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The oldest human mummies were slowly smoked 14,000 years ago
Left: The remains of a middle-aged woman at the Liyupo site in…
CDC Panel to Review Childhood Vaccines: What’s at Stake
Update: After this story was published, an updated draft agenda for the…
The oldest known mummies have been found — in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asians created the oldest known human mummies roughly 7,000 years before…
Mars once had an atmosphere that was thicker than Earth’s today
Modern Mars barely has an atmosphereNASA/JPL/USGS Mars’s atmosphere may have once been…
Most Countries Are Reducing Deaths from Heart Disease, Cancer and Diabetes
September 15, 20253 min readDeath Rates from Chronic Diseases Dropped in Most…
Salt can turn frozen water into a weak power source
Salt, ice and some oomph — these three simple ingredients are all…
Exciting new research shows ways to defuse the “green backlash”
“Disaffection with climate policies has two root causes: economic and cultural”Alex Ramsay/Alamy…
Early Experiments Show Fast-Acting Antidote Targets Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
September 11, 20252 min readEarly Experiments Show Fast-Acting Antidote Targets Carbon Monoxide…
Antibody cocktail could work as a universal flu treatment
Illustration of antibodies attacking influenza virus particlesScience Photo Library/Alamy A cocktail of…