Science And Sciencibility
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Thursday 7 November 2024
Cylinder symbols hint to origins of writing
Wednesday 6 November 2024
The world’s oldest tree? Genetic analysis traces evolution of iconic Pando forest
Tuesday 5 November 2024
Chemical swaps give parrots their colours
Saturday 2 November 2024
The ineffable quality of the human brain
Blogger Comments:
From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic Theory, the meaning potential of language is the 'elephant in the room' that gives rise to our unique cognitive skills. Semiotic phenomena require semiotic explanations. Material models of the brain are severely limited to explaining its material phenomena, such as the locations of its processes.
Thursday 31 October 2024
PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident
Saturday 26 October 2024
Physicists tame fundamental muon particles into highly controlled beam for first time
Friday 25 October 2024
DNA stores data in bits after epigenetic upgrade
Thursday 24 October 2024
Ancient meteorite was ‘giant fertiliser bomb’ for life
Wednesday 23 October 2024
Saturday 19 October 2024
AlphaFold reveals how sperm and egg hook up in intimate detail
Friday 18 October 2024
Thursday 17 October 2024
‘Stunning’ find in stone city of Petra
Sunday 13 October 2024
AI scans RNA ‘dark matter’ and uncovers 70,000 new viruses
Saturday 12 October 2024
Saturday 5 October 2024
Sunday 29 September 2024
Saturday 28 September 2024
Carbon bond that uses only one electron seen for first time
Friday 27 September 2024
Wednesday 25 September 2024
Octopuses and fish caught on camera hunting as a team
Tuesday 24 September 2024
Mathematicians discover new class of shape seen throughout nature
Sunday 22 September 2024
Saturday 21 September 2024
Friday 20 September 2024
Thursday 19 September 2024
‘The standard model is not dead’: ultra-precise particle measurement thrills physicists
Wednesday 18 September 2024
Friday 13 September 2024
Rapa Nui’s population 'crash' debunked by ancient DNA
Wednesday 11 September 2024
Marmosets use specific ‘names’ for one another
Friday 6 September 2024
‘Nuclear clock’ breakthrough paves the way for super-precise timekeeping
Thursday 5 September 2024
The biology of smell is a mystery — AI is helping to solve it
Wednesday 4 September 2024
Wednesday 28 August 2024
Neolithic builders had an understanding of science
Friday 23 August 2024
India’s pioneering mission bolsters idea that Moon’s surface was molten
Thursday 22 August 2024
Wednesday 21 August 2024
Monday 19 August 2024
Dinosaur-killing Chicxulub asteroid formed in Solar System’s outer reaches
Sunday 18 August 2024
Saturday 17 August 2024
Stonehenge’s enigmatic centre stone was hauled 800 kilometres from Scotland
Friday 16 August 2024
Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks
Thursday 15 August 2024
Wednesday 14 August 2024
Mathematicians Reinvent the Wheel in Higher Dimensions to Solve Decades-Old Geometry Problem
Saturday 27 July 2024
Mars rover finds possible signs of ancient Red Planet life
Friday 26 July 2024
Did complex life start on Snowball Earth?
Thursday 25 July 2024
Heaviest element yet within reach after major breakthrough
Wednesday 24 July 2024
Mystery oxygen source discovered on the sea floor — bewildering scientists
Thursday 18 July 2024
Dogs might have evolved to read our emotions
Blogger Comments:
As other researchers have previously suggested, this is the result of artificial selection by humans.
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Sunday 14 July 2024
First fossil chromosomes discovered in freeze-dried mammoth skin
Saturday 13 July 2024
Stars hint at an unusual black hole lurking in our Galaxy
Friday 12 July 2024
Huge neutrino detector sees first hints of particles from exploding stars
Saturday 6 July 2024
Ultra-detailed brain map shows neurons that encode words’ meaning
Friday 5 July 2024
Denisovans’ survival secrets revealed
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