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How collagen survives for millions of years finally explained

Fragments of the protein collagen have been found preserved in dinosaur fossils 80 million to 195 million years old. But this shouldn’t be possible…A new study in ACS Central Science has described the protective chemistry responsible for collagen’s extraordinary longevity.

New population model identifies phases of human dispersal across Europe

An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Cologne’s Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology and the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology has developed a new model, the “Our Way Model.”…the results have been published in an article titled “Reconstruction of human dispersal during Aurignacian on pan-European scale” in Nature Communications.

CBD amplifies THC’s impact instead of mitigating it, new cannabis research reveals

A recent study published in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics challenges conventional wisdom about the interaction between cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), revealing that it may be not only incorrect but actually the opposite of what is commonly believed.

Jupiter’s moon Ganymede was struck by asteroid bigger than dinosaur-killing rock

The largest moon in the solar system was struck by an ancient asteroid 20 times bigger than the rock that clattered into Earth and ended the reign of the dinosaurs 66m years ago, research suggests. See the study here.

Engineers Gave a Mushroom a Robot Body And Let It Run Wild

“By growing mycelium into the electronics of a robot, we were able to allow the biohybrid machine to sense and respond to the environment,” says senior researcher Rob Shepherd, a materials scientist at Cornell. This research was published in Science Robotics.