Certain molecules found in shark teeth proteins could tell scientists how the predators are connected to other animals in the food web, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
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Hundreds of archaeology sites lie along the shores of Greenland's fjords and coasts, revealing the entirety of the country's ancestral cultures from as many as four thousand years ago.
Environment
Dec 18, 2017
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What is morphogenesis? Morphogenesis examines the development of the living organisms' forms.
Evolution
Dec 18, 2017
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Where does gold, the precious metal coveted by mortals through the ages, come from? How, where and when was it produced? Last August, a single astrophysical observation finally gave us the key to answer these questions. The ...
Astronomy
Dec 18, 2017
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From 1876 to 1878, the Great Famine killed between 30 and 60 million people around the world. Drought enveloped much of the planet, causing food shortages all the way from Brazil to India and China, and wiping out approximately ...
Environment
Dec 18, 2017
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Sleep is a crucial behavior for a properly functioning mind and body—just ask anyone who has experienced a sleepless night. But the complex neural mechanisms underlying sleep are only just beginning to be explored. As part ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 18, 2017
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For many of us, a flu shot is a fall routine. Roll up a sleeve, take a needle to the upper arm and hope this year's vaccine matches whichever viruses circulate through the winter.
Bio & Medicine
Dec 18, 2017
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The ability to argue, to express our reasoning to others, is one of the defining features of what it is to be human.
Computer Sciences
Dec 18, 2017
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A study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters posits that Mars formed in what today is the Asteroid Belt, roughly one and a half times as far from the sun as its current position, before migrating to ...
Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2017
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NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) mission has begun integration and testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The mission will demonstrate how a transition from radio to laser ...
Space Exploration
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