new kind of tooth for slicing bone as they age
A great white shark is a masterwork of evolutionary engineering. These beautiful predators glide effortlessly…
Some companies claim they can ‘resurrect’ species. Does that make people more comfortable with extinction?
Less than a year ago, United States company Colossal Biosciences announced it had “resurrected” the…
Innovations in asthma care can improve the health of Detroiters living with this chronic disease
Researchers and doctors are beginning to modernize asthma treatment using innovative therapies. Asthma is a…
The first human mission to the moon in 54 years launches soon — with a Canadian on board
It’s been 54 years since the last Apollo mission, and since then, humans have not…
Your sense of self is deeply tied to your memory – here’s how
You might say you have a “bad memory” because you don’t remember what cake you…
Facial recognition technology used by police is now very accurate – but public understanding lags behind
The UK government’s proposed reforms to policing in England and Wales signal an increase in…
Aerial lidar mapping can reveal archaeological sites while overlooking Indigenous peoples and their knowledge
Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions…