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We Now Know Where Humans And Neanderthals Hooked Up

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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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FORWARD TO A FRIEND │ In case you missed it by IFLScience 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. Read more 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." Read more 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. Read more 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! Read more 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? Read more episode 30 of the break it down podcast covers tossing puffins, python vs python, and homeopathy. is. not. science - listen now Episode 30 Tossing Puffins, Python Vs Python, And Homeopathy. Is. Not. Science 0.00 R o 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). Read full article 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.” Facebook icon Instagram icon Twitter icon TikTok icon LinkedIn icon YouTube icon Threads icon
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