Thursday 28 April 2016
Wednesday 27 April 2016
Monster black hole 3 billion times the mass of the sun formed by trio of colliding galaxies
Sunday 24 April 2016
Oldest ever human genome sequence may rewrite human history
Saturday 23 April 2016
Insects may have had basic 'consciousness' more than 500 million years ago
Friday 22 April 2016
Saharan silver ant's hairs reflect light to beat the desert heat
Thursday 21 April 2016
Wednesday 20 April 2016
Giant prehistoric bears evolved to fill scavenger gap
Blogger Comments:
Note that this reporting misconstrues evolution in terms of purpose instead of cause and result.
Tuesday 19 April 2016
Dolphins have a language that helps them solve problems together
Friday 15 April 2016
South America's prehistoric people spread in two waves
Thursday 14 April 2016
Supernovae may have played a role in Earth's evolution
Wednesday 13 April 2016
Monster black hole discovered in an unlikely galaxy
Sunday 10 April 2016
Missing Y chromosome kept Sapiens apart from Neanderthals
Saturday 9 April 2016
Human sacrifice may have helped build and sustain social class systems
Blogger Comment:
In terms of Joseph Campbell's four functions of mythology, this is the sociological function: justifying and maintaining the social order. The other functions are the pedagogical, cosmological and mystical.
Friday 8 April 2016
Exoplanet 55 Cancri e has solid and liquid surfaces
Thursday 7 April 2016
Ancient 'Kite Runner' carried its young attached to its body by threads
Wednesday 6 April 2016
Homo floresiensis disappeared when Homo sapiens arrived
Blogger Comment:
We didn't eat them. No.
Tuesday 5 April 2016
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