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- Ancient Greek ‘pop culture’ discovery rewrites history of poetry and song https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/ancient-greek-pop-culture-discovery-rewrites-history-poetry-and-song 29 comments
- DNA sequencing of Viking skeletons reveals they weren’t all Scandinavian https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/worlds-largest-ever-dna-sequencing-viking-skeletons-reveals-they-werent-all-scandinavian 91 comments
- Scientists pioneer a new way to turn sunlight into fuel https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/scientists-pioneer-new-way-turn-sunlight-fuel 36 comments
- Study using lab mice has found that even relatively short-term consumption of a fast food diet impacts women’s health, reducing the nutritional breast milk. This can affect the newborn’s wellbeing, increasing the risk of mother and child developing heart disease, stroke and diabetes in later life https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/fast-food-diet-pregnancy-can-impact-breast-milk-and-babys-health-say-scientists 48 comments science
- A diet high in sugar and fat such as burgers, fries and fizzy drinks can negatively affect a new mother’s breast milk and baby’s health even before the child is conceived. https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/fast-food-diet-pregnancy-can-impact-breast-milk-and-babys-health-say-scientists 230 comments science
- Earth-abundant solar pixels found to produce hydrogen for weeks. Researchers created devices that mimicked the natural photosynthesis process occurring in plant leaves, except they produce fuels like hydrogen instead of sugars https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/earth-abundant-solar-pixels-found-produce-hydrogen-weeks 13 comments science
- Boys are more demanding than girls before they are born. Women expecting male babies often face more complications during pregnancy. Researchers found the sex of a baby affects how well the placenta functions, along with other factors including maternal stress and diet-induced maternal obesity. https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/boys-are-more-demanding-girls-they-are-born-according-scientists 19 comments science
- 15,000 yrs kinda makes the history we’ve been taught need a bit of a rewrite https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/earliest-humans-stayed-americas-oldest-hotel-mexican-cave 38 comments aliens
- A cave in a remote part of Mexico was visited by humans around 30,000 years ago – 15,000 years earlier than people were previously thought to have reached the Americas. https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/earliest-humans-stayed-americas-oldest-hotel-mexican-cave 1617 comments science
- Scientists pioneer a new way to turn sunlight into fuel - Researchers successfully split water into hydrogen and oxygen by altering the photosynthetic machinery in plants to achieve more efficient absorption of solar light than natural photosynthesis, as reported in Nature Energy. https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/scientists-pioneer-new-way-turn-sunlight-fuel 803 comments science
- Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid inbreeding http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/prehistoric-humans-are-likely-have-formed-mating-networks-avoid-inbreeding#sthash.ee9pshxf.sfju 11 comments science