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The oldest known mummies have been found — in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asians created the oldest known human mummies roughly 7,000 years before…

Mars once had an atmosphere that was thicker than Earth’s today

Modern Mars barely has an atmosphereNASA/JPL/USGS Mars’s atmosphere may have once been…

Most Countries Are Reducing Deaths from Heart Disease, Cancer and Diabetes

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Salt can turn frozen water into a weak power source

Salt, ice and some oomph — these three simple ingredients are all…

Exciting new research shows ways to defuse the “green backlash”

“Disaffection with climate policies has two root causes: economic and cultural”Alex Ramsay/Alamy…

Early Experiments Show Fast-Acting Antidote Targets Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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Antibody cocktail could work as a universal flu treatment

Illustration of antibodies attacking influenza virus particlesScience Photo Library/Alamy A cocktail of…

Big Oil Companies Caused about 25 Percent of Heat Waves since 2000

September 11, 20254 min readBig Oil’s Emissions Caused about 25 Percent of…

DNA cassette tape can store every song ever recorded

The DNA cassette resembles music cassette tapesJiankai Li et al. 2025 Retro…