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August 29, 2017
Aug. 28, 2017 — Scientists have discovered the largest Ichthyosaurus on record and found it was pregnant at the time of ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — A previously unrecognized 132 million-year-old fossilized sea monster from northern Germany has been ...
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Aug. 24, 2017 — The Mongolian Desert has been known for decades for its amazing array of dinosaurs, immaculately preserved in incredible detail and in associations ...
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Aug. 24, 2017 — Older, sociable capuchins are prone to inventing more new types of social behaviors, many of which seem to function either as tests of friendship or displays against enemies. Other behaviors the ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — A diet that includes a moderate intake of fat and fruits and vegetables, and avoidance of high carbohydrates, is associated with lower risk of death, research with more than 135,000 people across five continents ...
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Aug. 9, 2017 — Can chemicals that are added to breakfast cereals and other everyday products make you obese? Growing evidence from animal experiments suggests the answer may ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — Medical researchers report a remarkable treatment response in a patient participating in a clinical trial of a novel immune-system-based ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — Our gut instinct about whether a stranger poses a threat is as good when we're 80 as when we're 18, according to new research. Older people are as good as young adults at knowing when someone is potentially aggressive, and being streetwise appears to be a skill honed in childhood but not fully ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — A chance combination of a gravitational lens and polarized waves coming from a distant quasar gave astronomers the tool needed to make a measurement important to understanding the origin of magnetic fields ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — Boreholes in the North Sea could constitute a significantly more important source of methane, a strong greenhouse gas, than previously thought. Large amounts of methane are released from the sediments surrounding boreholes, probably over long periods ...
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Aug. 25, 2017 — Researchers have developed a system that enables small, safe, aerial drones to read RFID tags from tens of meters away while identifying the tags' locations. The system could be used in large warehouses to prevent inventory mismatches and locate ...
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Aug. 24, 2017 — Scientists have developed carbon nanotube pores that can exclude salt from seawater. The team also found that water permeability in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with diameters smaller than a nanometer (0.8 nm) exceeds that of wider carbon nanotubes by an order ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — How do birds navigate over long distances? This complex question has been the subject of debate and controversy among scientists for decades, with Earth's magnetic field and the bird's own sense of smell among the factors said to play a part. Now, researchers from the universities of Oxford, ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — A study reports on the incidence of abnormal cervical (neck) vertebrae in woolly rhinos, which strongly suggests a vulnerable condition in the species. Given the considerable birth defects that are associated with this condition, the researchers ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — The iconic woodland caribou across North America face increasing predation pressures from wolves. A short-term solution to caribou conservation would be to kill wolves. But a new government policy looks at reducing the invasive species moose numbers propping up the wolf population. Researchers have ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — The Great Barrier Reef, and most other large reefs around the world, owe their bulk in large part to a type of red algae that grows on corals and strengthens them. New research has found that ancient coral reefs were also bolstered by their bond with red algae, a finding that could help scientists ...
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Health News
August 29, 2017
Aug. 28, 2017 — A 14 year study in more than one million people has found that women with high cholesterol have significantly lower rates of breast cancer and improved mortality. The research suggests that statins ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — A 16-year study in more than 280,000 patients has suggested that air temperature is an external trigger for heart attack. The average number of heart attacks per day was significantly higher during ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — Researchers have revealed how eating stimulates brain's endogenous opioid system to signal pleasure and ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — What if eating chocolate helped prevent and treat diabetes? It's crazy enough to laugh off. But here's the thing: Researchers have discovered certain compounds found in cocoa can actually help your ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — Study suggests that middle-aged people who report that they are slow walkers could be at higher risk of heart disease compared to the general ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — Individuals with severe overweight have an inhibited sense of satiation -- they release fewer satiety hormones than people of normal weight. The reason: the responsible cells in the gastrointestinal tract of obese people are severely reduced. Surgical weight-loss procedures can repair this ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — Scientists have designed a way to use microscopic capsules made out of DNA to deliver a payload of tiny molecules directly into a cell. The technique gives scientists an opportunity to understand certain interactions among cells that have previously been hard ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — A group of researchers has developed an approach to efficiently produce antibodies that can bind to two different target molecules simultaneously, a long-desired innovation in the field of cancer ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — Experiencing stigma, the severity of a disability and a person's age and income level help determine whether someone with an impairment considers themselves to be a person with a disability, and experiencing stigma predicts whether those individuals will ultimately develop disability pride, new research ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — Excluding children from school may lead to long-term psychiatric problems and psychological distress, a study of thousands of children has ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — By the time Parkinson's disease manifests as the typical motor dysfunctions, portions of the brain have already been irreversibly destroyed. In search of an early portent of the disease, researchers may now have found one in the gut: they have shown that the bacterial community in the gut of Parkinson's patients differs from that of healthy people ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — A new kind of antibody targets a feature shared by proteins thought to cause the most damage in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related conditions, creating potential for a unified treatment ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — In a study of nearly 400 preschool children, only one child adhered to obesity prevention guidelines over the course of a single day at child care and at ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — Researchers have unraveled the negative effects of pesticide exposure on birth outcomes, such as weight, gestation and ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — Less than one-third of melanomas arise from existing moles, while the vast majority appear on the skin as new spots, a study has found. Additional research indicates that less than half of consumers look for broad-spectrum protection when choosing ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — Dark chocolate enriched with extra virgin olive oil is associated with an improved cardiovascular risk profile, according to ...
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Physical/Tech News
August 29, 2017
Aug. 24, 2017 — Scientists have discovered the purpose of a famous 3,700-year old Babylonian clay tablet, revealing it is the world's oldest and most accurate trigonometric table, possibly used by ancient ...
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Aug. 24, 2017 — Scientists have developed high-tech yarns that generate electricity when they are stretched or twisted. 'Twistron' yarns have many possible applications, such as harvesting energy from the motion of ...
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Aug. 24, 2017 — New research details how origami structures and bio-inspired design can be used to create a crawling ...
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Aug. 24, 2017 — Magnesium batteries are safe -- unlike traditional lithium ion batteries, they are not flammable or subject to exploding -- but until now their ability to store energy has been limited. Researchers ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — Northern China's roadsides are peppered with deciduous phoenix trees, producing an abundance of fallen leaves in autumn. These leaves are generally burned in the colder season, exacerbating the country's air pollution problem. Investigators in Shandong, China, recently discovered a new method to ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — A natural process that occurs during photosynthesis could lead to the design of more efficient artificial solar cells, according to ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — The high potential of silicon-based multijunction solar cells has now been demonstrated through ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — Rising temperatures due to greenhouse gas emissions will fundamentally change electricity consumption patterns in Europe. A team of scientists now analyzed what unchecked future warming means for Europe's electricity demand: daily peak loads in Southern Europe will likely increase and overall consumption will shift from Northern Europe to the South. Further, the majority of countries will see a ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — Models of black holes that rely upon an assumption made 20 years ago need revision, ...
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Aug. 24, 2017 — With a new breakthrough, the high-performance polymer now could theoretically be used in any shape, size, or structure, and not just within the aerospace industry, say researchers. The same material can be found in scores of electronic devices, ...
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Aug. 24, 2017 — Telescopes with sensitive, high-speed, visible-light and infrared cameras flew aboard NASA WB-57F research aircraft to gather data during the total ...
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Aug. 25, 2017 — The Seven Sisters, as they were known to the ancient Greeks, are now known to modern astronomers as the Pleiades star cluster – a set of stars which are visible to the naked eye and have been studied for thousands of years by cultures all over the world. Now astronomers have demonstrated a ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — A new article describes a new approach to designing antennas. The discovery enables researchers to construct antennas that are up to a thousand times smaller than currently available ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — Applying a brain stimulation method, which was previously suggested to enhance mathematical learning in healthy adults, may improve the performance of children with mathematical learning difficulties, according to an exploratory ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — A new app could lead to earlier detection of pancreatic cancer simply by snapping a smartphone selfie. The disease kills 90 percent of patients within five years, in part because there are no telltale symptoms or non-invasive screening tools to catch a tumor before ...
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Aug. 27, 2017 — The safety and efficacy of a rapid algorithm to rule-out and rule-in myocardial infarction has been confirmed in a new ...
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Environment News
August 29, 2017
Aug. 28, 2017 — Things aren't all black and white for giant pandas. The beloved Chinese icons have basked in good press lately -- their extinction risk status downgraded from 'endangered' to 'vulnerable,' their good ...
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Aug. 24, 2017 — When the Panamanian land bridge formed around 3 million years ago, Southern Mexico was in the middle of a great biotic interchange of large animals from North and South America that crossed the ...
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Aug. 25, 2017 — If our microbiome overindulges, we might not have access to the nutrients we need. That's the suggestion from new research that shows mice that harbor high levels of microbes that eat choline are ...
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Aug. 24, 2017 — Animals that live on islands are among the most at risk from extinction. A remarkable eighty percent of extinctions occurring since 1500AD have been on islands, with inhabitants facing dangers from ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — A review paper draws on scientific studies to recommend ways to reduce honeybee disease impacts, such as limiting the mixing of bees between colonies and supporting natural bee behaviors that provide ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — Two species of songbirds that once made a home in the Bahamas likely became extinct on the islands because of rising sea levels and a warmer, wetter climate, according to a new study. The study presents a historical view of how climate change and the resulting habitat loss can affect ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — Three scientists have proposed a new approach to better understand the role of soil organic matter in long-term carbon storage and its response to changes in global climate and ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — Researchers studying centuries-old trees in South America have found a tight correlation between wildfires and a warm weather fluctuation that has become more frequent in recent decades -- and will continue to be more frequent as the climate ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — There might be a new and improved way to rid contaminated soil of toxins and pollutants: zap it with lasers. By directly breaking down pollutants, researchers say, high-powered lasers can now be more efficient and cheaper than conventional decontamination techniques. They have shown how such a ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — Earth's largest inland body of water has been slowly evaporating for the past two decades due to rising temperatures associated with climate change, a new study finds. Water levels in the Caspian Sea dropped nearly 7 centimeters (3 inches) per year from 1996 to 2015, or nearly 1.5 meters (5 feet) ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — Temperatures in the Arctic are currently climbing two to three times faster than the global average. The result is dwindling sea ice. Climate researchers now show that, in the course of our planet's history, summertime sea ice was to be found in the central Arctic in periods characterized by higher ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — A recent study adds a new dimension to the controversial decision to inject large amounts of chemical dispersants immediately above the crippled oil well at the seafloor during the Deepwater Horizon disaster ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — Coral skeletons are the building blocks of diverse coral reef ecosystems, which has led to increasing concern over how these key species will cope with warming and acidifying oceans that threaten their stability. New research provides evidence that at least one species of coral build their hard, ...
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Aug. 25, 2017 — Paleontologists have identified a new species of ...
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Aug. 24, 2017 — The end-Permian mass extinction (EPME) occurred about 250 million years ago and represents the Earth's most catastrophic ...
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Aug. 24, 2017 — One of the largest known species of bear, the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), ranged widely through Eurasia all the way to the Mediterranean in the south and to the Caucasus Mountains and northern Iran in the east during Late Pleistocene ...
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Society/Education News
August 29, 2017
Aug. 24, 2017 — A team of researchers spent seven weeks in Antarctica collecting and studying 2,000-pound samples of glacial ice cores that date back nearly 12,000 years. The ancient air trapped within the ice ...
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Aug. 24, 2017 — Beliefs in magical creatures can impact the protection of biodiversity and the field of conservation needs to consider them seriously, researchers have ...
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Aug. 22, 2017 — In the megacities that are home to nearly 10 percent of the world's 7.5 billion people, trees provide each city with more than $500 million each year in services that make urban environments cleaner, ...
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Aug. 23, 2017 — The latest roadmap to a 100 percent renewable energy future outlines infrastructure changes that 139 countries can make to be entirely powered by ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — A new scientific study has found that doping is far more common in professional sport than the rates suggested by blood and urine tests of the ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — One worry Americans face as they grow older is the possibility of needing nursing home care and paying for the associated costs. A new study finds that the average American's lifetime risk of using a nursing home is substantially greater than previously believed, but the financial costs will be affordable for most ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — Researchers have published a new US nationally representative study of sexual behavior, the first of its kind to capture a wide range of diverse sexual behaviors not previously examined in the general ...
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Aug. 28, 2017 — Use of ethanol in vehicles reduces pollution by nanoparticles, a study shows. Levels of ultrafine particulate matter in São Paulo City, Brazil, increased by up to 30 percent at times when ethanol prices rose and consumption ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — The origins of autism remain mysterious. What areas of the brain are involved, and when do the first signs appear? New findings brings us closer to understanding the pathology of autism, and the point at which it begins to take shape in the human brain. Such knowledge will allow earlier interventions in the future and better outcomes for autistic ...
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Aug. 29, 2017 — Researchers found that inattentiveness in childhood was linked to worse academic performance up to 10 years later in children with and without ADHD, even when they accounted for the children's intellectual ability. The results highlight the long-term effects that childhood inattention can have on academic performance, and suggest that parents and teachers should address inattentiveness in ...
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Aug. 24, 2017 — How much do all of the distractions in our lives reduce our ability to remember? A new psychology study found that divided attention does impair memory, but people can still selectively focus on what is most important -- even while they're ...
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Aug. 24, 2017 — The study examined the impact of reforms made to teacher evaluation systems in the wake of a 2009 report that highlighted the failure of US public schools to recognize and act on teacher effectiveness. They found that despite reforms, only a third of teachers perceived by evaluators as ineffective were rated as ineffective. Using surveys and ...
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Aug. 22, 2017 — Probation and parole officers and their frontline supervisors widely differ on their views of the power of the frontline supervisor, according to a new ...
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Aug. 21, 2017 — When we're trying to decide which cell phone case to buy or which hotel room to book, we often rely on the ratings and reviews of others to help us choose. But new research suggests that we tend to use this information in ways that can actually work to our ...
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Aug. 17, 2017 — If you could save the lives of five people by pushing another bystander in front of a train to his death, would you do it? And should it make any difference if that choice is presented in a language you speak, but isn't your native tongue? Psychologists know communicating in a foreign language ...
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Aug. 14, 2017 — Relatively little is know about how Americans view their workplace, despite its major role in their lives. One of the most in-depth surveys ever done on the topic finds that the American workplace is physically and emotionally taxing, with workers frequently facing unstable work schedules, unpleasant and potentially hazardous working conditions, and an often hostile social ...
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