Sea snakes have extra sense for water living
The head of a Beaked sea snake (Hydrophis schistosus) and a close up of a single scale on head. Credit: Jenna Crowe-Riddell
The move...
Swapping sick for healthy brain cells slows Huntington’s disease
Researchers have successfully reduced the symptoms and slowed the progression of Huntington's disease in mice using healthy human brain cells. The findings, which were...
Think talking on your hands-free is safe? Think again, says Uni of Sussex research
Hands-free is just as distracting as hand-held phones while driving -- University of Sussex research. Credit: University of Sussex
Driving while talking on a hands-free...
Mammals began their takeover long before the death of the dinosaurs
An example of an early therian mammal, Purgatorius unio. Credit: © Nobu Tamura
It's a familiar story--the mighty dinosaurs dominated their prehistoric environment, while tiny...
A third of young children in low- and middle-income countries are failing to meet...
An estimated 32.9% % of all 3- and 4-yr old children living in low- and middle-income countries scored poorly on either their cognitive or...
Long-term marijuana use changes brain’s reward circuit
Chronic marijuana use disrupts the brain's natural reward processes, according to researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas.
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Coral reefs fall victim to overfishing, pollution aggravated by ocean warming
Research has found that in some cases, the type of algae control done by parrot fish and other species can pose a danger to...
Universe’s first life might have been born on carbon planets
In this artist's conception, a carbon planet orbits a sunlike star in the early universe. Young planetary systems lacking heavy chemical elements but relatively...
Computer simulations shed light on the Milky Way’s missing red giants
A sequence of snapshots from a simulation showing a red giant star tunneling through a high density gas clump. The star is moving downward...
Anti-epileptic drug linked to birth defects when taken with other drugs
In an analysis of pregnancies in Australia from 1999 to 2014 in which women were taking anti-epileptic drugs, fetal malformation rates fell over time...
Scientists pioneer new method to classify praying mantises
Ilomantis ginsburgae is a new species of leaf-dwelling praying mantis from Madagascar. Scientists from The Cleveland Museum of Natural History named the new species...
