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The distant rock has offered clues about planet formation and the state of the early solar system.
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons/NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/ESA.
A lack of understanding is undermining decision makers’ capacity to develop policies that ensure the planet can sustainably meet future human food demands.
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A study reports evidence of flaked tool production that is distinct from the earliest hominin tool technologies.
Image courtesy of David R. Braun.
Elephants can use their sense of smell to pick the greater of two quantities of food, a study finds.
Image courtesy of Hoi-Lam Jim (Vetmeduni Vienna, Vienna, Austria).
Evidence of alcohol production in Neolithic pottery from China extends history of alcohol production.
Image courtesy of Li Liu.
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