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Stone tools in northern Europe made by <i>Homo sapiens</i> 45,000 years ago
Nature, Published online: 31 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00072-1 DNA analyses of skeletal fragments from a site in Germany provide evidence that…
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First aircraft to fly on Mars dies — but leaves a legacy of science
The Mars helicopter Ingenuity propels itself with two blades that are 1.2 metres in length.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, the…
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Tracking down tuberculosis
Mireille Kamariza is working on an affordable test for tuberculosis.Credit: Faranak Emami/Samueli School of Engineering, UCLA Growing up in Burundi,…
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Japan’s successful Moon landing was the most precise ever
Artist’s impression of the SLIM spacecraft coming in for landing on the Moon.Credit: JAXA Japan has become the fifth country…
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high-profile effort will tackle paper mills
Paper mills often sell authorships to researchers on nonsense papers.Credit: Jes2ufoto/Alamy A high-profile group of funders, academic publishers and research…
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Cloned rhesus monkey lives to adulthood for first time
The cloned rhesus monkey, named ReTro, is the first to survive to adulthood.Credit: Qiang Sun For the first time, a…
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Google AI has better bedside manner than human doctors — and makes better diagnoses
A chatbot based on Google’s large language model can take medical histories from simulated patients and offer a range of…
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The demise of the giant ape Gigantopithecus blacki
Von Koenigswald, G. H. R. Eine fossile Säugetierfauna mit Simia aus Südchina. Proc. Sect. Sci. K. Ned. Akad. Wet. Amst.…
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The handwriting of the greats, and solutions that make things worse: Books in brief
Breaking Through Katalin Karikó Crown (2023) Biochemist Katalin Karikó, daughter of a butcher, was born in 1950s Hungary in a…
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US project seeks standard way to communicate research retractions
Journals communicate information on retracted research articles in a wide range of ways.Credit: Hafiez Razali/Shutterstock In a bid to standardize…
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