Razib Khan

Gene Expression

Open Thread, 08/18/2013

These are not the bones of the Ushikawa man fossils, but represent how archeologists discover ancient bones. (Credit: Ja Crispy/Shutterstock)

Ancient human bones

Fossils once thought to represent the earliest known human remains from the country turn out to be from another animal.

Rare, Late Pleistocene Human Remains in Japan Turn Out to be Bear Bones 

Artemis Greek God

Learn about these 12 important Greek gods and goddesses and what their role was in Greek Mythology. 

Mortal-Like Drama Didn't Escape These 12 Powerful Greek Gods and Goddesses

Streets of pompeii

Learn more about the private bathhouse inside one of Pompeii's luxury homes, and what the owner may have used it for. 

Largest Known Private Bathhouse Likely Wowed House Guests in Ancient Pompeii

Australopithecus skull

Learn about new research that examined fossilized teeth to confirm the vegetarian diets of Australopithecus, our ancestor that lived over 3 million years ago.

A Diet Discovery Reveals That Our Ancestors Were Once Vegetarian

30 of the exocomet belts, as imaged in this study, showing the extreme variation in such belts. (Credit: Prof Luca Matra, Trinity College Dublin.)

30 exocomet belts

Learn what this survey recorded of exocomet belts, which imaged and identified bands of every size. 

Landmark Survey Reveals 74 Exocomet Belts Orbiting Nearby Stars

An artist's concept of the Pandora mission, seen here without the thermal blanketing that will protect the spacecraft, observing a star and its transiting exoplanet. (Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab)

Peering at Exoplanets

The construction of a satellite that will orbit the Earth, has now been completed and it will help probe exoplanets.

Open Thread, 08/18/2013

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