Katie Hunt

Oct 29, 2024 | abc17news.com | Katie Hunt

Stunning fossil preserved in fools gold reveals newly identified 450 million-year-old species (CNN) — A shimmering ancient fossil unearthed in New York state looks like a piece of finely crafted jewelry, but it’s also a portal into the natural world 450 million years ago. The striking fossil is a newly identified species of arthropod, a distant relative of modern-day horseshoe crabs, scorpions, and spiders, that slightly resembles a modern-day shrimp.

Oct 18, 2024 | wishtv.com | Katie Hunt

Posted: Oct 18, 2024 / 11:29 AM EST / Updated: Oct 18, 2024 / 11:29 AM EST (CNN) — The origin of modern humans’ long-standing love affair with carbs may predate our existence as a species, according to a new study. A once prevailing stereotype of ancient humans feasting on mammoth steak and other hunks of meat helped foster the idea of a protein-heavy diet that was necessary to fuel the development of a large brain.

Oct 11, 2024 | kion546.com | Katie Hunt

‘It went horribly wrong’: DNA analysis sheds light on lost Arctic expedition’s grisly end (CNN) — Archaeologists have identified the cannibalized remains of a senior officer who perished during an ill-fated 19th century Arctic expedition, offering insight into its lost crew’s tragic and grisly final days. By comparing DNA from the bones with a sample from a living relative, the new research revealed the skeletal remains belonged to James Fitzjames, captain of the HMS Erebus.

Oct 9, 2024 | kion546.com | Christian Edwards |Katie Hunt

Scientists who used AI to ‘crack the code’ of almost all proteins win Nobel Prize in chemistry By Christian Edwards and Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to a trio of scientists who used artificial intelligence to “crack the code” of almost all known proteins, the “chemical tools of life.” for work The Nobel Committee lauded David Baker, a US biochemist, for completing “the almost impossible feat of building entirely new kinds of proteins,” and Demis...

Oct 5, 2024 | kion546.com | Katie Hunt

5 Nobel-worthy discoveries that haven’t won the prize (CNN) — The best minds in science will be thrust from academic obscurity into the spotlight next week when the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine are announced. The accolades, established by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel more than a century ago, celebrate groundbreaking work that can take decades to complete. It’s notoriously tricky to predict who will win science’s top honors.