Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news over the past few days, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
It's been a busy week in science news when it comes to animals, where we discovered why a tiny jumping spider is such a bad actor, revised our best estimates for how many T. rexes once roamed Earth, and found out how Australian authorities are doing to save koalas from chlamydia.
Closer to home, we've uncovered a 5,400-year-old tomb in Spain that perfectly captures the summer solstice, a pair of 2,300-year-old scissors and a"folded" sword in a Celtic cremation tomb, and the ruins of a Roman watchtower in Switzerland. Picture of the weekThis colorful image of Earth portents the early signs of El Niño forming in the Pacific Ocean.
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Has science solved one of history’s greatest adventure mysteries?The bizarre deaths of hikers at Russia's Dyatlov Pass have inspired countless conspiracy theories, but the answer may lie in an elegant computer model based on surprising sources.
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Nine women who changed science are featured in a new Philly exhibitThe exhibit, at the American Philosophical Society, runs through the end of the year.
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