Using a global network of telescopes, astronomers have detected the lowest-mass dark object yet found in the universe.

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For decades, it’s been known that subtle chemical patterns exist in metal alloys, but researchers thought they were too minor to matter — or that they got erased during manufacturing. Howe ...

(via Mark Rober) It’s wild how oblivious we can be to what’s hidden right beneath the water.

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The first fossil hominins were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century in South Africa, just over half a century ...

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