This is what the Salisbury Plain looked like before Stonehenge
The monument's builders didn't have to clear dense forests after all. Enlarge / Stonehenge as viewed from the northeast, showing the post-and-lintel construction of the Sarsen Circle. (credit: Timothy Darvill) Stonehenge was a.....»»
Marine fossils are a reliable benchmark for degrading and collapsing ecosystems
Biologists attempting to conserve and restore denuded environments are limited by their scant knowledge of what those environments looked like before the arrival of humans. This is especially true of coastal ecosystems, many of which had already been.....»»
Practicing the game-winning asteroid sample catch
The capsule looked like something from a 1960s sci-fi flick. Resting on the ground, slightly tilted, its white heat shield flaked off in places, it looked how one would expect after speeding in from outer space and streaking across the sky like a sho.....»»
Climate change, El Nino drive hottest June on record
The world saw its hottest June on record last month, the EU's climate monitoring service said Thursday, as climate change and the El Nino weather pattern looked likely to drive another scorching northern summer......»»
I agonized over EVs but bought a gas car instead. Here’s why I couldn’t be happier
When I went shopping for a new (to me) car, the tech fan and early adopter in me wanted to look at an EV. I looked, but found I'm not catered for at all......»»
Analyzing the trade-off between financial relevance and reliability
A study in the International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting has looked at the relationship between relevance and reliability in annual and semi-annual financial statements. An analysis of more than 300 manufacturing companies across a.....»»
Apple Vision Pro research and early work was hidden in plain sight
From patents for 'smart rings' to ones for projecting a Mac's desktop out onto the wall, Apple has been hiding Apple Vision Pro in plain sight for years.Why didn't we see what was right in front of our faces?Over the last decade, there must have been.....»»
Mars has liquid guts and strange insides, InSight suggests
Wobbles in its rotation are difficult to explain without a liquid core. Enlarge / Artist's view of what InSight looked like after landing. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Mars appears to be a frozen expanse of red dust, gapin.....»»
Hidden in plain sight: Rare palm species that flowers underground discovered in Borneo
In a new study, researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and partners have described the only known member of the palm family (Arecaceae) to flower and fruit almost entirely underground. Owing to this unusual characteristic, the scientists have.....»»
Experiment reveals 3D structural image of atmospheric boundary layer during haze pollution in the North China Plain
The results of the experiment "Comprehensive Observation on the Atmospheric boundary layer Three-dimensional Structure" (COATS) were recently published online in Science China Earth Sciences. This study enriches the understanding of the physical mech.....»»
Behold the likely face of a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon teenage girl
Isotropic analysis revealed her diet and likely migration from southern Germany to England. Enlarge / (left) Skull of teenage girl from 7th century CE. (right) Facial reconstruction as she might have looked in life. (credit: Univ.....»»
A new species of early toothed whale helps us understand the history of modern dolphins
Have you ever wondered what the earliest ancestors of today's dolphins looked like? Then look no further, meet Olympicetus thalassodon, a new species of early odontocete, or toothed whale, that swam along the North Pacific coastline around 28 million.....»»
Akkermansia muciniphila found to regulate cholesterol biosynthesis in the gut
A study led by Duke University has looked into the operating mechanisms of Akkermansia muciniphila, a gut microbe associated with lower rates of metabolic disorders......»»
Dutch unveil 4,000-year-old "Stonehenge"-like discovery
Dutch archaeologists on Wednesday revealed an around 4,000-year-old religious site—dubbed the "Stonehenge of the Netherlands" in the country's media—which included a burial mound serving as a solar calendar......»»
Blood-red crickets invade Nevada town, residents fight back with brooms, leaf blowers, snow plows
Dana Dolan was driving through her small Nevada hometown when she thought she had come upon a gory crash. The ground surrounding Elko's stretch of Interstate 80 looked as if it had been covered in blood. As the red color shifted and moved, she realiz.....»»
Genetic variation, selection and hybridization all contribute to desert adaptation in foxes
Genomic research led by the University of California at Berkeley has looked to uncover the origins and history of desert adaptation in foxes. In a paper, "North African fox genomes show signatures of repeated introgression and adaptation to life in d.....»»
Using macOS Disk Utility: How to repair Fusion Drives, and using command-line utilities
There are a few final useful utilities in Apple's Disk Utility you may not be aware of. Here's how to use them the continued exploration of the macOS tool.In the previous three installments of this series, we looked in-depth at how to use the macOS D.....»»
"Secret Chef" trailer teases a tense reality show with some mild "Saw" vibes
Given the popularity of food horror these days, it was probably just a matter of time before someone looked at the reality cooking show format and thought, "OK, but what if we make it a bit creepy?"With its "Let's play a little game" intro and Black.....»»
Hidden in plain sight: Windshield washer fluid is an unexpected emission source
Exhaust fumes probably come to mind when considering vehicle emissions, but they aren't the only source of pollutants released by a daily commute. In a recent Environmental Science & Technology study, researchers report that alcohols in windshield wa.....»»
Apple MagSafe Charger prototype reveals an unused color option
Apple considered introducing colored versions of its MagSafe Charger, with an image of a golden prototype surfacing to show what a non-silver version would've looked like.[Twitter/@KosutamiSan]While the main product lines Apple produces are typically.....»»
Getting started with macOS Disk Utility: Resizing, snapshots, and journaling
There are a few less obvious features for managing and manipulating your storage devices in the macOS Disk Utility. In the third part of our deep dive into Disk Utility, here's how to find and use them.In part 1 and part 2 of this series, we looked a.....»»