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CONTRIBUTOR: . Researchers of Tomsk
State University and New Bulgarian University claim that human thoughts are able
to materialize an object. They published results of their experiments in the
article "Remember down, look down, read up: Does a word modulate eye trajectory
away from remembered location?" (Journal Cognitive Processing). Authors of
this...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . An international
team led by scientists in Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and
Cambridge University, has, for the first time, sequenced ancient genomes from
the Late Upper Palaeolithic period. In doing so, the team has discovered a new
strand of European hunter-gatherer ancestry. This is a Kotias skeleton,...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . ZME Science A team
of researchers has analyzed a swarm of data and created the first map that tries
to estimate how much water is located beneath the Earth....
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CONTRIBUTOR: . A group of
researchers using hard science put frankincense to the test: Does this ancient,
fragrant smoke give feelings of exaltation to the practitioners of the many
religions in whose rites it has been used for millennia? Further, they asked,
could extracts of frankincense or Boswellia be used by pharmacologists...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . Molecular-based
moisture indicators, remains of midges and climate simulations have provided
climate scientists with the final piece to one of the most enduring puzzles of
the last Ice Age. For years, researchers have struggled to reconcile climate
models of the Earth, 13,000 years ago, with the prevailing theory that a...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . The Denisovans are a
mysterious hominid species that we only know about from two molar teeth and the
bone of a pinky finger discovered in the remote Denisova Cave in the Altai
Mountains of Siberia. However, DNA extracted from the fossils has opened a
window in understanding this ancient species...
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. The Tor Project last week claimed the FBI paid Carnegie Mellon University
$1 million to crack the anonymity of Tor users. Tor's claim appears to have been
triggered by a report last week that said the FBI's arrest of an alleged member
of the Silk Road 2.0 drug ring was...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . ZME Science In
recent days, the internet has been flooded with images and videos of cats having
hilarious reactions to cucumbers stealthily placed behind them. But are cats
actually afraid of cucumbers, and if yes… why? By now, you either know exactly
what I’m talking about, or have no idea...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . ZME Science It's
widely agreed that modern Europeans trace their roots from three ancient tribes,
or three important migration events, if you will. But after researchers
sequenced the genomes of two hunter gatherers who lived roughly 13,000 years
ago, there's evidence that suggests a fourth tribe lent our genes....
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CONTRIBUTOR:
. Ubuntu Studio 15.10 is a one-stop Linux OS shop for most creative people.
It bundles a nearly full range of multimedia content-creation applications for
workflows involving audio, graphics, video, photography and publishing. The
developers describe this distro as a multimedia content-creation hub for all
five creative workflows. The last element...
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