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Researchers map 6,000 years of urban settlements
The figure shows the year of the first recorded population value for each city in the dataset. Cities recording the earliest first population data...
Origin of extraordinary supernovae
Image around SN 2012dn obtained by the Kanata Telescope at Higashi-Hiroshima Observatory. SN 2012dn is seen near the center of this figure. The host...
Ice age bison fossils shed light on early human migrations in North America
The steppe bison had much larger horns than modern bison. Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis of bison fossils enabled researchers to track the migration...
‘Pristine’ landscapes haven’t existed for thousands of years due to human activity
It has been thousands of years since the Earth had pristine landscapes. A new article identifies four major phases when humans shaped the world...
Down’s syndrome ‘treated’ with green tea: study
Fresh green tea leaves. Credit: © Wilerson S Andrade/ Flickr
A chemical in green tea has been shown to improve cognitive ability in persons with...
Copper is key in burning fat
A fluorescent probe creates a heat map of copper in white fat cells. Higher levels of copper are shown in yellow and red. The...
Electric eels make leaping attacks
Sequence shows electric eel attacking a model of an alligator head fitted with LEDs that the eel's electric impulses light up. The sequence runs...
Progression-free survival triples in select metastatic lung cancer patients with surgery or radiation after...
Lung cancer patients with oliogometastases, defined as three or fewer sites of metastasis, may benefit from aggressive local therapy, surgery or radiation, after standard...
Research proves Aboriginal Australians were first inhabitants
Griffith University researchers have found evidence that demonstrates Aboriginal people were the first to inhabit Australia.
The work refutes an earlier landmark study that claimed...
Lucy had neighbors: A review of African fossils
The left half of the lower jaw of Australopithecus deyiremeda (BRT-VP-3/14), a 3.5 to 3.3 million-year-old human ancestor species discovered by the Woranso-Mille project.Credit:...
Stress-diabetes link detailed in new study
Rice University researchers have established a metabolic connection between the brain's executive function responsible for inhibition and type 2 diabetes. Credit: Andrea Lugo/Rice University
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