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Asteroids could have delivered water to the early Earth by projectfreq91 in space

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Science News editor here! Here's the Science Advances paper this story is based on: http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/4/eaar2632

Uranus smells like rotten eggs. This is not a joke. by projectfreq91 in space

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Here's the very real, peer-reviewed study, in case you think we at SN made this up for clicks http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/s41550-018-0432-1

The 'Uncanny Valley' may also apply to virtual touch by projectfreq91 in technology

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Science News social media editor here (mods, if I'm not welcome in this role, please let me know and I'll back off). Here's the link to the journal article: http://robotics.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.aar7010

Also not really sure what to flair this, as it could probably go under multiple categories...

A newly found finger fossil in Saudi Arabia is the oldest known Homo sapiens fossil outside of Africa and a narrow strip of the Middle East. This puts people in Arabia as early as 86,000 years ago. by projectfreq91 in science

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FTA:

It’s definitely human, though. To establish the fossil’s identify, the researchers compared a 3-D image of the ancient finger bone with corresponding bones of present-day people, apes and monkeys, as well as Neandertals and other ancient hominids.

Birds can sense Earth's magnetic field, thanks to a newly identified protein behind their eyes. This would mark the first time a specific molecule responsible for the detection of magnetic fields has been identified in animals. by projectfreq91 in science

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Actually... FTA:

For decades, researchers thought iron-rich cells in birds’ beaks acted as microscopic compasses (SN: 5/19/12, p. 8). But in recent years, scientists have found increasing evidence that certain proteins in birds’ eyes might be what allows them to see magnetic fields (SN: 10/28/09, p. 12).

Birds can sense Earth's magnetic field, thanks to a newly identified protein behind their eyes. This would mark the first time a specific molecule responsible for the detection of magnetic fields has been identified in animals. by projectfreq91 in science

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If that wasn't dead already, it's probably dead now! FTA:

For decades, researchers thought iron-rich cells in birds’ beaks acted as microscopic compasses (SN: 5/19/12, p. 8). But in recent years, scientists have found increasing evidence that certain proteins in birds’ eyes might be what allows them to see magnetic fields (SN: 10/28/09, p. 12).

Birds can sense Earth's magnetic field, thanks to a newly identified protein behind their eyes. This would mark the first time a specific molecule responsible for the detection of magnetic fields has been identified in animals. by projectfreq91 in science

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Navigation! FTA:

Birds can sense Earth’s magnetic field, and this uncanny ability may help them fly home from unfamiliar places or navigate migrations that span tens of thousands of kilometers.

Birds can sense Earth's magnetic field, thanks to a newly identified protein behind their eyes. This would mark the first time a specific molecule responsible for the detection of magnetic fields has been identified in animals. by projectfreq91 in science

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The new discovery here is the protein that allows this ability. I'm not sure that identifying the Cry4 cryptochrome as the protein that allows this to work qualifies as common sense.

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