‘Screaming Woman’ mummy suffered a painful death in ancient Egypt, virtual autopsy finds
The mummy was well preserved with an expensive embalming material. Her organs were still intact, showing an unusual mummification technique, a CT scan revealed.
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Can we train AI to be creative? One lab is testing ideas
Artificial intelligence explores new ideas by tapping human intuition, a step toward humanlike intelligence.
Salar de Uyuni: The world’s largest salt desert and lithium reservoir surrounded by volcanoes
The Salar de Uyuni desert is famous for its gleaming surface waters and hexagonal salt crust patterns, but below this otherworldly landscape lie about 11 million tons of highly sought-after lithium.
An Egyptian mummy’s silent ‘scream’ might have been fixed at death
A rare muscle-stiffening reaction could explain the open-mouthed expression of a mummy known as the Screaming Woman, scientists suggest.
Metal money wasn’t just for the rich in Bronze Age Europe, study finds
What did Bronze Age people do with all that bronze? New research revives old arguments about the nature of money
Auroras expected tonight and through the weekend as US braces from ‘cannibal’ solar eruption
The last gasp of a “cannibal” coronal mass ejection that slammed Earth on Tuesday will bring lovely auroras to parts of the northern US and most of Canada tonight, with more northern lights displays on the way this weekend.
‘This is largely uncharted territory’: Scientists reveal the brain’s ‘fear circuit’ works differently than we thought
New methods applied in live mice suggest that molecules called neuropeptides, not neurotransmitters, play the main role in our response to danger.
USA Basketball doctor shares what it’s like to treat athletes at the Olympics
An orthopedic surgeon explains what it’s like to support USA Basketball at the Olympics.
A moon of Uranus could have a hidden ocean, James Webb Space Telescope finds
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found that Ariel, a moon of Uranus, has some of the most carbon dioxide-rich deposits in the solar system, hinting at a buried water ocean.
Scientists uncover microbes that destroy ‘forever chemical’ pollutants
Little is known about the fate of PFAS in our environment, but new research finds that bacteria in wastewater can degrade specific types of “forever chemicals.”
