Naked mole rats kidnap each other’s babies and turn them into slaves. Source: https://www.livescience.com/naked-mole-rats-kidnap-other-babies.html
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How the slave trade left its mark in the DNA of people in the Americas
Genetic data from people in the Americas with African heritage hints at unusually high death rates among certain slaves, and points to systematic rape of women of African descent Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2249839-how-the-slave-trade-left-its-mark-in-the-dna-of-people-in-the-americas/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Transatlantic slavery introduced infectious diseases to the Americas
The remains of three slaves found in Mexico contain the earliest signs of the hepatitis B virus and yaws bacteria in the Americas, suggesting transatlantic slavery introduced these diseases Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2242363-transatlantic-slavery-introduced-infectious-diseases-to-the-americas/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
50 Graves of Slaves Who Toiled at a Roman Villa Unearthed in England
The graves of these enslaved people may help experts understand the transition from the Iron Age to the Roman era. Source: https://www.livescience.com/50-roman-burials-discovered-in-england.html
Study Reveals Music’s Universal Patterns Across Societies Worldwide
From love songs to dance tunes to lullabies, music made in disparate cultures worldwide displays certain universal patterns, according to a study by researchers who suggest a commonality in the way human minds create music. From a report: The study focused on musical recordings and ethnographic records from 60 societies around the world including such diverse cultures as the Highland Scots…
Wealthy families in prehistoric Europe may have had live-in slaves
Ancient DNA suggests that during the Bronze Age, wealthy families once lived with poorer individuals, suggesting live-in slavery could be 1300 years older than we thought Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2219542-wealthy-families-in-prehistoric-europe-may-have-had-live-in-slaves/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
‘Almost No One Out There Thinks That Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws Could Work For Truly Intelligent AI’
An anonymous reader shares a report: Prolific science and science fiction writer Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) developed the Three Laws of Robotics, in the hope of guarding against potentially dangerous artificial intelligence. They first appeared in his 1942 short story Runaround:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot…