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Laboratory studies link pyrogallol exposure to cellular and organ-level damage in aquatic species, while its environmental prevalence remains poorly understood. A chemical produced naturally by plants...
Peter Dockrill, Science AlertIt was January 1940, and the United Kingdom had a serious problem.German attacks on import ships were threatening to trigger extreme food shortages,...
With a scheduled launch date of Aug. 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is…The postNASA’s Roman telescope nears launch, reaches final integration and rehearsal milestonesappeared first onNAS...
Humans develop at a slower rate than other mammalian species, like mice, but scientists are still trying to understand the molecular basis of these differences. Now, researchers from the Ebisuya Group...
Genetic analysis has revealed a distinct baobab species in Madagascar, potentially changing how two threatened tree populations are conserved. In Madagascar, some baobab trees that appeared to belong ...
Emily Shore, McGill OSSEver feel like you're addicted to food? Not all food, of course, but junk food. The type of food that my kids negotiate to consume daily, despite doing my best to...
As school districts continue searching for ways to recruit and retain teachers, new research from UNC-Chapel Hill suggests one promising pipeline may already be in classrooms: teaching assistants.
Dogs and humans may share surprisingly similar metabolic signatures linked to lifespan. New research from the Dog Aging Project suggests that dogs and humans share some of the same biological patterns...
Helen Pilcher, Sci FocusEvery year, doctors at a hospital in China's Yunnan Province treat hundreds of people with the same strange complaint. They arrive during the months of June to...
The closer two people grow, the more alike their brains work—or so the assumption goes. Two ETH Zurich studies challenge this idea by examining the brain activity of younger and older adults who drew ...
Archaeopteryx may have taken off by using two or three powerful leaps to reach the speed needed for sustained flight. With wings that could not lift high above its back and no keeled breastbone to pow...
Fossil bite marks suggest giant crocodylians, especially Purussaurus neivensis, dominated large prey hunting in Miocene South America. More than 10 million years ago, a vast lake spread across much of...
An unusual growth mark in an ancient bone may help resolve a longstanding mystery surrounding the origins of mammalian reproduction. A microscopic growth mark preserved inside a 236 million-year-old f...
K. R. Callaway, New York TimesOn a sweltering night in late July, a team of scientists gathered onboard the R.V. Pelican in Houma, La., a 116-foot blue-and-white vessel resting in a bed of...
Oldach & Barnhart, C&E N"Stunned silence."That's how Bryan Roth of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine described the mood at a US National Institutes of Health Brain...
UC-BerkeleyUnlike GLP-1s, which work by suppressing appetite and lowering energy intake, a molecular compound identified by UC Berkeley scientists helps cells burn extra energy with no...
Penn State UniversitySeismic waves produced by thunderstorms, called thunderquakes, can be used as a novel source for seismic imaging, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn...
Columbia UniversityMost of our brain's 100 billion neurons are created before we're born, but the trickle of neurons created in the adult brain hippocampus could be instrumental in...
EurekAlert!In April 1917, the German submarine UC-30 sailed beneath the waves off the coast of Rømø. It had originally been on a mission in Ireland, but after suffering engine trouble, it...