How viewing cute animals can help rekindle marital spark
Golden retriever puppy. Do you think of puppies and bunnies when you think of your spouse?
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One of the well-known...
X-ray eyes in the sky: Drones and WiFi for 3-D through-wall imaging
Two drones work in tandem to discovered what is behind a brick wall.
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Researchers at UC...
Zika virus identified in brain, placenta tissue, strengthening link to birth defects
A small study provides further evidence that Zika virus infection in the first trimester of pregnancy can result in placental and fetal damage and...
Why is one twin smaller than the other? Answer could lie in the placenta
This is the first study to make a direct connection between birth outcomes and placental oxygen transport.
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When a baby is...
Water-based imaging maps brain neurons before surgery
UC San Diego neurosurgeons color code the brain with tractography. The circular object is a tumor.
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Neurosurgeons at UC San...
Dressmakers found to have needle-sharp 3-D vision
Seamstress sewing.
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Haute couture can be credited for enhancing more than catwalks and red carpets. New research from the University...
19-year-olds as sedentary as 60-year-olds, study suggests
There is heightened concern that exercise deficits are contributing to the growing obesity epidemic, particularly among children and teens.
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Physical activity...
Early stress confers lifelong vulnerability causing alterations in a specific brain region
Previous studies have suggested that early life stress increases the risk for depression and other psychiatric syndromes, but the neurobiology linking the two has...
Southern California mountain lions’ genetic connectivity dangerously low
This female mountain lion, known as F52, was collared in the Santa Ana range. She later died near a busy highway of unknown causes....
Meditation and yoga can reverse DNA reactions which cause stress, new study suggests
A new study examines the deep benefits of meditation and yoga.
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It's been debated for a long time, can yoga reverse...
MAVEN’s top 10 discoveries at Mars
This illustration shows the MAVEN spacecraft and the limb of Mars.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
On June 17, NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile...













