تم اكتشاف رفات فتاة تبلغ من العمر نحو ٣ سنوات عاشت في شمال بريطانيا منذ ١١ ألف سنة، وهي أقدم إنسان معروف في المنطقة. وُجدت الرفات في كهف في كامبريا، وتشير المجوهرات والدفنات المتعددة المحيطة بها إلى أهمية روحية كبيرة للكهف لدى الصيادين-الجامعين الأوائل. يُلقي الاكتشاف ضوءًا جديدًا على الحياة والطقوس الجنائزية بعد العصر الجليدي مباشرة.
Scientists have identified the oldest known human remains in Northern Britain as a young girl who lived around 11,000 years ago. Found in a Cumbrian cave and nicknamed the “Ossick Lass,” she was likely between 2.5 and 3.5 years old when she died. Nearby jewelry and evidence of multiple burials suggest the cave held deep spiritual importance for some of Britain’s earliest hunter-gatherers.
The discovery is shedding new light on life — and death — just after the Ice Age.
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A groundbreaking superconducting X-ray spectrometer has begun operation at BESSY II, giving Europe its first TES-based system and boosting photon detection efficiency by up to 1,000 times. The advance enables scientists to explore atomically thin materials, nanostructures, and ultra-dilute samples with remarkable speed and sensitivity.
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A new international study finds that middle-aged Americans are lonelier, more depressed, and experiencing worse memory and health than earlier generations. Researchers say growing financial strain, weaker social supports, and chronic stress may explain why the U.S. is falling behind other wealthy nations.
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A groundbreaking new connectome maps every neural connection in an adult fruit fly’s central nervous system, creating an unprecedented view of how the brain and body work together. The findings suggest that complex behaviors emerge from distributed local circuits rather than a single central controller, offering new clues about intelligence, movement, and brain function.