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Ancient people took wallabies to Indonesian islands in canoes

Brown forest wallabies spread to several islands thousands of years ago Mehd Halaouate, Birdingindonesia.com As early as 12,800 years ago, people captured wild wallabies and transported them in canoes to islands dozens or even hundreds of kilometres away. Native to Sahul – the prehistoric landmblock that later split into Australia and New Guinea – the Continue Reading

Namibia wants to build the first hydrogen economy

But environmentalists are not the only ones who’ve criticized the choice of location. An expanded port, built to facilitate ammonia exports, will sit immediately adjacent to a site that housed a labor and extermination camp during Namibia’s 1904–1908 genocide, in which tens of thousands of Nama and Herero people were killed by German soldiers during Continue Reading

USC’s new AI implant promises drug-free relief for chronic pain

Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that severely impacts quality of life, often leading to reliance on opioid medications with their severe side effects and addiction risks. According to the U.S. Pain Foundation, 51.6 million Americans live with chronic pain. For over 17 million sufferers, their chronic pain is high-impact – frequently limiting their life Continue Reading

No kings buried here: DNA unravels the myth of incestuous elites in ancient Ireland

New research has cast doubts over suggestions an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of Ireland more than 5,000 years ago. Researchers examined the evidence from burials of individuals at the Newgrange prehistoric monument in Ireland — a large circular mound containing a chamber where cremated and unburnt human remains were placed, the Continue Reading

Your CT scan could reveal a hidden heart risk—and AI just learned how to find it

M*** General Brigham researchers have developed a new AI tool in collaboration with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to probe through previously collected CT scans and identify individuals with high coronary artery calcium (CAC) levels that place them at a greater risk for cardiovascular events. Their research, published in NEJM AI, showed Continue Reading