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The Black Sea has lost more than a third of its habitable volume
The Black Sea.Credit: NASA
With rivers providing an abundant supply of fresh water, the upper layers of the Black Sea are less dense than its...
Lung disease costs set to rise to £2.5bn per year, experts project
The cost of treating a smoking-related chronic lung disease will exceed more than £2.3 billion per year in England -- and £200 million in...
Wounds from childhood bullying may persist into college years, study finds
Childhood bullying inflicts the same long-term psychological trauma on girls as severe physical or sexual abuse, suggests a new survey of college students.
The study,...
Nondrug approaches effective for treatment of common pain conditions, review suggests
Data from a review of U.S.-based clinical trials published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggest that some of the most popular complementary health approaches -- such...
Endangered right whale population threatened by entanglements and dramatically declining birth rate
A knot of marine rope and buoys entangled a young, endangered right whale on Saturday near the Canada/U.S. border off of Campobello Island. Named...
Massive loss of African savannah elephants
This image shows elephants from the air.Credit: Kelly Landen
Researchers have announced the results of the $7 million, three-year Great Elephant Census, the first-ever pan-African...
Antibody reduces harmful brain amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s patients
Aducanumab, an antibody developed by the University of Zurich, has been shown to trigger a meaningful reduction of harmful beta-amyloid plaques in patients with...
Life thrived on young Earth: scientists discover 3.7-billion-year-old fossils
Associate Professor Vickie Bennett (left), Professor Allen Nutman (centre), and Dr Clark Friend (right), examining the rocks in Greenland.Credit: Courtesy of Yuri Amelin
In an...
New theory, embryo geometry, proposes explanation for how vertebrates evolved
A new theory aims to explain how the complex vertebrate body, with its skeleton, muscles, nervous and cardiovascular systems, arises from a single cell...
Smarter brains are blood-thirsty brains
These are skull casts from human evolution. Left to right: Australopithecus afarensis, Homo habilis, Homo ergaster, Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis.Credit: Roger Seymour. Casts...
Systems biology research study reveals benefits of vacation, meditation
A resort vacation provides a strong and immediate impact on molecular networks associated with stress and immune pathways, in addition to short-term improvements in...
