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Extensive variation revealed in 1,001 genomes and epigenomes of Arabidopsis
Collection of wild Arabidopsis thaliana from around the world that has adapted to local environments. This collection of plants was used to understand the...
Warm Jupiters not as lonely as expected
Jupiter. Credit: NASA/JPL
After analyzing four years of Kepler space telescope observations, astronomers from the University of Toronto have given us our clearest understanding yet...
Butterflies’ diet impacts evolution of traits
Why do some organisms within a single species have many offspring, while others have relatively few? A new study led by University of Minnesota...
Biggest cosmic map will throw light on ‘dark energy’
A slice through the map of the large-scale structure of the Universe from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and its Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey....
PrEP can reduce new HIV cases by a third among MSM over next 10...
A daily pill to prevent HIV infection can reduce new cases among men who have sex with men (MSM) by a third in the...
23 ancient shipwrecks discovered off Greece
A diver carefully raises an amphora to the surface with a lift bag for further study and analysis.Credit: Vasilis Mentogianis
An expedition to the Fourni...
Surface composition determines temperature and therefore habitability of a planet
The figures show the wind, temperature, and surface-atmosphere friction on a planet 1.45 times the size of the Earth in a 1-day orbit around...
As overweight and obesity increase, so does risk of dying prematurely: Major study
Being overweight or obese is associated with a higher risk of dying prematurely than being normal weight -- and the risk increases with additional...
More evidence that male and female brains are wired differently
While measuring brain activity with magnetic resonance imaging during blood pressure trials, UCLA researchers found that men and women had opposite responses in the...
Analysis of ant colonies could improve network algorithms
"It's intuitive that if a bunch of people are randomly walking around an area, the number of times they bump into each other will...
Leukemia drug shows early promise for treating Parkinson’s disease and dementia
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder that causes a range of motor and non-motor symptoms. During the course of the...
