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Human Sacrifice Victim’s Teeth Reveal His Life Story
When you die, what story will your teeth hold for the geneticists of the future? Hopefully the tale will be more uplifting than that of Vittrup Man, a forager-turned-farmer whose skull was smashed in over 5,000 years ago in what is now Denmark. A team of researchers recently scrutinized the isotopes locked away in Vittrup…
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Scientists Found a ‘Magical’ Solution to Fight Dangerous Zombie Fires
The rise of zombie fires is the latest iteration of climate horrors. The world became acquainted with them last summer when fires in Siberia that had been smouldering underground all winter reignited in the summer. They pose a major problem in a warming world, but scientists have come up with a way to extinguish them…
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People Are Cutting Off Their Hair to Soak Up the Mauritius Oil Spill
In an attempt to stave off ecological disaster, Mauritius residents are cutting off their own hair to soak up an oil spill that began off the coast of the island nation in late July.