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DNA of 13 Neanderthals reveals ‘exciting’ snapshot of ancient community

Analysis of remains found in southern Siberia shows interconnecting web of relationships

The Guardian - UK

Composer Lei Liang and Scripps oceanographers take deep dive in Arctic to create game-changing 'Six Seasons'

SAN DIEGO — Groundbreaking composer Lei Liang has never been to the Arctic or to its Chukchi Sea, which sits between Alaska and Siberia. But that imposing 240,000-square-mile body of water's beneath-the-surface sounds not only inspired his provocative new work, "Six Seasons," they are an intrinsic and very audible part…

Tribune News Service

Frozen Planet II captures world first as two rare big cats cover each other's tracks

For the first time in history, BBC's Frozen Planet II documentary-makers have captured two of the world’s rarest big cats - the Amur Leopard and Siberian Tiger - covering each others tracks

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Inside chaotic Russia as it descends into anarchy with violent protests and mass exodus

Vladimir Putin ordered the "partial military mobilisation" of hundreds of thousands of civilian reservists last week after the Kremlin's troops took a vicious beating by Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Russia: man shoots officer drafting residents for war in Ukraine

In separate incident, another man sets himself on fire as protests at Putin’s partial mobilisation continue

The Guardian - UK

Gunman Detained after Shooting at Russian Draft Office in Siberia

A gunman was detained after opening fire at a military draft office in Russia's Irkutsk region on Monday, the local governor said. The gunman, who in a video published on social media is seen identifying himself to police officers as 25-year-old Ruslan Zinin, opened fire at a draft office in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Who were the Denisovans, archaic humans who lived in Asia and went extinct around 30,000 years ago?

Who were the Denisovans, close human relatives who lived in Asia and mated with Homo sapiens?

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New research reveals that wildfires can influence El Niño

Wildfire is a phenomenon that has affected pretty much every vegetated environment on Earth for millions of years. However, during the past few decades, the planet has been experiencing extraordinary wildfire activity, with widespread devastation in diverse places such as the Mediterranean, North and South America, Southeast Asia, Australia and…

The Conversation

Siberian Ancient Dogs Relied on Humans to Eat Fish, New Study Suggests

As early as 7,400 years ago, Siberian dogs had evolved to be far smaller than wolves, making them more dependent on humans for food including sea mammals and fish trapped below the ice, a new study showed. Robert Losey of the University of Alberta, who led the research published in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Putin's security services killed my dad' claims laser scientist's heartbroken son

Dr Dmitry Kolker was suffering from stage 4 pancreatic cancer when Russia security services swooped on him and flew him from Siberia to Moscow to put him in prison

Daily Mirror

Russian Scientist Dies 2 Days after Arrest for State Treason

A Russian scientist who was arrested in Siberia last week on suspicion of state treason and flown to Moscow despite suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer has died, his lawyer told Reuters on Sunday. The scientist, Dmitry Kolker, had been taken to Moscow's Lefortovo prison, lawyer Alexander Fedulov said. "He died…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian scientist dies two days after arrest for state treason - lawyer

Reuters

Russia arrests scientist for alleged collaboration with Chinese secret services

Russia has detained a scientist in Siberia on suspicion of state treason for allegedly collaborating with China's security services, the state news agency TASS reported on Friday, citing regional authorities and the man's family.

Reuters

Dogs arose from two populations of wolves, study finds

Dogs genetically most similar to ancient Siberian wolves, but they are not direct ancestors and plenty of questions remain

The Guardian - UK

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Reason

Everything Old Is New Again

Today is the 81st anniversary of the bombing of Kiev, as part of the invasion of Ukraine. My mother was living in Kiev at the time, having been born four months before. Fortunately, my grandfather managed to help arrange her and my grandmother's evacuation to Siberia, where they spent the…

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin critic shares grim punishments from inside maximum-security prison

Alexei Navalny - Vladimir Putin's strongest political opponent - was jailed by the Kremlin at the start of 2021 upon returning to Russia after being poisoned with the novichok nerve agent while visiting Siberia in 2020

The Guardian - UK

Life will find a way: could scientists make Jurassic Park a reality?

Just a few years from now, herds of woolly ‘mammoths’ could be roaming the Siberian tundra. Are dodos and dinosaurs next for de-extinction?

The Denver Post

Blood popsicles, mist-making, ice baths: How zookeepers coax animals through heat waves

DENVER — The Siberian tigers Yuri and Nikita at the Denver Zoo, who are supposed to mate, suffer most during Denver’s intensifying 95-degree heat waves, and caretakers supply cooling ice “bloodsicles” from the zoo’s heavily frequented freezers.

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Reuters

Russia says West, unlike China, 'shoot themselves in the head' over Ukraine

Russia said on Wednesday that the West had "shot itself in the head" by trying to limit energy imports from the oil and gas fields of Siberia due to the Ukraine conflict, in sharp contrast to China which has increased deliveries of energy.

The Independent UK

Alexander Govor: The Siberian billionaire behind the ‘Russian McDonald’s’

First 15 branches of Vkusno i Tochka open in Moscow, without McNuggets or McFlurrys, after American fast-food giant boycotts country over war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Alexander Govor: The Siberian billionaire behind the ‘Russian McDonald’s’

First 15 branches of Vkusno i Tochka open in Moscow, without McNuggets or McFlurrys, after American fast-food giant boycotts country over war in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

‘We can’t live with people who support Putin’s war’: the TV chief who fled Russia

When journalists faced jail for reporting on Ukraine, Viktor Muchnik closed down his Siberian TV station and left for Armenia

Daily Record

‘Mouth to hell’ is increasing in size and nothing can be done to slow its growth

A ‘mouth to hell’ has opened in Siberia in Russia according to local villagers who fear that the ever-growing site is connected to the supernatural and must be watched closely

Irish Mirror

Gaping 'mouth to hell' appears in Russia's Siberia which cannot be stopped

Local villagers fear the ever-growing site is connected to the supernatural and must be watched closely

Daily Mirror

'Mouth to hell' appears in Siberia - and nothing can be done to slow its growth

A ‘mouth to hell’ has opened in Siberia in Russia according to local villagers who fear that the ever-growing site is connected to the supernatural and must be watched closely

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