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Higher consumption of unsaturated fats linked with lower mortality rates
New research suggests that replacing saturated fats like butter, lard, and fat in red meat with unsaturated fats from plant-based foods -- like olive...
Warming pulses in ancient climate record link volcanoes, asteroid impact and dinosaur-killing mass extinction
The preservation of Cretaceous mollusk fossils from Seymour Island is excellent, with shells preserving original mother-of-pearl material as in these two specimens of Eselaevitrigonia...
ChemCam findings hint at oxygen-rich past on Mars
The Curiosity rover examines the Kimberley formation in Gale crater, Mars. In front of the rover are two holes from the rover's sample-collection drill...
Nanjing, China: Archaeologists Say They May Have Found Skull Fragment Belonging to Buddha
A bone that could be a part of Buddha's skull was found inside this gold casket, encased inside a larger shrine model buried beneath...
Engineers design programmable RNA vaccines
“This nanoformulation approach allows us to make vaccines against new diseases in only seven days, allowing the potential to deal with sudden outbreaks or...
Let there be light: Super bright galaxies of the early Universe
A very distant galaxy cluster in the early Universe.Credit: ESO
Astronomers have shed further light on the evolution of the early Universewith the discovery of...
Autolens analysis steps up for Euclid’s 100,000 strong gravitational lens challenge
Hubble Space Telescope imaging of the strong gravitational lens ER-0047-2808. Pictured in the centre of the image is the strong lens galaxy, whose mass...
Genetic mutations found linked to rare cases of multiple bowel tumors
Researchers have identified genetic mutations affecting the immune system which may lead to the development of more than one bowel tumour at the same...
Expanding Antarctic sea ice linked to natural variability
The sea ice surrounding Antarctica has been slowly increasing in area since the satellite record began in 1979. But the rate of increase rose...
A giant impact: Solving the mystery of how Mars’ moons formed
Where did the two natural satellites of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, come from? For a long time, their shape suggested that they were asteroids...
Prenatal exposure to acetaminophen may increase autism spectrum and hyperactivity symptoms in children
A new study has found that paracetamol (acetaminophen), which is used extensively during pregnancy, has a strong association with autism spectrum symptoms in boys...
