Denisovans reached 'the roof of the world'

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5/5/19 Can Silicon Valley entrepreneurs make crickets the next chicken? “When I heard that Ovipost’s Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurs had bought an old cricket farm in rural Florida, I was baffled. This move sounded like a pitch for a sitcom.”  Read More A jawbone shows Denisovans lived on the Tibetan Plateau long before humans Denisovans reached what’s now called “the roof of the world” at least 160,000 years ago. Read More An AI used art to control monkeys’ brain cells Art created by an artificial intelligence exacts unprecedented control over nerve cells tied to vision in monkey brains, and could lead to new neuroscience experiments. Read More Water has been found in the dust of an asteroid thought to be bone-dry Space rocks of this type might have helped create Earth’s oceans. Read More A mysterious dementia that mimics Alzheimer’s gets named LATE It’s possible about a quarter of people age 85 and older have the newly described disease. Read More Here’s what causes the aurora-like glow known as STEVE Amateur astronomer images and satellite data are revealing what causes the strange atmospheric glow called STEVE. Read More A dinosaur’s running gait may reveal insights into the history of bird flight In what may have been a precursor to avian flight, a flightless winged dinosaur may have flapped its wings as it jogged. Read More How aphids sacrifice themselves to fix their homes with fatty goo Young aphids swollen with fatty substances save their colony by self-sacrifice, using that goo to patch breaches in the wall of their tree home. Read More A science-themed escape room gives the brain a workout LabEscape, created by a bona fide physicist and a crew of physics students, requires no previous scientific knowledge to play. But it does take a willingness to think creatively and work together as a team. Read More Hippo poop cycles silicon through the East African environment By chowing down on grass and then excreting into rivers and lakes, hippos play a big role in transporting a nutrient crucial to the food web, Read More Privacy policy  |  Update Profile  | Manage Subscriptions  |   Unsubscribe This email was sent by: Society for Science & the Public 1719 N Street NW Washington, DC, 20036, US