Sheep-herding by humans dates back 11,000 years - study - RTÉ News

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years, according to new research. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans being nourished by their protein-rich milk and clothed by warm, water-resistant fabrics made from their woo…

Physicists Harness 13,000 Entangled Spins To Unlock the Power of the “Dark State” - SciTechDaily

Scientists have harnessed many-body physics to transform quantum dots into scalable, stable quantum nodes. By entangling nuclear spins into a ‘dark state,’ they created a quantum register capable of storing and retrieving quantum information with high fidelit…

6 Things to Know About SPHEREx, NASA’s Newest Space Telescope - NASA

Shaped like a megaphone, the upcoming mission will map the entire sky in infrared light to answer big questions about the universe.

Ear muscle we thought humans didn’t use — except for wiggling our ears — actually activates when people listen hard - Frontiers

The auricular muscles, which helped our distant ancestors move their ears to improve hearing quality, activated when people were trying to listen to competing s

Ear muscle we thought humans didn't use—except for wiggling our ears—activates during focused listening - Phys.org

If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped our distant ancestors listen closely. These auricular muscles helped change the shape of the pinna, or the shell of the ear, funneling sound to the eardrums.

Most humans haven’t moved these muscles in 25 million years - Yahoo! Voices

But the auricular muscles might not be so useless after all.

Life's key ingredients found in Bennu sample, proving asteroids can seed life on Earth and elsewhere - Earth.com

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have seeded life.

Ali Velshi: Trump reportedly wants some space from Elon Musk. He may have found a solution. - Yahoo! Voices

Ali Velshi explains how, amid reports of tension between Trump and Elon Musk, the president seemed to suggest sending the billionaire to space.

15-foot shark with ‘distinctive bite wounds’ washed ashore. Now, DNA reveals killer - Miami Herald

15-foot white shark washed ashore in Australia in 2023. Now, DNA analysis reveals it was killed by orcas, according to a new study.

First steps taken toward developing interstellar lightsails - Phys.org

The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact, a program started in 2016 by Stephen Hawking and Yuri Milner, known as the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative,…

Groundwater in the Arctic is delivering more carbon into the ocean than was previously known - Phys.org

A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ocean, where it can contribute to climate change, according to new research out of The University of Texas at Austin.

Japan's next celebrity is a hat-wearing tortoise - Boing Boing

Bon-chan, a Tokyo-dwelling giant tortoise is making the social media rounds in Japan and beyond.

SpaceX Falcon 9 DigitalGlobe 3 WorldView Legion 5 & 6 - Kennedy Space Center

Building blocks of life discovered on asteroid Bennu - Salon

The findings support theories that our evolution occurred thanks to space rocks colliding with our planet

Astronauts at the center of Starliner drama step out for spacewalk after more than 7 months in orbit - CNN

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are conducting a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to remove degraded hardware and swab for microorganisms.

“An Extremely Violent Global Pandemic” – Mysterious Disease Wipes Out Sea Urchins Worldwide - SciTechDaily

There are growing concerns about the worldwide expansion of coral reef destruction. Research team: “This is an extremely violent global pandemic. The Caribbean, Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean are critical regions for the world’s coral reefs, and mortality rate…