The origins of human innovation have traditionally been sought in the grasslands and coasts of Africa or the temperate environments of Europe. More extreme environments, such as the tropical rainforests …read more Source:: Science
Tag: environments
Researchers document the first use of maize in Mesoamerica
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•Researchers investigated the earliest humans in Central America and how they adapted over time to new and changing environments, and how those changes have affected human life histories and societies. …read more Source:: Science
Kubernetes administration policy made easy with brewOPA
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•Administering policies across Kubernetes and other cloud native environments isn’t easy. Now, Cyral wants to take the trouble out of the job with brewOPA. …read more Source:: Linux
A new theory for how black holes and neutron stars shine bright
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•Astrophysicists employed massive super-computer simulations to calculate the mechanisms that accelerate charged particles in extreme environments. They concluded their energization is powered by the interplay of chaotic motion and reconnection …read more Source:: Science
Micromotors push around single cells and particles
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•A new type of micromotor — powered by ultrasound and steered by magnets — can move around individual cells and microscopic particles in crowded environments without damaging them. In one …read more Source:: Science
Big brains or big guts: Choose one
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•A global study comparing 2,062 birds finds that, in highly variable environments, birds tend to have either larger or smaller brains relative to their body size. Birds with smaller brains …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers find evidence of a planet with a mass almost 13 times that of Jupiter
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•Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), in Chile’s Atacama Desert, will help to obtain answers on the formation and evolution of these exotic environments, as well as the possibility of life there. …read more Source:: Science
Trembling aspen leaves could save future Mars rovers
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•Researchers have been inspired by the unique movement of trembling aspen leaves, to devise an energy harvesting mechanism that could power weather sensors in hostile environments and could even be …read more Source:: Science
A rare assemblage of sharks and rays from nearshore environments of Eocene Madagascar
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•Eocene-aged sediments of Madagascar contain a previously unknown fauna of sharks and rays, according to a new study. This newly described fauna is the first report of sharks and rays …read more Source:: Science
Humans colonized diverse environments in Southeast Asia and Oceania during the Pleistocene
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•Investigations into what it means to be human have often focused on attempts to uncover the earliest material traces of ‘art’, ‘language’, or technological ‘complexity’. More recently, scholars have begun …read more Source:: Science