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Source: Neatorama The fabella bone found in our primate ancestors was once rare in humans and scientists believed that we might have lost this primordial knee bone during evolution. However, a recent study from Imperial College of London found an increasing occurrence – this bone is now three

Author: Evan Gough / Source: Universe Today The ancient climate of Mars is a mystery to scientists. Even with all we’ve learned about Mars, it’s still difficult to explain how lakes and rivers existed. A new study shows that Martian rivers were swollen with runoff and that they flowed far later

Author: Jeremy Rehm / Source: Science News Chloroplasts may seem like docile farmers of light. But inside these microscopic plant and algal cell structures lurks the spirit of a warrior. When a pathogen attacks a plant, chloroplasts stop making food from sunlight and rush to the site of

Author: Maria Temming / Source: Science News Human-made metamaterials with messy internal designs may be more resistant to damage than those with neatly patterned structures. Metamaterial lattices, usually composed of struts that form identical, repeating “unit cells,” can exhibit properties

Source: Neatorama What are solar winds and more importantly, how does it affect Earth and other planets in our solar system? We have a rough idea of solar winds in that, they are a stream of particles being emitted outward from the sun. But scientists want to know more and have a deeper