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Archaeologists find world’s oldest wooden tools at Greek siteScience

Archaeologists find world’s oldest wooden tools at Greek site

Archaeologists identified the world’s oldest hand-held wooden tools at the Marathousa 1 site in Greece, dating these human-made artifacts to 430,000 years.

Human-driven climate change is slowing Earth’s rotation rateScience

Human-driven climate change is slowing Earth’s rotation rate

Rising global temperatures melt polar ice, moving mass toward the equator and slowing Earth's rotation rate to a level unseen for 3.6 million years.

Popular Science Guide Explains How to Filter Out Search Engine NoiseScience

Popular Science Guide Explains How to Filter Out Search Engine Noise

Popular Science explains how to curate your Google search results by using the plus icon in the Top stories box to manually select your preferred outlets.

Honey bees show human-like lapses in attention during memory tasksScience

Honey bees show human-like lapses in attention during memory tasks

Researchers in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B report that honey bees experience human-like lapses in attention during complex memory tasks.

Human presence alone alters wildlife behavior, study findsScience

Human presence alone alters wildlife behavior, study finds

A study in Science analyzed GPS tracking for 37 wild bird and mammal species, proving that human presence alone changes animal behavior without infrastructure.

Researchers Warn Sun Could Release Catastrophic S-Class Solar FlareScience

Researchers Warn Sun Could Release Catastrophic S-Class Solar Flare

Researchers in the Journal of Geophysical Research warn that the sun may release a catastrophic S-class solar flare exceeding X10 intensity this cycle.

UW-Madison plans $85 million renovation of 139-year-old Science HallScience

UW-Madison plans $85 million renovation of 139-year-old Science Hall

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will renovate the 139-year-old Science Hall after donors John and Tashia Morgridge pledged $85.2 million for repairs.

Study Finds Human Memories Are Stored in Body, Not Just the BrainScience

Study Finds Human Memories Are Stored in Body, Not Just the Brain

Researchers led by Utkarsh Gupta found in Scientific Reports that human memories reside in the body, using digital de-aging to trigger recall of the past.

1908 Siberian blast flattened 2,150 square kilometers of forestScience

1908 Siberian blast flattened 2,150 square kilometers of forest

On 30 June 1908, a space object exploded above the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Siberia, flattening 2,150 square kilometers of forest via an airburst.

Jo Hodge earns forensic science honors at Paradise Creek Regional HighScience

Jo Hodge earns forensic science honors at Paradise Creek Regional High

Jo Hodge receives top forensic science honors at Paradise Creek Regional High after completing extensive biological dissection projects during her studies.

GOP Lawmakers Seek Investigation Into National Academies FundingScience

GOP Lawmakers Seek Investigation Into National Academies Funding

Eleven Republican lawmakers requested that the White House investigate the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine over federal funding.

U-2 Dragon Lady joins Albuquerque nuclear history museum collectionScience

U-2 Dragon Lady joins Albuquerque nuclear history museum collection

The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque now displays a U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft to highlight high-altitude surveillance history.