Neandertals made antibacterial ointment, but may not have known it

A team of scientists re-created the way Neandertals made birch tar and found its antibacterial properties could fight off skin infections.A team of scientists re-created the way Neandertals made birch tar and found its antibacterial properties could fight off skin infections.  

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Ryan Gosling is on a mission to save the sun — and Earth — from star-killing microbes. Science News dissects the science behind the sci-fi movie.Ryan Gosling is on a mission to save the sun — and Earth — from star-killing microbes. Science News dissects the science behind the sci-fi movie.  

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Earth’s continental plates were moving 3.48 billion years ago

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Sharks are ingesting drugs in the Bahamas

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Science and armed conflict

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