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Thousands of new cancer cases in Ontario each year due to environmental exposures
This is an infographic of the most important contributors to cancer from the environment.Credit: Public Health Ontario
Between 3,540 and 6,510 new cancer cases in...
Origin of the long body of snakes now discovered
A snake embryo. Credit: Francisca Leal, University of Florida
For many years, researchers have been trying to understand the origin of the exceptionally long trunks...
UVic-led archaeology team makes world-first tool discovery
Blade, positive for rhino residue. Credit: April Nowell.
How smart were human-like species of the Stone Age? New research published in the Journal of Archaeological...
Autism risk in younger children increases if they have older sibling with disorder
A new Kaiser Permanente study found that the risk of younger siblings developing an autism spectrum disorder is 14 times higher if an older...
Got sleep? The amount you get could affect your marital mindset
A new study by two Florida State University researchers found that when husbands and wives get more sleep than on an average night, they...
Vision: When it comes to recognizing shapes, timing is everything
Salk scientists show how visual neurons encode temporal dynamic information. It was previously thought that visual neurons encode information by summing the number of...
Breakthrough in understanding how stem cells become specialized
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have made a major advance in understanding how the cells of an organism, which all...
Mindfulness training helpful in the recovery of adults addicted to stimulants
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UCLA’s research introduced mindfulness training early in the recovery process with encouraging results. Credit: Bär Baer/Flickr
Study shows training is particularly beneficial for addicts...
Back pain link to 24-hour body clock revealed
Credit: University of Manchester
New research by University of Manchester scientists has for the first time shown that our spinal discs have 24-hour body clocks...
Digitally diagnosing dinosaurs
Credit: University of Manchester
Researchers from the University of Manchester have teamed up with the New Jersey State Museum and the University of Massachusetts to...
Why you’re stiff in the morning: Your body suppresses inflammation when you sleep at...
New research published online in The FASEB Journal, describes a protein created by the body's "biological clock" that actively represses inflammatory pathways within the...
