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Chasing after a prehistoric Kite Runner
Aquilonifer spinosus, the Kite Runner, was an arthropod that lived about 430 million years ago. It carried its young in capsules or pouches tethered...
How much sleep do we really need?
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine researcher Lydia DonCarlos, PhD, is a member of an expert panel that’s making new recommendations on how...
Half the world to be short-sighted by 2050
The number with vision loss from high myopia is expected to increase seven-fold from 2000 to 2050, with myopia to become a leading cause...
Napping reverses health effects of poor sleep, study finds
Image Credit: Flickr/Abraham Williams
A short nap can help relieve stress and bolster the immune systems of men who slept only two hours the previous...
GIMPS project discovers largest known prime number
On January 7th at 22:30 UTC, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) celebrated its 20th anniversary with the math discovery of the new...
Link between obesity, increased risk of colorectal cancer revealed
Obesity has long been associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer, but the link has never been understood. Now, a research team led by...
Making 3-D imaging 1,000 times better
By combining the information from the Kinect depth frame in (a) with polarized photographs, MIT researchers reconstructed the 3-D surface shown in (c). Polarization...