Indigenous Mexicans migrated to California 5,200 years ago, likely bringing their languages with them, ancient DNA reveals
The research challenges the idea that languages from prehistoric Mexico spread along with maize farming in California.
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The world's 1st CRISPR therapy has just been approved. Here's everything you need to know
U.K. regulators have approved the use of a CRISPR therapy called Casgevy to treat two inherited blood disorders. But what is it and how does it work?
Save $1,300 on the Bowflex Treadmill 10 with this huge Black Friday treadmill deal
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James Webb telescope discovers 2 of the oldest galaxies in the universe
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a cosmic 'peanut' and 'fluff ball' that happen to be two of the four oldest galaxies in the known universe.
Prehistoric women hunted too. The evidence is 'written in human bodies' and remains.
In small-group, subsistence living, it makes sense for everyone to do lots of jobs.
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2,000 ancient clay stamps used to seal official Roman documents discovered in Turkey
Researchers found thousands of clay stamps used to seal official documents inside a former city archive in Doliche.
Google's DeepMind AI can make better weather forecasts than supercomputers
DeepMind's new machine learning algorithm takes less than a minute to make its forecasts and can run on a desktop. But it won't replace traditional forecasts anytime soon.
Enormous 'sunspot archipelago' 15 times wider than Earth could soon bombard us with solar flares
A massive sunspot region made up of at least six different sunspot groups has emerged on the sun's nearside. The "archipelago" of dark patches is spitting out solar storms at an alarming rate and Earth will soon be in the firing line.
City-size 'devil comet' headed for Earth loses its iconic horns and turns green after latest volcanic eruption
The latest and most violent eruption of the cryovolcanic comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which will make its long-awaited closest approach to Earth next year, shows that the icy object may have lost its iconic devil horns for good.
Watch rare footage of 2 mini mola swimming together off Canada's Pacific coast
A diver filmed a pair of young ocean sunfish off Canada's coast and experts estimated them to measure 24 inches across — five times smaller than the size they reach as adults.
'Missing' blob of water predicted to be in the Atlantic finally found
The newly discovered water mass, called the Atlantic Equatorial Water, stretches from Brazil to West Africa.
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Deal The Garmin Forerunner 245 is currently reduced by 43% at Amazon — a huge Black Friday saving.
Huge mammoth jaw at least 10,000 years old pulled up from Florida river
Fossil enthusiast John Kreatsoulas thought the artifact was a log, before he realized he was holding a bone from the last ice age.
The camera we called a 'cheat code' for wildlife photography is $500 off in the Black Friday sale
Black Friday Whether you're capturing wildlife or shooting the stars, the Canon EOS R5 is a great camera for serious snappers and with $500 off, it's a bargain too.
Scientists may finally understand why large alien planets keep turning into 'super-Earths'
New research finds that certain large exoplanets are shrinking due to internal processes, creating an abundance of rocky 'super-Earths'.
Baboon mummy DNA from ancient Egypt reveals location of mysterious port city not on any maps
A new DNA study suggests that the lost realm of Punt and the port city of Adulis may have been in the same place, separated by time.
Civil War weapons thrown into river by General Sherman's forces recovered in South Carolina
Civil War weapons, including an unexploded ordnance, were found during a cleanup project in a South Carolina river.
Satellites spy remnants of hidden Bronze Age settlement in Serbia
The more than 3,000-year-old site along a riverbank in Serbia contains the footprints of dozens of Bronze Age structures.
