Medieval Height Often Reached 170-173 Cm in Northern Europe
People in the Middle Ages were not uniformly shorter than people today, or even shorter than people in later centuries;…
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The Gulf Stream Helps Keep Europe Warm but AMOC Weakening Threatens That
The Gulf Stream helps keep western and northern Europe milder than they would otherwise be, but a true “Europe gets…
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Polar Vortex Splits Can Raise the Odds of Arctic Air Outbreaks
A polar vortex split is a disruption high in the stratosphere that breaks the Arctic polar vortex into two or…
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HGNC Renamed 27 Human Genes to Stop Excel Date Conversions
Twenty-seven human genes were renamed in 2019 because Excel kept auto-converting symbols such as MARCH1 and SEPT2 into dates, corrupting…
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Shanidar 1 Shows Injured Neanderthals Could Survive With Group Support
Shanidar 1 is best understood as evidence that a badly injured Neanderthal survived for years with group support, not as…
