Sea ice strongly linked to climate change in past 90,000 years
The single celled algae, diatoms, can be seen using Scanning Electron Microscopy. It can take up to a year to clean a sample enough...
Elbows of extinct marsupial lion suggest unique hunting style
Reconstruction of Thylacoleo. Credit: Mauricio Antón
Scientists from the Universities of Bristol and Málaga have proposed that the long extinct marsupial lion hunted in a...
Study finds taller people are more politically conservative
If you want to predict which political party someone will support, take note of the person’s height.
The taller a person is, the more likely...
Scientists find the brain’s generosity center
Scientists have identified part of our brain that helps us learn to be good to other people.
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Scientists from Oxford University...
Fifth force of nature? Light particle may be key to understanding dark matter in...
"If confirmed by further experiments, this discovery of a possible fifth force would completely change our understanding of the universe," says UCI professor of...
Humble moss helped create our oxygen-rich atmosphere
The evolution of the first land plants including mosses may explain a long-standing mystery of how Earth's atmosphere became enriched with oxygen, according to...
Cognitive offloading: How the Internet is increasingly taking over human memory
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Our increasing reliance on the Internet and the ease of access to the vast resource available online is affecting our...
China facing epidemic of heart disease, stroke
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Cardiovascular problems propelled by increases in high blood pressure and obesity
A 20-year rise in cardiovascular disease (CVD) in China appears to have been spurred...
Scientists take big step toward recreating primordial ‘RNA world’ of 4 billion years ago
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have taken a big step toward the laboratory re-creation of the "RNA world," which is generally believed...
‘Chemtrails’ not real, say atmospheric science experts
This is a condensation trail, or contrail, left behind an aircraft.Credit: Courtesy of Mick West
Well-understood physical and chemical processes can easily explain the alleged...
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researcher uncovers 340 million year-old oceanic crust in the...
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A researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has identified that the eastern Mediterranean Sea contains the world's oldest oceanic crust still...
