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In case you missed it, this week, Lake Erie in North America has turned an eerie green color due to a toxic algae takeover,
scientists have managed to slow light down to an embarrassing 38 miles per hour, and the world’s first serious rabies outbreak in
marine mammals has been observed in a cape fur seal population.
Plus, season 4 of IFLScience's The Big Questions Podcast has begun. So far we’ve asked:
* How Did Dinosaurs Have Sex?
* How Will The Solar System End?
* Can We Make Dogs Live Longer?
* Is Evolutionary Biology Sexist?
* How Is Climate Change Impacting Our Health?
* Why Are We The Only Surviving Human Species?
Read on for more of the most important science news stories of the past week…
A model of a Neanderthal man in modern clothing at the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann, Germany.
LEAD STORY
WE NOW KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IN THE WORLD HUMANS AND NEANDERTHALS HOOKED UP
OUR SPECIES WILDLY INTERBRED WITH NEANDERTHALS – AND WE NOW KNOW WHERE.
It’s a well-established (and slightly uncomfortable) fact that Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred with one another. Recent
research looked into when this inter-species canoodling occurred and now another new piece of research has investigated where
exactly it happened.
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an open packet of cheetos on the floor of a cave
DROPPED CHEETOS COULD HAVE TRIGGERED ECOSYSTEM CHAOS IN LARGEST US CAVE CHAMBER
"A SPILLED SNACK BAG MAY SEEM TRIVIAL, BUT TO THE LIFE OF THE CAVE IT CAN BE WORLD-CHANGING."
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a satellite view of a river in the middle of a green field
MAN FINDS UNUSUAL SPHERICAL STRUCTURE WHILE BROWSING GOOGLE MAPS. IT COULD BE A HUGE DISCOVERY
THE STRUCTURE IS IN QUEBEC, CANADA.
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a fish in the water next to a rock
WATCH AN EEL ESCAPE "ALIEN"-STYLE FROM THE STOMACH OF A DARK SLEEPER FISH
TURNS OUT THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO EXITS!
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chickens in a cage in a coop
FIRST CASE OF BIRD FLU WITHOUT KNOWN ANIMAL CONTACT IDENTIFIED IN MISSOURI
THE PATIENT, WHO HAD UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS, WAS HOSPITALIZED.
Read more
an image of a astronaut working on the module of international space station
WHY DON'T WE USE ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?
THERE ARE A FEW REASONS, BUT THEY'RE BIG ONES.
Read more
a close up of a marijuana plant
A COMMONLY HELD BELIEF ABOUT CBD MIGHT WELL BE WRONG
THC AND CBD ARE THOUGHT TO BALANCE EACH OTHER OUT – BUT WHAT IF THAT’S NOT TRUE?
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episode 30 of the break it down podcast covers tossing puffins, python vs python, and homeopathy. is. not. science - listen now
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WE’VE GOT ANSWERS
* Yes, Lemurs Really Do Have Two Tongues – But Why? Read more
* Why Did The Geologist Who Discovered The Oldest Water On Earth Taste It? Read more
* Alkaline Water: Heal-All Hydration Or Expensive Nonsense? Read more
* How Many Languages Can One Person Learn In A Lifetime? Read more
* How Do Electric Eels Generate Electricity To Hunt Prey? Read more
WATCH & LISTEN
This week, we learn about the first first on Earth, investigate how insects can help us solve crimes, and we prepare to launch the
newest addition to IFLScience podcasts - We Have Questions. Listen to the trailer and prepare to fall down some bizarre
shower-thought rabbit holes with us.
1.8 Billion Years of Plate Tectonics
WATCH 1.8 BILLION YEARS OF EARTH'S MOVING TECTONIC PLATES IN JUST 1 MINUTE
Earth is not a static, unchanging ball of rock. Your day-to-day perception of the ground you stand on might suggest otherwise, but
our planet is an ever-changing, shape-shifting globule of crust floating around a molten sphere of mantle and metals. In a
beautiful illustration of this, scientists have put together a 1-minute video showing the movement of Earth’s tectonic and plate
boundaries over the past 1.8 billion years (a mere 40 percent of its history).
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Tom Hale
THIS WEEK’S LEAD ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY TOM - SENIOR JOURNALIST
"IT’S A FAIRLY UNCOMFORTABLE FACT THAT OUR SPECIES INTERBRED WITH NEANDERTHALS. NOT SHYING AWAY FROM THIS INCONVENIENT TRUTH, NEW
RESEARCH HAS PINPOINTED ONE AREA WHERE THE INTERMINGLING LIKELY OCCURRED: THE ZAGROS MOUNTAINS. PERHAPS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF IT,
BUT IT WAS THE SETTING OF A KEY CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF HUMANS.”
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