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The oldest dice artifacts date to 12,000 years ago, predating Old World probability tools by six millennia. A new diagnostic framework identified 565 dice from 45 archaeological sites using four morphological criteria.
Chromosomal inversions in five chromosomes across 1,300+ Lake Malawi cichlids block DNA mixing during reproduction, locking beneficial traits into supergenes. Whether this mechanism drives speciation in other animals, including humans, remains an open question.
NASA reports zero technical issues as Artemis 2 counts down to an April 1 liftoff, a 10-day mission that will carry four astronauts farther from Earth than any human has ventured since Apollo, more than 50 years ago.
Scientists have found the ocean's "missing" plastic — 27 million tons of invisible nanoplastics now saturating the North Atlantic, entering food webs and human brain tissue alike.
Discover how the central limit theorem transforms random coin flips into predictable bell curves and underpins modern statistics.
Hubble caught comet K1 splitting into four pieces eight days after breakup began, revealing dust-layer physics.
Potatoes grew in fake Moon dirt plus 5 % worm compost, but metal uptake and radiation-free conditions leave hurdles.
Russia targets 2036 for a Venus orbiter, lander, and balloon mission, reviving Soviet-era success.
Microplastics may inflame brain barriers linked to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, but human proof is missing.
A reader's challenge sent us back to the physics and the financials. The picture is more complicated than General Fusion's investor materials suggest.
MIT-led team projects thousands of laser spots from curled silicon emitters smaller than salt grain.
Teen sleep deprivation has risen 8% since 2007, with no evidence linking screens as the primary cause.
