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Amazonian Earthworks Hidden for Centuries Revealed by Light Beams from Above #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #Amazon #archaeology #earthworks #LiDAR #pre-Columbian #ancient #survey #discovery #indigenous #structures #basin #forest #canopy Good evening, I’m Colin Jost. Researchers using fancy laser beams have uncovered over 10,000 ancient settlements hiding under the Amazon’s leafy green canopy. These…

Ancient Footprints In New Mexico Prove Humans Were Here Way Earlier Than We Thought #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #archaeology #fossils #Ice Age #migration #humans #footprints #dating #science What’s up jerks! I’m archaeologist Colin Jost and I’ve got some crazy news from the dig site. Scientists found these 23,000 year old footprints in…

Africa’s Animals Fear The Sound Of Humans More Than Lions, Dogs Or Gunshots #shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #Africa #animals #fear #humans #lions #dogs #gunshots #predators #conservation #endangered species New research finds Africa’s wildlife flees human voices faster than lions’ growls. We’re scarier than nature’s apex predator. Conservationists hope strategic sound boxes could…

Caenorhabditis elegans Caenorhabditis elegans, a roundworm, could possibly possess primitive emotions. A new study has revealed that the worms can exhibit primitive emotions. Following previous research suggesting that C. elegans has roaming and sleeping behaviors, the scientists from Nagoya City University and Mills College at Northeastern University set out to determine if the roundworms might…

CURIOUS Issue 15 (October 2023) CURIOUS is out now and it’s October 2023. Each issue of CURIOUS delights in science highlights for the month plus deep dives into intriguing topics, interviews, exclusives, diary dates, and explanations for some of Earth’s most perplexing natural phenomena and landscapes. Discover what’s new in this issue and subscribe to…

Cannabis sativa endocannabinoids Feeling stressed? Don’t sweat: Your body is pumping out its own homegrown cannabinoid compounds that help to chill you out. These are endocannabinoids, which are chemicals similar to THC, the psychoactive compound in cannabis, known as cannabidiol. In a new study, scientists at Northwestern University switch off cannabinoid receptors in the brains…

The Atomic Bomb Bible Is a Book About the AI Doomsday To nuclear physicists, the implications of this strange experiment are immediately obvious. A few weeks later, on his blackboard at the University of California, Berkeley’s Radiation Laboratory, J. Robert Oppenheimer sketched the first crude drawing of an atomic bomb. The story of how the…