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The warrah enigma: Why Darwin was fascinated by this now extinct coyote-like creature
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWant more health and science stories in your inbox? Subscribe to Salon's weekly newsletter Lab...
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and its famous Moai statues
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMany statues have been re-erected on their ahu bases and Rapa Nui now has a population of more than 5,000 people, its hotels and facilities supporting a...
Why smaller planets are better at building large moons
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAlthough moons are not necessary for life, our moon has undoubtedly had an influence on life on...
Popular theory claiming Easter Island’s population collapsed due to ‘ecocide’ is disproved
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIt had taken huge bravery, skill and determination to discover and settle Easter Island - and...
What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Is Sunscreen Bad for You?
Lifehacker· 5 days agoOn one hand, there’s a low murmur in online spaces questioning the safety and effectiveness of...
Launch of Chinese-French Satellite Scattered Debris Over Populated Area - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoThe mission will look for high-energy electromagnetic radiation from these events in the X-ray and gamma-ray ranges using two French and two Chinese-developed science payloads ...
Easter Island's population never collapsed because it never got that big, researchers suggest
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days ago(Image credit: Dylan Davis, CC-BY ) In the study, published Friday (June 21) in the journal Science...
Talented young tech workers should be hired by Uncle Sam
The Hill· 6 days agoSince the start of the year, more than 50,000 positions have been slashed at over 200 tech...
Opinion | Extreme heat should inspire urgency, not doom
Washington Post· 5 days agoOn climate change, as we swelter through this heat wave, both denialism and fatalism are mere...
Surgeon General Pushes for Warning Labels on Social Media
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 days agoUnlike decades of research that drew a clear, causal link between, for example, smoking cigarettes...