Earth may have been recycling surface water through its deep interior more than three billion years ago. In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, volcanic rocks more than three billion years old preserve traces of a journey once considered unlikely. Their chemistry suggests that water from Earth’s surface had already traveled deep into the planet, […]
3.1-Billion-Year-Old Rocks Rewrite the History of Earth’s Early Tectonics
Earth may have been recycling surface water through its deep interior more than three billion years ago. In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, volcanic rocks more than three billion years old preserve traces of a journey once considered unlikely. Their chemistry suggests that water from Earth’s surface had already traveled deep into the planet, […]
3.1-Billion-Year-Old Rocks Rewrite the History of Earth’s Early Tectonics
Earth may have been recycling surface water through its deep interior more than three billion years ago. In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, volcanic rocks more than three billion years old preserve traces of a journey once considered unlikely. Their chemistry suggests that water from Earth’s surface had already traveled deep into the planet, […]
3.1-Billion-Year-Old Rocks Rewrite the History of Earth’s Early Tectonics
Earth may have been recycling surface water through its deep interior more than three billion years ago. In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, volcanic rocks more than three billion years old preserve traces of a journey once considered unlikely. Their chemistry suggests that water from Earth’s surface had already traveled deep into the planet, […]
3.1-Billion-Year-Old Rocks Rewrite the History of Earth’s Early Tectonics
Earth may have been recycling surface water through its deep interior more than three billion years ago. In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, volcanic rocks more than three billion years old preserve traces of a journey once considered unlikely. Their chemistry suggests that water from Earth’s surface had already traveled deep into the planet, […]
The Truth About Vikings Is More Complicated Than Museums Admit
Scandinavian museums use Viking history to negotiate the tension between popular myths, archaeological evidence, and modern national identity. Walk into a major museum in Scandinavia, and there is a good chance you will encounter an exhibition devoted to the Vikings. Visitors have no shortage of options. In Copenhagen, Denmark’s capital, the National History Museum maintains […]
Chromosome Chaos Reveals 81 New Cancer-Causing Genes
Testing thousands of genes in living tumors revealed hidden drivers of aggressive basal-like breast cancer that cell cultures largely failed to detect. Inside basal-like breast cancer cells, entire stretches of chromosomes may disappear while others are copied repeatedly. Each altered region can contain hundreds of genes, leaving researchers with a difficult question: which of those […]
Chromosome Chaos Reveals 81 New Cancer-Causing Genes
Testing thousands of genes in living tumors revealed hidden drivers of aggressive basal-like breast cancer that cell cultures largely failed to detect. Inside basal-like breast cancer cells, entire stretches of chromosomes may disappear while others are copied repeatedly. Each altered region can contain hundreds of genes, leaving researchers with a difficult question: which of those […]
Rare Autism-Linked Syndrome Is Far More Common Than Scientists Thought
A large genetic analysis suggests that Phelan-McDermid syndrome may affect far more people than previously recognized. For some families, a genetic diagnosis can explain years of medical, developmental, and behavioral challenges. But many people with Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS) may still have no idea that they carry the condition. Researchers led by the Seaver Autism Center […]
The Brain Can Reason Without Language, MIT Study Finds
Neuroscientists found that logical reasoning does not rely on the brain regions involved in language processing. A person may be unable to form a sentence after a stroke yet still solve a difficult puzzle, recognize a hidden pattern, or make a sound logical judgment. That contrast points to a basic question about the mind: does […]