Encore: What makes that song swing? At last, physicists unravel a jazz mystery https://www.npr.org/2023/01/23/1150844947/encore-what-makes-that-song-swing-at-last-physicists-unravel-a-jazz-mystery #Science #Physics #Music
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How has the inside of the #Earth stayed as hot as the Sun's surface for billions of years? https://theconversation.com/how-has-the-inside-of-the-earth-stayed-as-hot-as-the-suns-surface-for-billions-of-years-193277 #Science
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Prehistoric population once lived in #Siberia, but mysteriously vanished, genetic study finds https://www.livescience.com/previously-unknown-hunter-gatherers-siberia #Science #Genetics
How do snowflakes form? Is each snowflake really unique? Why is some snow light and fluffy or heavy? The amazing science of snow https://theconversation.com/how-do-snowflakes-form-is-each-snowflake-really-unique-why-is-some-snow-light-and-fluffy-or-heavy-the-amazing-science-of-snow-196269 #Ice #Snow #Winter #Atmosphere #Science
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#Ancient #DNA from Protohistoric Period #Cambodia indicates that South Asians admixed with local populations as early as 1st–3rd centuries CE https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-26799-3 #OpenAccess #Anthropology #Archaeology #Population #Genetics #Science #Asia
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#DNA #art: Scientists use genetic sequencing to create a variety of shapes https://interestingengineering.com/science/dna-art-scientists-use-genetic-sequencing #Science
Out of #Africa: my lifelong mission to trace the origins of humanity https://www.theguardian.com/focus/2022/dec/31/chris-stringer-origins-of-man-lifelong-mission #Anthropology #Archaeology #Palaeontology #Evolution #Biology #Science
Man given a year to live now cancer-free after immunotherapy trial https://theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/30/man-year-to-live-now-cancer-free-after-immunotherapy-trial #NHS #Cancer #Research #Immunotherapy #Science
The First Americans – a story of wonderful, uncertain science – https://aeon.co/essays/the-first-americans-a-story-of-wonderful-uncertain-science #Archaeology #Anthropology #Migration #Science
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Magnetic Universe https://youtu.be/hrdbPEFYj2M #YouTube #Video #Science #Physics #Astrophysics
Mistress of a New World: Early Science Fiction in Europe’s “Age of Discovery" https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/mistress-of-a-new-world-early-science-fiction-in-europes-age-of-discovery #Book #Books #Literature #Science #Fiction #Europe
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Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million years https://eurekalert.org/news-releases/973177 #Science #DNA #Genetics
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Findings from 3,000-year-old Uluburun shipwreck reveal complex trade network https://source.wustl.edu/2022/11/findings-from-2000-year-old-uluburun-shipwreck-reveal-complex-trade-network/ #Archaeology #Science
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The joy of science - with Jim Al-Khalili https://youtu.be/0lPjleuohMo #youtube #video #science
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