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Increased physical activity, lower BMI may lower heart failure risk
We consistently found an association between physical activity, BMI and overall heart failure risk. Image credit: Flickr/stefanos papachristou
Lifestyle patterns, including physical activity and body...
Genetic risk of autism spectrum disorder linked to evolutionary brain benefit
A new study showed that inherited variants linked to ASD were found under positive selection in larger numbers than would have been expected by...
Dogs, toddlers show similarities in social intelligence
A new research suggests that dogs may be even more like us than previously thought. Image credit: Flickr/Donnie Ray Jones
Most dog owners will tell...
First evidence of rocky planet formation in Tatooine system
The white dwarf is the burn-out core of a star that was probably similar to the Sun, the brown dwarf is only ~60 times...
Earth probably began with a solid shell
The outer layer of modern Earth is a collection of interlocking rigid plates, as seen in this illustration. These plates grind together, sliding past...
Do You Look Like Your Name? People Can Match Names to Faces of Strangers...
A new research has found that people appear to be better than chance at correctly matching people's names to their faces, and it may...
Sound-shaping super-material invented
These quantal metamaterial bricks form together to create a new super-material that can manipulate sound. Credit: Interact Lab, University of Sussex
A super-material that bends,...
How to reduce the environmental impact of a loaf of bread?
Consumers are usually unaware of the environmental impacts embodied in the products they purchase - particularly in the case of food, where the main...
Diamonds that deliver
Water is seen as small red and white molecules on large nanodiamond spheres. The colored tRNA can be seen on the nanodiamond surface.Credit: Michael...
Mars More Earth-like than moon-like
This is a solidified lava flow over the side of a crater rim of Elysium.Credit: NASA HiRISE image, David Susko, LSU
Mars' mantle may be...
Brain imaging headband measures how our minds align when we communicate
Cartoon image of brain 'coupling' during communication. Credit: Drexel University
Great ideas so often get lost in translation—from the math teacher who can't get through...
