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Have we vastly underestimated the total number of people on Earth?

Have we vastly underestimated the total number of people on Earth?

Josias Láng-Ritter and his colleagues at Aalto University, Finland, were working to understand the extent to which dam construction projects caused people to be resettled, but while estimating populations, they kept getting vastly different numbers to official statistics.


Dinosaurs: Facts about the reptiles that roamed Earth more than 66 million years ago

Dinosaurs: Facts about the reptiles that roamed Earth more than 66 million years ago

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Fossils reveal what the fur of early mammals looked like

Fossils reveal what the fur of early mammals looked like

The team plans to expand its study by looking at additional early mammal fossils from elsewhere in the world, but Shawkey doesn’t expect the results to be much different.


Mystery illness kills over 50 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mystery illness kills over 50 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The main symptoms seen in the reported cases have included fever, chills, headache, body aches, sweating, neck stiffness, cough, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramps.


Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals mysterious ‘light echo’ in the broken heart of Cassiopeia

Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals mysterious ‘light echo’ in the broken heart of Cassiopeia

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James Webb Space Telescope reveals how a cosmic ‘Phoenix’ cools off to birth stars

James Webb Space Telescope reveals how a cosmic ‘Phoenix’ cools off to birth stars

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‘It felt like dread.’ Hear what severe depression can do to people

‘It felt like dread.’ Hear what severe depression can do to people

But when you put someone in a PET scanner and you looked at the activity, the metabolism of the brain, there was a clear pattern that was very different from people who weren’t depressed.


Tomb of ancient Egyptian pharaoh is 1st to be discovered in 100 years

Tomb of ancient Egyptian pharaoh is 1st to be discovered in 100 years

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The 7 most consequential moments in the history of everything

The 7 most consequential moments in the history of everything

Our special feature serves as a reminder of how much asking when has already taught us about the grand sweep of cosmic and terrestrial history, from the switching on of the first stars to the first life on this planet.


Lasers reveal 15th-century fortified Zapotec city in Mexico

Lasers reveal 15th-century fortified Zapotec city in Mexico

They found that "it covered 360 hectares [890 acres], with over 1,100 buildings, four kilometres [2.5 miles] of walls, a network of internal roads and a clearly organized urban layout with temples and communal spaces such as ballcourts, and the elites and commoners lived in separate neighbourhoods," according to astatement describing the research.


Sex leaves ‘microbial traces’ on genitalia, even when a condom is used — scientists call it the ‘sexome’

Sex leaves ‘microbial traces’ on genitalia, even when a condom is used — scientists call it the ‘sexome’

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Earthquakes at massive Alaska volcano Mount Spurr ramp up again — and there’s now a 50-50 chance of an eruption

Earthquakes at massive Alaska volcano Mount Spurr ramp up again — and there’s now a 50-50 chance of an eruption

Mount Spurr, a snow-covered stratovolcano that sits 77 miles (124 kilometers) across the Cook Inlet from Anchorage, has been shuddering with small earthquakes since April 2024, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO).