A remarkable new fossil from China reveals for the first time that a group of reptiles were already using whale-like filter feeding 250 million years ago.
Evolution
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Current efforts to protect and restore native biodiversity is being threatened by difficulties in identifying wild and domestic cats, and categorization is likely to remain fraught for the foreseeable future, experts have ...
Ecology
Aug 7, 2023
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Often referred to as the "powerhouses of the cell," mitochondria are well known for their role as energy suppliers, but these organelles are also critical for maintaining our overall health. Mitochondrial stress is associated ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 7, 2023
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Social media helped contribute to the UPND's impressive victory in the 2021 Zambia elections, new analysis shows.
Political science
Aug 7, 2023
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Scientists have made the most precise measurements ever of Mars's rotation, for the first time detecting how the planet wobbles due to the "sloshing" of its molten metal core. The findings, detailed in a recent Nature paper, ...
Planetary Sciences
Aug 7, 2023
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Already running years behind, Boeing's first astronaut flight is now off until at least next March.
Space Exploration
Aug 7, 2023
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Consumers should have more visual information about terms and conditions when making purchases online, experts have said.
Economics & Business
Aug 7, 2023
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Set to launch this fall, NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) project will test how lasers could speed up data transmission far beyond the capacity of current radio frequency systems used in space. Known as a technology ...
Space Exploration
Aug 7, 2023
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Fungal infections are killing thousands of Americans each year, some with a morbidity rate of nearly 80%. To make matters worse, only a handful of antifungal treatments are available, and even those are becoming less effective ...
Biochemistry
Aug 7, 2023
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The Perseid meteor shower, a celestial event eagerly awaited by millions of skywatchers around the world, is about to make its annual return to the night sky. The shower is predicted to reach its peak before dawn on Sunday, ...
Space Exploration
Aug 7, 2023
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