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'Ancient' stone circle found to be replica
The findings sparked excitement among archaeologists, who believed the stones to be thousands of years old.
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Despite 2-child policy, China sees fewest births in almost 60 years in 2018
The number of babies born last year fell by some 2 million from 2017, to 15.23 million, it was the least since 1961 and the third-lowest since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949
r/NatureIsFuckingLit - 🔥 Cuttlefish disguising itself as coral 🔥
36,591 votes and 407 comments so far on Reddit
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda
A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.
Why languages and dialects really are different animals – Søren Wichmann | Aeon Ideas
A Serb, a Croat and a Bosnian walk into a bar: do they speak different languages – or dialects? The answer is pure linguistics
David Reich and The New York Times
“Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out …
Value of genetic testing in the prevention of coronary heart disease events
Background The health economic evidence about the value and optimal targeting of genetic testing in the prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) events has remained limited and ambiguous. The objective of this study is to optimize the...
Comparative genomics analysis reveals high levels of differential DNA transposition among primates
Mobile elements generated via DNA transposition constitute ~50% of the primate genomes. As a result of past and ongoing activity, DNA transposition is responsible for generating inter- and intra-species genomic variations, and it plays important...
How Many Genes Do Cells Need? Maybe Almost All of Them
An ambitious study in yeast shows that the health of cells depends on the highly intertwined effects of many genes, few of which can be deleted together without consequence.
A Critique of Ancient DNA research in New York Times
Gideon Lewis-Kraus wrote a long piece in New York Times which is quite critical of the ancient DNA lab at Harvard led by David Reich. It has generated a lot of discussion and comments, themselves ranging from mildly to very critical – by Razib Khan,...
Virginia Woolf? Snob! Richard Wright? Sexist! Dostoyevsky? Anti-Semite!
How should we read great literature from the past whose moral blind spots offend us?
150 years ago, the periodic table began with one chemist’s vision
150 years ago, Russian chemist Dmitrii Mendeleev created the periodic table of the elements, revolutionizing chemistry.
Brexit : les secrets d'un bras de fer historique
ÉPISODE 1/4. Il a fallu des mois pour que l'Union européenne et le Royaume-Uni parviennent à un divorce. Le récit des tractations de l'année 2016.
Types of Cable Installations in Electrical Network
There are a variety of ways to install power distribution cables. Underground ducts are used where it is necessary to provide a high degree of safety