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40,000-year-old bird carvings provide clues to how humans flourished in the Ice Age 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 29, 2026
It’s 35°C in the shade, in the middle of Europe’s June heatwave, and Alexander Janas has just emerged from the Hohle Fels cave in southwestern Germany, where the mercury reads 9 or 10°C. “It’s wonderful to be inside,” says Janas, an archaeologist at the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and the Paleoenvironment in Tübingen, Germany.
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Polio will return with a vengeance if the task of eradicating it is not finished soon 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 29, 2026
Polio vaccination in Pakistan, where the wild virus continues to circulate.Credit: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty If you are under 60, the global quest to eradicate polio has been with you for most of your adult life. During that time, the natural strain of the virus, also known as wild-type polio, has been eliminated from almost all countries.
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Articles with open peer review reports are less likely to be retracted 0
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- July 29, 2026
Credit: Javier Zayas/Getty Articles with publicly available peer review reports are less likely to be retracted than those without public reports, according to a study. The authors say this could, in some cases, reflect greater trust among researchers who choose to make the review process transparent. The analysis, published on the MetaArXiv preprint server earlier
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Fertility clinics offer young mitochondria in controversial fertility technique 0
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- July 29, 2026
A needle approaches an egg (purple) during in vitro fertilization, which some clinics offer in combination with a procedure called mitochondrial replacement therapy. Credit: Zephyr/Scientific Photo Library A small number of fertility clinics around the world are offering a controversial treatment: a procedure to provide clients’ embryos with donated mitochondria as a way to increase
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When doctors and AI work together, who is responsible? How to establish medical liability 0
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- July 29, 2026
Artificial intelligence is rapidly being integrated into hospitals and healthcare clinics. However, the benefits of AI tools come with new risks to patient safety and questions about who is responsible when things go wrong. Conventionally, health care responsibilities are clearly delineated. Doctors must provide an established standard of treatment. Institutions must organize safe treatment processes.
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A fever dream of jellies and slugs.0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 27, 2026
The art and science of Ernst Haeckel Julia Voss and Rainer Willmann Taschen (2026) To immerse yourself in the world of naturalist Ernst Haeckel is to fall into a kaleidoscope of vibrant sea slugs, coiled octopuses, looping larvae and bulbous bodies. These tantalizing creatures float and writhe before your eyes, mesmerizing with their curious contortion.
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