Francis Dami

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The world's oldest hunting traps may consist of four massive stone constructions.
Four enormous stone funnel systems that archaeologists have discovered provide the most convincing proof of extensive prehistoric hunting traps in Europe to date.
By Francis Dami22 days ago in History
A breakthrough in optics enables quantum computers to read data more quickly.
A novel method for simultaneously capturing light from numerous individual atoms has been developed by researchers, enabling the reading of their quantum information in tandem rather than one at a time.
By Francis Dami22 days ago in Futurism
The reason behind the early 2020s methane increase
Although methane levels have been rising for some time, the early 2020s were particularly noteworthy. According to a recent study, levels surged abnormally quickly for a quite annoying reason. According to the research, the atmosphere's ability to remove methane temporarily deteriorated while nature was producing more of it.
By Francis Dami22 days ago in Futurism
The concept of human reproduction in space is rapidly becoming a reality.
One uncomfortable subject is becoming more difficult to ignore as spaceflight transitions from infrequent government missions to something more akin to everyday travel and employment: what happens to human reproductive health when we are away from Earth?
By Francis Dami25 days ago in Futurism
Greenland's ice loss is being silently accelerated by airborne dust.
The warmer air isn't the only reason why Greenland's ice is melting. By feeding dark algae blooms that absorb sunlight and accelerate ice loss, tiny particles carried by the wind can subtly alter surface conditions.
By Francis Dami26 days ago in Earth
Flooding wetlands in an effort to combat climate change could backfire.
Despite making up a fairly small portion of the planet's surface area, wetlands store a disproportionate amount of carbon on land. Wetland soil disturbance can release massive volumes of greenhouse gases, which is why they are at the centre of climate debates.
By Francis Dami26 days ago in Earth
A jawbone that is 2.6 million years old alters the course of human history.
Scientists' mapping of the early human family is changing as a result of a recently discovered Paranthropus jawbone fossil. In the Afar area of Ethiopia, researchers discovered a partial lower jaw, which they dated to roughly 2.6 million years ago.
By Francis Dami26 days ago in History
How the immune system is unaware of pancreatic cancer
Due in part to its rapid growth and tendency to remain strangely invisible to the immune system, pancreatic cancer is infamously difficult to cure.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in Psyche
To locate food, spider monkeys employ collective intelligence.
It's difficult to find fruit in a tropical forest. Throughout the seasons, fruit trees come and go, and their places frequently shift. Due to their heavy reliance on fruit, spider monkeys must search wisely in order to succeed.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in Petlife
How the first black holes in the universe evolved so quickly
Astronomers have long been perplexed by how small black holes in the early cosmos grew to tens of thousands of times the mass of the Sun in a matter of million years.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in Futurism
A new gadget translates stroke victims' silent speech
Some stroke victims are still able to move their lips and form words, but their speech is no longer understandable to others. With the promise to facilitate daily communication and restore some degree of independence in daily care, a soft, neck-worn gadget now seeks to translate those silent, laborious attempts into clear spoken utterances.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in Psyche
The organisation of behaviour is revealed by brain activity.
Based on how brain tissue appears under a microscope, scientists have been classifying the brain into regions for more than a century.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in Psyche