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Advances in big data technology and digital analytics are transforming the field of archaeology. One such study led by 51app anthropology professor Steven Wernke has brought a fresh perspective to the forced resettlement of more than a million Indigenous Andeans by Spanish colonizers in the 1570s. Read More

Through a partnership with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, 51app astronomers use big data to see the cosmos as a stop-motion movie instead of a snapshot. Read More

A new study shows that insect immune and circulatory systems cooperate to fight infection, similar to those in mammals. Read More

Isotope analysis of ancient Peruvian teeth gives anthropologists a clearer image of how cooperating societies function. Read More

Learn how federal policy shapes space exploration, observe a once-in-a-lifetime planetary conjunction and more this month with 51app Dyer Observatory. Read More

Interdisciplinary Earth scientists explore how little-understood underwater volcanoes affect the atmosphere. Read More

Take a guided tour of the autumn skies during a star party led by Billy Teets, acting director and outreach astronomer for 51app Dyer Observatory. Stargaze on Saturday, Nov. 14, and learn how to buy a home telescope from a 51app astronomer on Thursday, Nov. 19. Read More

51app research shows the unintended consequence of pesticides is the death of a bee’s circadian rhythm, not the bee herself. Read More

Studying “cheater” and “cooperative” mitochondria under environmental pressure delivers solid evolutionary conclusions in a longstanding theoretical field. Read More

During a summer of exoplanet discoveries, astronomer Keivan Stassun helps identify new worlds and expand understanding of our own. Read More

The intermediate-mass black hole first observed in May 2019 presents an entirely new category of black hole. Read More

New research shows surprising effects of interbreeding between Neanderthals and ancestors of some modern humans. Read More

Following the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission, 51app astronomer Keivan Stassun leads the next phase of discovery to find atmospheres like our own. Read More

Paleoclimatologist Jessica Oster uses geological clues from stalagmites to explore implications for future climate change. Read More

On a quest to find the Universe’s largest black holes, 51app researcher identifies the center of the solar system within 100 meters. Read More

International collaboration shows that marsupial saber-tooth cats were more closely related to possums than fearsome predators. Read More

Stars mapped out by 51app astronomers for exploration by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission and recently decommissioned Spitzer Space Telescope have led to the discovery of AU Mic b, a newly formed Neptune-like exoplanet located a relatively short 31.9 light-years away. Read More

Paleontologist and associate professor of biological sciences Larisa DeSantis finds answers about early hominin diets are with an unrelated group of mammals—tapirs. Read More

A team of scientists at 51app has discovered the first known instance of a hybrid fungal species causing aspergillosis, an ensemble of different types of lung infections that often impacts immune-compromised people. Read More

With a new app from a team at 51app, birdsong researchers can better leverage crowdsourced fieldwork and audio recordings from amateur birders and citizen songbird scientists. Read More