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Seven New Species of Australian Peacock Spiders Discovered Museums Victoria arachnologist Joseph Schubert has described seven new species of the peacock spider genus Maratus from Australia. Maratus azureus. Image credit: Joseph Schubert. Maratus is a relatively large genus of jumping spiders in the family Salticidae. Members of this genus are …

New research from Tel Aviv University sheds light on the building history of monumental structures in the main area of Göbekli Tepe, a Neolithic site in southeast Turkey known for its impressive megalithic architecture with characteristic T-shaped pillars, and the chronological relations between them. Monumental round-oval buildings with their characteristic …

CERN Physicists Create Atoms of Pionic Helium Physicists from the ASACUSA (Atomic Spectroscopy And Collisions Using Slow Antiprotons) Collaboration at CERN have successfully synthesized and studied theoretically predicted but never before verified atoms of pionic helium. Their results mark the first time such spectroscopic measurements have been made on an …

Men Have Higher Blood Concentrations of Enzyme that Helps SARS-CoV-2 Virus Infect Cells SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease, uses a receptor called angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) to gain entry into human cells. A new study published in the European Heart Journal, shows that men have higher …

Huge Chinese Rocket Stage Falls to Earth in Uncontrolled Reentry China celebrated success last week when its prototype crewed spacecraft returned to Earth after several days in orbit. It got there with the aid of a new, more powerful rocket called the Long March 5B. The core stage remained in …

Humans Created Earliest Modern Artifacts in Europe, Research Shows An international team of researchers has discovered and dated the remains of Homo sapiens and associated artifacts — including pendants manufactured from cave bear teeth that are reminiscent of those later produced by the last Neanderthals of western Europe — at …

Researchers Create Prototype of Microwave Quantum Radar A team of researchers from Austria, the U.S., the UK, and Italy has demonstrated a new technology called microwave quantum illumination that uses entangled microwave photons as a method of detection. Their prototype device is able to detect objects in noisy thermal environments …

Flavonoid-Rich Foods Reduce Risks of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Higher long-term dietary intakes of flavonoid-rich foods, such as berries, apples and tea, are associated with lower risks of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Higher long-term dietary …

Researchers Find Evidence of Ancient Molecular Fluids in Meteorite A team of researchers from the United States and Canada has found evidence for 4.55-billion-year-old sodium-rich alkaline fluids in the Tagish Lake meteorite, a unique piece of the Solar System’s main asteroid belt. A fragment of the Tagish Lake meteorite. Image …

Study: Single Gene Causes ‘Virgin Births’ in Cape Honeybees A protein-coding gene called GB45239 is responsible for thelytokous parthenogenesis — the ability to produce daughters asexually — in the Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis), a subspecies of honeybee found in the two southern provinces of South Africa, according to a …