More than 2 billion people overweight or obese, new study finds
More than 2 billion children and adults suffer from health problems related to being overweight or obese, finds a new study.
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Where cigarette smoking’s damage is done… down to your DNA
Scientists have known for decades that smoking cigarettes causes DNA damage, which leads to lung cancer. Now, for the first time, UNC School of...
Mixing booze, pot is a serious threat to traffic safety
Drivers who used alcohol, marijuana, or both were significantly more likely to be responsible for causing fatal two-vehicle crashes compared to drivers who were...
Musical mystery: Researchers examine science behind performer movements
Musicians are monitored to determine how they anticipate one another's moves.
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Researchers at McMaster are one step closer to solving one of the...
Promiscuous salamander found to use genes from three partners equally
The all-female hybrid Ambystoma has found a simple genetic formula for success: Mate with multiple males and use equal parts of each partner's genetic...
Insomnia not purely psychological condition: Insomnia genes found
Insomnia is one of the most common health complaints.
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An international team of researchers has found, for the first...
Researchers find glass eels use internal compass to find their way home
Allesandro Cresci heads out to the fjords with Drifting In Situ Chambers (DISC) to be deployed to study the orientation of glass eels in...
E-cigarettes potentially as harmful as tobacco cigarettes, study shows
The results of tests conducted by UConn chemists show that nicotine electronic cigarettes are equivalent, if not slightly worse, than unfiltered (nf) tobacco cigarettes...
New waterproofing, antifouling materials developed
This is a schematic of the functionalization of the nanoparticles along with photographic images of the water droplets on spray-coated microscope slides. An environmentally...
Brain imaging reveals neural roots of caring
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the researchers recorded brain activity patterns as subjects listened to stories of human distress.
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Mini-flares potentially jeopardize habitability of planets circling red dwarf stars
This illustration shows a red dwarf star orbited by a hypothetical exoplanet. Red dwarfs tend to be magnetically active, displaying gigantic arcing prominences and...
