Scientists have revealed that injury dressings found in first-aid kits can reliably be used to identify shark species involved in bite incidents by deploying medical gauze to gather DNA samples from aquatic equipment, such as surfboards. The Flinders University research shows that this new collection method can improve how shark-related...

Injury dressings in first-aid kits reveal shark species

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The object orbits just 0.1 light-years from the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*.

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The remains of a mysterious Mayan underground structure have been unearthed in Mexico by archaeologists.
Developments in archeology continue to help bring ancient history to light and teach us about how early civilizations lived on planet earth.
Recent discoveries have revealed a 4000-year-old labyrinth found in the home of the “minotaur” in Crete, while experts may have solved one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world after a landmark discovery in Egypt.
Now, archaeologists in Campeche, Mexico, have discovered an underground structure located below a Maya ball court. 
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Mysterious underground Maya structure unearthed in Mexico

After three years of meticulous research, an international team of researchers has discovered a fossilized giant basal tetrapod in Namibia’s arid region. Basal tetrapods are early four-legged vertebrates that lived during the crucial transition from water to land. This three-meter-long skeleton, found in the Ugab River valley, is the...

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Scientists looking to find out if there is life on Venus have found signs of two gases in clouds over it which could mean there is or has been.At a national astronomy meeting in Hull in the UK on July 17, findings were presented for a gas called phosphine; its presence on the planet has previously been contested, reports The Guardian.Phosphine is a colourless, flammable and explosive gas at room temperature that smells like garlic or decaying fish.A different team found a tentative detection of ammonia which, on Planet Earth, is usually produced by biological activity and industrial processes -...

Scientists discover key indicator of life on the surface of Venus

For most people, the Turkana Basin in northwestern Kenya is a fiercely inhospitable place. It is hot and dry — an arid, desert-like scrubland. At its center lies Lake Turkana, an enormous, expansive, alkaline body of water that has gained the apt description as the world’s largest permanent desert lake. There are no major resorts along its shores. Though rich as a source of fishing for the local economy, it’s flats team with Nile crocodiles and its shores are abundant with scorpions and carpet vipers. But this lake lies front-and-center within a region the geology of which has yielded one of the world’s great treasure-house landscapes of exposed beds teaming with fossils extending as far back as the Cretaceous period. The unforgiving environment was thus no barrier to the teams of paleontologists, geologists and paleoanthropologists that found their way here over the decades to explore and survey the landscape. And it was along the dried up Nariokotome river bed not far from the lake when, in 1984, eagle-eyed goat herder and fossil hunter, Kamoya Kimeu, spied a peculiar skull fragment. Kamoya honed his skills and reputation over the years in the employ of the renowned fossil hunting paleoanthropologist team of Mary and Richard Leakey. Kimeu knew what he was doing.

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Unparalleled Insight – Ancient Fossil Discovery Shows How South America and Africa Drifted Apart

From intense solar storms, to helping reveal the history of the Red Planet, the Mars Curiosity rover has led a very interesting life thus far. Now, a new finding has left NASA scientists shocked after the Curiosity rover cracked open a rock it ran over and unveiled something never before seen on the Red Planet.

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A beaked whale that recently washed up dead on a New Zealand beach likely belongs to the world's rarest cetacean species. If confirmed, researchers could dissect the species for the very first time.

Ultra-rare whale never seen alive washes up on on New Zealand beach — and scientists could now dissect it for the 1st time

Believe it or not, genetic material dating back millions of years has been discovered.

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For a long time scientists assumed a much larger elevation in oceanic oxygen levels triggered the explosion, but this may not be true.

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Teotihuacan, an ancient Mesoamerican city located in the Teotihuacan Valley of Mexico, is renowned for its impressive pyramids and unique urban layout. A recent study conducted by Ismael Arturo Montero García from the University of Tepeyac (UT), in collaboration with the National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH), suggests that the Pyramid of the Moon served as the astronomical orientation axis of Teotihuacan. This marks a significant shift from previous research that primarily focused on the Pyramid of the Sun.

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Little is known about the Denisovans. But a new study is revealing how these enigmatic ancient humans survived in the Tibetan plateau, one of Earth’s most extreme environments.

Denisovans were living on the Tibetan plateau surprisingly recently, scientists say

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Experts believe the creature is a spade-toothed whale, an animal so rare that only six specimens have been studied by scientists.

Sea creature washed up on New Zealand beach could be world's rarest whale species, officials say

OBAN, United Kingdom — In the darkness of the deep ocean, where sunlight can’t reach, scientists have stumbled upon a strange phenomenon — the production of oxygen where none should exist. An international team says the unexpected discovery of what they’re calling “dark oxygen” challenges our understanding of deep-sea ecosystems and could have far-reaching implications for ocean chemistry and climate science.

‘Dark oxygen’ discovered near the ocean floor, mystifying scientists

Sunlight-photosynthesizing organisms like plants and algae have long been believed to be the Earth's original producers of oxygen. But now, researchers have found evidence of a natural O2 factory that needs neither the Sun nor the lifeforms that harness its power. The source is a chemical reaction taking place in rocks lying on the lightless seafloor thousands of feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, releasing what the researchers have dubbed "dark oxygen."

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It’s not humans. How a survivor of a super-extinction repopulated our planet. There are more than 8 billion humans alive at this moment on Earth (unless something has gone horribly wrong). But humans aren’t the only dominant mammals.

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Injury dressings in first-aid kits provide a new technique to reveal shark species after bite incidents

Scientists have revealed that injury dressings found in first-aid kits can reliably be used to identify shark species involved in bite incidents by deploying medical gauze...

Injury dressings in first-aid kits provide a new technique to reveal shark species after bite incidents

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