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Australia's oldest rock painting is a kangaroo

Feb 23, 2021

Traditional owner, Ian Waina, recording the estimated 17,300 year old painting of a kangaroo found in a hard-to-access rock cluster in the northeast Kimberley region. Image: Peter Veth, Balanggarra Aboriginal...

There is no one-size-fits-all road to sustainability on “Patchwork Earth”

Feb 23, 2021

More specifically, the paper argues that:Different regions of the world, with different contexts and values, will follow different pathways towards greater sustainability. This variety will produce tensions and opportunities as...

Eight from MIT named 2021 Sloan Research Fellows

Feb 23, 2021

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced Feb. 16 that it has awarded Sloan Research Fellowships to eight MIT professors in the MIT Media Lab and in the departments of Biology,...

Field geologist Emmy Smith awarded Sloan Research Fellowship

Feb 22, 2021

Roughly 500 million years of Earth's history. "During this time, there are really singular events in Earth's history that fundamentally changed our planet and the trajectory it was on," Smith...

SDG Conference Bergen becomes global success

Feb 22, 2021

With more than 2,600 participants from 105 countries the fourth SDG Conference Bergen became a global success story. Praise for ocean science contributionThe Foreign Minister highlighted Norway’s key role for...

Yellen sounds warning about 'extremely inefficient' bitcoin

Feb 22, 2021

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen issued a warning Monday about the dangers that bitcoin poses both to investors and the public. Elon Musk's Tesla recently made a substantial purchase and has...

Researchers discover new features of a gene defect that affects the length of the muzzle and caudal vertebrae in dogs

Feb 22, 2021

The results clearly showed that the DVL2 gene defect results in caudal vertebrae anomalies in homozygous state. Another main finding in the study was that the gene defect affects muzzle...

First-year student wins scholarship for students with cochlear implants

Feb 22, 2021

In the lab of auditory neuroscience professor Amanda Lauer, first-year student Zandy Wong writes project code to help determine levels of hearing loss in mice. As mice can't communicate whether...

A sleep disorder associated with shift work may affect gene function – Going on holiday has a restorative effect on changes in DNA

Feb 22, 2021

DNA methylation denotes epigenetic regulation that modifies gene function and regulates gene activity without changing the sequence of bases in the DNA. The recently published study provides researchers with new...

With storm over, Austinites' eyes turn to long recovery

Feb 21, 2021

Austinites emerged Saturday from a nightmarish week of darkness, cold and thirst to survey the damage to their homes and take stock of supplies. Many, still left without water as...