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☆ Mummified baboons found in Egypt have puzzled scientists for 118 years. Now we finally might know how they got there and why.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Mummified remains of baboons in Egypt found over a century ago have long puzzled researchers. AdvertisementAdvertisementNew research on the mysterious remains of mummified baboons, found far from their natural habitat over a hundred years ago in Egypt, has shed light on the sacred significance of the primates in the ancient Arabian Peninsula. Kopp's discovery is the first time ancient DNA from a mummified non-human primate has successfully been analyzed to this extent. The exact location of Punt, Kopp told Insider, has long puzzled researchers due to references to the town being found in significant texts and artwork but not found on existing maps. And they even mummified baboons, which any primatologist will tell you is puzzling."

Persons: —, Gisela Kopp, Kopp, Gabbanat, Patrick Ageneau Kopp, they're, Pesky, Nathaniel Dominy, Dominy, you'd, Thoth Organizations: Service, University of Konstanz, Musee des Confluences, Dartmouth College Locations: Egypt, Adulis, Eritrea —, Africa, Eritrea, Punt, Lyon, France, Qurud

Looking ahead, the ongoing pass-through of the European Central Bank's monetary policy tightening, still no reversal of the inventory cycle and new geopolitical uncertainties will continue weighing on the German economy, Brzeski said. "The German economy looks set to remain in the twilight zone between minor contraction and stagnation not only this year but also next year," Brzeski said. The contraction in the third quarter is not seen as an outlier as Commerzbank expects the German economy to contract again in the winter half-year. Economists will pay close attention to national inflation data from Germany and Spain, as they are published one day before the euro zone inflation data release. Euro zone inflation is expected to ease to 3.2% in October from 4.3% in September, according to economists polled by Reuters.

Persons: Arnd, Carsten Brzeski, Brzeski, optimists, Joerg Kraemer, Claus Vistesen, Maria Martinez, Miranda Murray, Rachel More, Miral Fahmy, Angus MacSwan Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Gross, Reuters, ING, European Central, Macroeconomics, Thomson Locations: Konstanz, Germany, Spain

☆ How 'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova ended up as the only woman on the FBI's most-wanted list
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Ruja Ignatova is one of the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives -- the only woman currently on that list. FBIShe is now one of the FBI’s 10 most-wanted fugitives, alongside accused gang leaders and murderers, and is the only woman currently on that list. The bureau declined to provide additional details to CNN beyond court documents from the US Department of Justice, which did not list an attorney for Ignatova. “The cryptocurrency OneCoin was established for the sole purpose of defrauding investors,” IRS Special Agent John R. Tafur said in a statement. Less than two weeks later, on October 25, 2017, she boarded a commercial flight from Sofia, Bulgaria, to Athens, Greece, court documents said.

☆ Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years ago
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

NEW YORK — Scientists discovered the oldest known DNA and used it to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago in the northern tip of Greenland. With animal fossils hard to come by, the researchers extracted environmental DNA, also known as eDNA, from soil samples. Studying really old DNA can be a challenge because the genetic material breaks down over time, leaving scientists with only tiny fragments. In their study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, they compared the DNA to that of different species, looking for matches. He worked on the study that previously held the “oldest DNA” record, from a mammoth tooth around a million years old.

☆ The only thing Elon Musk understands about Twitter is how to kill it
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Biologists, anthropologists, and information theorists do think that social networks, like Musk's bird app, show at least some signs of being flocks. "Elon's tweet is basically espousing the invisible hand of social behavior," Bak-Coleman says. In this construction, a social network might have become a collective superintelligence, had capitalists left it to its — our? Under Musk, Twitter has entered the dance-off phase. I'll be sad if the Twitter superintelligence starts singing a Kubrickian cover of "Daisy" and implodes into a pile of melting isolinear chips.

Sunt sigură că mai am de lucru și multe de învățat, că pe alocuri mă lenevesc să schimb niște obiceiuri, că mereu se poate mai bine. Și noi luăm apă (tare murdară) în gură și tăcem. Așa s-a născut la Moldova.org campania „12 km cubi” de apă – pe care o mai avem cu țârâita în râuri, iazuri și fântâni. De aia, timp de câteva luni vom publica pe platforma Moldova.org materiale explicative, vom căuta soluții viabile și vom spune istorii care contează despre apa de care depinde viața noastră. Și tare sper că și alte platforme media ni se vor alătura.

Persons: infertil Organizations: Acasă Locations: Vest, Constanța, Konstanz, Germaniei, Moldovei, Italia, Chișinău, Nistru

Viorel Bostan, comunitatea academică a Universității Tehnice a Moldovei vă aduce sincere și meritate felicitări cu ocazia realegerii dvs. Viorel Bostan a făcut licența în „Matematică-mecanică” și Masterul în „Mecanică” la Universitatea din Bucureşti, Doctoratul în „Ştiinţe ale matematicii aplicate şi computaţionale”. În 2013, pentru ciclul de lucrări privind soluţiile tehnice utilizate în cadrul proiectării şi fabricării sistemelor de conversie a energiilor regenerabile a fost desemnat „Savantul Anului”. Viorel Bostan, a fost ales rector al UTM pentru prima oară în luna noiembrie 2015. Funcţia de rector al Universităţii poate fi deţinută de una şi aceeaşi persoană nu mai mult de două mandate consecutive, a câte 5 (cinci) ani fiecare.

Persons: Rector, ., Viorel Bostan Organizations: Universității Tehnice, Moldovei, UTM, Universitatea din Bucureşti, Universitatea, FORD Motor Company, Computer, Springer, Academiei Tehnice din Locations: Yowa, SUA, Detroit, Hochschule Konstanz, Germania, Republica Moldova, Bruxelles, Geneva, Arhimedes, Moscova, Iaşi, Cluj - Napoca, Inventika, Bucureşti, New, Sevastopol, IWIS, Varşovia, INOVA, Zagreb, Massachusetts, Academiei Tehnice din România, Universităţii

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