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WorldPingAn international team of scientists has recreated a 1,000-year timeline documenting ecological changes and human impact on the area surrounding Crawford Lake, the famed location of the proposed Anthropocene.
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WorldPingThe threat is not here yet, but fault-tolerant machines and crypto’s migration plans are starting to converge on the same 2029 window.
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WorldPingArchaeologists in Peru have discovered a near-intact pre-Incan tomb, containing the skeletons of 38 individuals, along with gold and copper objects.
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WorldPingMartin Herlihy is departing NBC’s Saturday Night Live after a five-season stint as a writer and performer. Herlihy joined SNL in 2021 as part of the Please Don’t Destroy comedy troupe alongside fellow members Ben Marshall and John Higgins.
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WorldPingLook closely at Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa, one of Japan's most iconic masterpieces. The brilliant white of the waves, snow on Mount Fuji and clouds above contain no white pigment.
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WorldPingAnthropologists have discovered the first-ever Denisovan arm bone in a cave in southwest China, which also held thousands of prehistoric animal bones and stone tools.
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