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65 Medical Workers Share Patient Stories That Were Too Funny, Sweet, Or Strange To Forget

A doctor might examine hundreds of people a month, but some patient interactions stick around for decades. It isn’t always the complex medical cases either — most of the time, it is the small, unexpected moments of humor and human spirit that make a lasting mark on the people in…

Bored Panda · Sep 28

'Speculation' and 'egregious failure': 30 researchers publish scathing critiques of study that questioned date of early human occupation of Monte Verde in Chile

Dozens of scientists have banded together to pen scathing research letters to the journal Science about the publication of a study claiming the 14,500-year-old Monte Verde archaeological site in Chile is much younger than shown.

LiveScience · May 12

Monte Verde, one of the earliest Indigenous sites in South America, is much younger than thought, study claims. But others call it 'egregiously poor geological work.'

A new analysis of archaeological layers at Monte Verde in Chile suggests that people lived there 4,200 years ago, not 14,500 years ago as originally proposed. But many experts point to errors in the methods.

LiveScience · Mar 19