Quote of the Week
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."
Albert PikeTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS
A robot swarm could explore Mars by air, on foot and underground
Flying scouts, walking machines and rovers could explore Mars together. Würzburg engineers are developing the navigation and camera systems to help them do it.
Ancient fingerprints suggest children helped make clay figurines 15,000 years ago
Clay figurines from three Natufian settlements preserve fingerprints that suggest children helped make art before farming reached the region.
Scientists and the general public define science very differently
Scientists and the public agreed that science takes curiosity and detective work. They differed on how much it depends on creativity, judgment and established methods.
Freshwater fish can make human bones appear centuries older
Six medieval Danish burials yielded dates that appeared to predate their monasteries. The likely explanation was old carbon in freshwater fish.