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A British team of archaeologists on Thursday revealed the reconstructed face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman, as researchers reappraise the perception of the species as brutish and unsophisticated. Named Shanidar Z after the cave in Iraqi Kurdistan where her skull was found in 2018, the latest discovery has led experts to probe the mystery of
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Cicadas are returning by the trillions in the U.S. this year – a synchronized emergence that begins when the dirt reaches a precise 64 degrees. The buzzing bugs have already come out in some places – here’s where. Where will cicadas emerge in 2024? Two cicada broods are emerging at the same time this year, meaning
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Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff’s office asking why they can hear a “noise in the air that sounds like a siren, or a whine, or a roar.” The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office posted a message on Facebook on Tuesday letting people know that the whining
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Scientists repair NASA’s Voyager 1 from billions of miles away – CBS News Watch CBS News NASA’s Voyager 1, the first spacecraft to travel beyond our solar system, has started sending information back to Earth again after scientists managed to fix the probe from 15 billion miles away. View CBS News In Be the first
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Vast oceans cover 70% of our planet’s surface, playing a crucial role in human survival by providing food and oxygen and acting as a buffer against climate change. Despite their importance, oceans are increasingly threatened by global warming and human activity, with rising temperatures impacting fragile marine ecosystems. More than 100 nations, including the United
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Plants and animals are dying off at an unprecedented rate on Earth. Some scientists are looking to outer space for a solution. The idea is called a lunar biorepository, a facility that maintains and stores plant and animal cells. But instead of on Earth, this would be on the moon. Why the moon? spent
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Earth is home to millions of discovered species of plants and animals with many more yet to be known. They all play vital roles in each other, their ecosystems, and the planet’s overall health and they make up what is known as biological diversity. But what exactly is biodiversity? It’s a shortened version of two
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Photographer James Balog on documenting climate change: “Adventure with a purpose” – CBS News Watch CBS News Photographer James Balog has become one of the foremost chroniclers of human-caused climate change, as his cameras have tracked the dramatic effects – vanishing ice, rising seas, fires, and the toll climate change is taking on all living
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Interstate 90 is the longest interstate highway in the United States. Spanning more than 3,000 miles, it connects Seattle in the west to Boston in the east. But it also serves as a massive concrete divide. For the animals who live to the north and south of the interstate, this road has absolutely wrecked their
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How wildlife crossings protect both animals and people – CBS News Watch CBS News To protect the movement of wildlife impeded by busy roadways, a series of manmade overpasses and underpasses throughout the United States helps animals big and small safely get across the street, preventing collisions and saving lives. About 1,500 of these structures
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