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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...
‘Bursts’ of chromosome changes fuel breast cancer tumor growth
As with most cancers, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells have abnormal amounts of chromosomes or DNA copy number aberrations (CNAs) in their genomes. A...
Does longer walking distance to buy cigarettes increase quitting among smokers?
Walking one-third of a mile longer from home to the nearest tobacco shop to buy cigarettes was associated with increased odds that smokers would...
Today’s electric vehicles can make a dent in climate change
"The adoption potential of electric vehicles is remarkably similar across cities, from dense urban areas like New York, to sprawling cities like Houston. This...
Racial inequity, violence climb list of child health concerns for black adults
Mental health and racial inequities lead the 2016 top 10 child health concerns.Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.
Black adults rate...
New map of world vegetation reveals substantial changes since 1980s
A botany researcher at New Zealand's University of Otago and colleagues have developed a new system to map the world's "biomes" -- large-scale vegetation...
