Science news this week: The world’s oldest mummy, and an ant that mates with clones of a distant species
This week’s new scientists are filled with a menagerie of strange and wonderful animal discoveries. The list is at the top of Iberian harvest ants (Messor Ibericus), which mate with male ants of a distant species (Strutor Messor) to procreate.
It is quite strange in itself, but now scientists have discovered that the ants of the harvester do not even need proximity Mr. Strctor colonies to get there – in a bizarre first, they Clone males when they need it.
Solar activity increases, defying expectations
If the stories above have not changed your world, it will certainly trigger geomagnetic storms in the sky above: this week, NASA scientists have announced that the Sun activity should increase in the coming decadesProbably sending more dangerous space time in our own way.
This comes as a big surprise, because Sunwatchers expected that our star spent a period of low activity in the years to come. But the observations of a cycle of unusually hyperactive solar spots have turned these predictions upset. The result is that more powerful class X solar eruptions and coronal mass ejections will be launched on earth. This could be problematic, given our growing dependence on satellites and the increasing “second space race” to colonize the sky, the moon and even Mars.
Discover more new spaces
–The new report warns that China could exceed the United States as a high -level nation in space – and this could happen “in 5 to 10 years”
–There is a 90% chance that we will see a black hole exploding in a decade, say physicists
–Scientists measure the `Natal kick ” who sent a black hole in the space for the first time
The little mysteries of life
Chatbots are infamous energy guzems, with their rapid deployment and adoption in recent years, which has led them to vacuum increasingly important electricity shares from electrical networks. With their energy consumption which should soar even higher, we have examined Why gourmet robots require so much power And what can be done on this subject.
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The oldest mummies in the world discovered
When you think of mummies, your mind will probably go to Egypt and the preserved bodies of about 4,500 years sealed inside its elaborate graves. But the discovery of some Dried human remains of 10,000 years deposited in dozens of old tombs In Southeast Asia and China, shows that the oldest known mummies in the world came from another part of the world.
The remains were dried to smoke on a fire before the burial. Ancient practice, which is still carried out today, has gone beyond simple preservation and was probably transported with spiritual and cultural meaning. Scientists who found mummies also believe that they could support a “two-layer” migration model through Southeast Asia, because the funeral ritual of the former hunter-gatherers who arrived in the region 65,000 years ago was distinct from the buried rites of Neolithic farmers who arrived 4,000 years ago.
Discover more archeology news
–“ Treasure ” of 1,900 years found in the burnt house of the Roman era family in Romania
–The anthropologist claims that manual positions on the 1,300 -year -old Mayan altar have a deeper meaning
–1,900-year-old oil lamp which provided “light in the journey to the beyond” found in the Roman cemetery in the Netherlands
Also in new scientists this week
–AI could use online images as a stolen door on your computer, suggests a new alarming study
–Diagnostic dilemma: a knife broke into a man’s chest, and he did not notice it for 8 years
–Scientists develop a complete 6G chip that could transfer data to 100 gigabits per second – 10,000 times faster than 5G
Scientific projector
They arrive in the form of brief flashes in the cosmic and powerful blows of energy which unload more energy in a few milliseconds than the sun over an entire year. However, as much as scientists perplexed on the processes that could cause these rapid radio (FRB), they still do not fully know what the impulses are.
What is obvious is that FRB are produced through completely unexpected processes, and much more often than expected. And that makes them very useful to astronomers. Under the scientific projectors of this week, we studied how scientists use FRB to create the ultimate card of our universe.
Something for the weekend
If you are looking for something a little longer to read during the weekend, here are some of the best interviews, polls and scientific stories published this week.
–Scientific history: a death of tragic gene therapy which blocked the domain for a decade – September 17, 1999 [Science history]
– If tiny “brains” cultivated in the laboratory became aware, would it still be ok to experience them? [Poll]
Science in pictures
Arrow as a rocky mountain against a star blue sky, the image highlights Pismis 24, a stellar nursery in the heart of the lobster nebula. The steep arrows of gas and dust in the foreground cover several light years from light years and are actively carved by the radiation of stars for babies nearby. It is a breathtaking scene, and contains two of the brightest stars in our whole Milky Way, measuring 74 and 66 times the size of our sun.
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