How our brains interpret signals from within the body has a surprisingly big influence on the mind, an insight that…
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A team led by Maria Leptin has shown in the fruit fly Drosophila that autophagy, a mechanism of stress responses…
Russia has deployed military-trained dolphins to protect its Black Sea naval base in Crimea from underwater attack, new satellite images…
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From how food is grown to how we generate power, Vaclav Smil’s new book outlines the basic technologies that keep…
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A balanced diet is essential for good health, so prebiotic foods are important. What we eat not only has a…
The Bataan Death March was an atrocity perpetrated by the Imperial Japanese Army on Allied POWs in the Philippine Commonwealth…
A paper published February 9 in Earth Planets and Space by Japanese Earth Science researchers analyzed the potential of a…
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The Milky Way soars over the domes of McDonald Observatory’s Mount Locke, showcasing the region’s dark skies. Credit: Stephen Hummel/McDonald…
A new federal analysis gives all but a handful of states the lowest possible rating on the quality of their…
El Dorado was a mythical city said to be rich with gold, first reported in Europe in the 16th and…
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Scientists have developed a model that predicts six tropical fish species will expand into northern parts of Japan as sea…
Our review of the Coway AP-1512HH will give you everything you need to know about this air purifier, from how…
Extensive technological developments, a ban on fossil fuels, less construction, fewer flights, fewer car journeys and lower levels of beef…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Organizational climate is key to managing the flow of proprietary knowledge within an organization and to…
Researchers have identified the gene expression regulation mechanisms that drive the metamorphosis of coral from larvae that float freely in…
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Lung cancer screening has always been expensive, but a simple blood test that detects lipids associated with tumours may offer…
A long-term study of Hawaiian coral species provides a surprisingly optimistic view of how they might survive warmer and more…
Science fans, yourself a bargain on this fantastic word game that uses the periodic table as the playing board.Frenetic from…
Use of yield stress hydrogels to 3D-print functional soft components for soft robotics with a high degree of complexity. Credit:…
Interpersonal trust is a crucial component of healthy relationships. When we interact with strangers, we quickly gauge whether we can…
Wounds in the gut can cause dangerous infections, but a sticky medical dressing can patch them up and allow them…
A flying robot with wings controlled by an electric field instead of heavy motors and gears slightly outperforms insect muscles…
People who get weird sensations in their head and neck when they watch soothing videos are more likely to be…
Over the course of nearly five years, a female gazelle in Mongolia completed a remarkable journey of at least 18,000…
Before the invention of the World Wide Web (WWW), the earliest internet users were mainly researchers and military personnel. The…