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Detailed age map shows how Milky Way came together
Credit: University of Notre Dame
Using colors to identify the approximate ages of more than 130,000 stars in the Milky Way’s halo, University of Notre...
Similarities found between how ancient and modern fish survived youth
An artist's depiction of what the Strud nursery ecosystem may have looked like, including the three different placoderm species discovered at the site. The...
Effect of summer melt on Greenland ice sheet
The image above, taken during a high-priority flight that IceBridge carried on Aug. 29, shows Helheim Glacier, with its characteristic wishbone-shaped channels, as seen...
WHO certifies Sri Lanka malaria-free
In a remarkable public health achievement, Sri Lanka was today certified by WHO on having eliminated malaria, a life-threatening disease which long affected the...
Consumers may search online for 30 days, but buy close to what they found...
Given the ease of online search, consumers can explore and discover hundreds of available items in any category. Retailers and advertisers are keen to...
Some islands started in diamond-bearing regions under continents, geochemists say
The authors of a new paper believe that raw materials for diamonds and certain unusual oceanic islands come from the same places. From right...
Evidence of Zika virus found in tears
This visual abstract the findings of Miner et al., who describe how ZIKV infection in the eye results in inflammation and injury. ZIKV infected...
Browsing antelope turned ancient African forests into grassy savanna ecosystems
The arrival of medium and large antelope in Africa coincides directly with the evolution of thorn trees in the African savanna.Credit: Gareth Hempson
Millions of...
Scientists discover what extraordinary compounds may be hidden inside Uranus and Neptune
The interior structure of Uranus is illustrated.Credit: MIPT Press office
Using computer modeling, chemists from MIPT and Skoltech (the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology)...
How financing constraints affect workplace safety
More than 3.5 million workplace injuries and illnesses occur each year in the United States, costing an estimated $250 billion annually.
A new study from...
Sex in later life: Better for women than men?
Having sex frequently -- and enjoying it -- puts older men at higher risk for heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems. For older women,...
