Human impact can explain ninety-six percent of all mammal species extinctions of the last hundred thousand years, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Science Advances.
Ecology
Sep 9, 2020
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"Eat your vitamins" might be replaced with "ingest your ceramic nano-particles" in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect cells from common causes of damage.
Bio & Medicine
Sep 4, 2020
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Using radiocarbon dating and CT scanning to study ancient bones, researchers have uncovered for the first time a Bronze Age tradition of retaining and curating human remains as relics over several generations.
Archaeology
Aug 31, 2020
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For decades, greater than 60% of the human genome was believed to be "junk DNA" that served little or no purpose in the course of human development. Recent research by Colorado State University is challenging this notion ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 19, 2020
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A new longitudinal study published in the Journal of Educational Psychology from Vanderbilt's Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth finds that there are no negative effects on the long-term well-being of gifted youth from ...
Education
Aug 4, 2020
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A new study has developed a method to determine the life expectancy and maximum lifespan of wild animal populations.
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2020
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If there's one myth that has persisted through the years without much evidence, it's this: multiply your dog's age by seven to calculate how old they are in "human years." In other words, the old adage says, a four-year-old ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 2, 2020
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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have surveyed the amount of gadolinium found in river water in Tokyo. Gadolinium is contained in contrast agents given to patients undergoing medical magnetic resonance imaging ...
Environment
May 25, 2020
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Early cave paintings of hunting scenes may give the impression our Stone Age ancestors lived mainly on chunks of meat, but plants—and the ability to unlock the glucose inside—were just as key to their survival.
Archaeology
Mar 27, 2020
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Literacy is a problem in our nation's schools. A big one.
Education
Jan 22, 2020
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