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Excavations at Asikli Hoyuk, the site of an ancient Turkish settlement where salts left behind by animal and human urine give clues about the development of livestock herding

Urine traces provide insight into ancient animal domestication

By Agence France-Presse Studying the traces of urine of sheep and goats is giving archeologists a glimpse into the domestication of the animals in a…

18 Apr 2019 - 7:52 am
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April’s ‘Full Pink Moon’ to rise on Good Friday

By MB Online Three supermoons have already lit the night skies for the past few months this year, namely, the “Super Blood Wolf Moon” on…

17 Apr 2019 - 5:06 pm
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Pet cats allowed outdoors are nearly three times as likely to become infected with pathogens or parasites than those confined to quarters (AFP/File / Oli SCARFF / MANILA BULLETIN)

For its health and yours, keep the cat indoors

By Agence France-Presse At least one running argument among cat lovers is now over: Whiskers, Lucy and Tigger are definitely better off staying indoors, scientists…

17 Apr 2019 - 11:00 am
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Conservationists say there are now only three other known members of the species left (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN)

Death in China zoo puts rarest turtle on cusp of oblivion

By Agence France-Presse The world's rarest turtle has moved a step closer to extinction after a female specimen died in a Chinese zoo, leaving behind…

15 Apr 2019 - 6:59 pm
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A handout photo provided by the European Southern Observatory on April 10, 2019 shows the first photograph of a black hole and its fiery halo, released by Event Horizon Telescope astronomers (EHT), which is the "most direct proof of their existence," one of the project's lead scientists told AFP. (Photo by - / EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN)

Black hole named ‘Powehi’ or embellished dark source of unending

By MB Online The black hole, an image of which was captured by a group of astronomers, engineers, and mathematicians that gave the world its…

13 Apr 2019 - 11:26 am
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The researchers said the rhesus monkey, though genetically closer to humans than rodents, is still distant enough to alleviate ethical concerns (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN)

Chinese scientists create monkeys with human brain genes

By Agence France-Presse Chinese scientists have implanted human brain genes into monkeys, in a study intended to provide insights into the unique evolution of human…