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That's because noise comes from various sources, many of which scientists have no control over. These include unpredictable disturbances in Earth's magnetic field, nearby radiation from Wi-Fi routers ...

However, DNA from Neanderthals is rare, and high-quality genomes are especially uncommon; until the new study, only four were available, three of which came from Russia, at the edge of the ...

This rare example of an Aztec ritual mask was carved from wood over five centuries ago to represent Mictlantecuhtli, the god ...

"By mapping the ancient roads that carried the Antonine Plague, we get a 2,000-year-old case study on the centuries-long societal impact of pandemics," Brughmans said. Itiner-e is a useful digital ...

The microplate could be focusing seismic energy in a straight line in a region under the Alaska Range of mountains, potentially contributing to large earthquakes and the development of small volcanoes ...

Archaeology Skeletal remains of Queen Elisenda, one of the most powerful rulers in medieval Europe, unearthed in Barcelona — along with several others who bore unexplained stab wounds In honor of the ...

The band, called a Kelvin wave, marks a swell of higher-than-average sea levels that stretches hundreds of miles along the equator. The anomaly is caused by warmer waters linked to El Niño — the warm ...

Planet Earth Rivers & Oceans Collapse of key Atlantic currents may be held off by newly-discovered back-up system, study finds Rising temperatures in the North Atlantic are slowing vital currents, but ...

Planet Earth Geology 'Unequivocal evidence' of Earth's oldest impact crater turns out to be off by half a billion years A new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact crater, the ...

The findings, published June 11 in the journal Science, come from the largest-ever map of Denisovan-inherited DNA ever created. The discovery shows that Denisovan DNA "is not just a remnant of ancient ...

Archaeology Wreck of World War II Japanese 'hellship' that sank with more than 1,000 Allied POWs on board discovered off the Philippines The remains of a Japanese "hellship" that was torpedoed in 1944 ...