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New space race for Moon and Mars on a limited budget: QuickTake

[ad_1] (Bloomberg) – The first space race was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union for national pride and military advantage. Now NASA is assigning missions to private companies and other countries have joined the race, notably China and India. The Moon and Mars remain attractive targets …

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Neanderthals didn’t use their thumbs like modern humans do

[ad_1] Reconstructions of a Neanderthal man and woman. Photo: Martin Meissner (AP) An analysis of Neanderthal hand bones suggests that these extinct humans possessed the thumbs best suited for power take-offs, as opposed to precision grips, which could mean they used their hands differently to us. Researchers found fundamental physical …

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