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Teenage weight gain down to dramatic drop in calories they burn
An acceleration in obesity among young teenagers could be explained by a 12-year-long study which found that the number of calories they burn while...
New research reveals hundreds of undiscovered black holes
Hubble Space Telescope Observation of the central region of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 6101: Compared to the majority of Galactic globular clusters, NGC...
Study identifies brain cells that help people learn by watching others
Picture a little boy imitating his father shaving in the mirror or a little girl wobbling proudly in her mother's high heels.
From infancy, we...
Carnegie Mellon algorithm detects online fraudsters
Method sees through camouflage to reveal fake followers, reviewers
An algorithm developed at Carnegie Mellon University makes it easier to determine if someone has faked...
Seeing the forest for the trees: World’s largest reforestation program overlooks wildlife
China's Grain-for-Green Program, the world's largest reforestation effort, has transformed 69.2 million acres of cropland and barren scrubland back to forest. Yet, the program...
High variability suggests glycemic index is unreliable indicator of blood sugar response
The glycemic index of a given food, a value that aims to quantify how fast blood sugar rises after eating it, can vary by...
Humans may be uniquely identified by the proteins in their hair
Unique protein markers in hair could be used alongside DNA profiling for human identification, according to a study published September 7, 2016 in the...
Life history of the 360-million-year-old tetrapod Acanthostega rewrites the tetrapod move to land
This is a picture of the Acanthostega fossil.Credit: Jennifer CLack
This week in the journal Nature, a team of researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden,...
Reconciling dwarf galaxies with dark matter
Andrew Wetzel's simulation shows stars in the Milky Way-like galaxy on the left and the same region's dark matter on the right. Image is...
Smartphone hacks 3-D printer by measuring ‘leaked’ energy and acoustic waves
An illustration of a smartphone hacking a 3-D printer. Credit: Wenyao Xu.
The ubiquity of smartphones and their sophisticated gadgetry make them an ideal tool...
Massive holes ‘punched’ through a trail of stars likely caused by dark matter
Artist's impression of dark matter clumps around a Milky Way-like galaxy. These clumps are invisible and can only be detected through their gravitational...
