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Fish oil vs. lard: Why some fat can help or hinder your diet
Consuming fish oil instead of lard makes a significant difference in brain function. New research shows that brain function remains normal and manages to...
Love the cook, love the food: Attraction to comfort food linked to positive social...
What is your comfort food?
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A big bowl of mashed potatoes. What about spaghetti and meatballs? Sushi? Regardless of what you...
Bycatch responsible for decline of endangered New Zealand sea lion
Getting caught in fishing nets is a major cause of death for the increasingly endangered New Zealand sea lion, according to new research from...
New type of stem cell line produced offers expanded potential for research and treatments
Four-cell embryo (stock illustration).
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Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators have created Expanded Potential Stem Cells (EPSCs)...
12,000 years ago, Florida hurricanes heated up despite chilly seas
Figure 3 from the paper: Simulated changes in climatic controls on hurricane activity between the Younger Dryas (YD, 12.0-12.5 ka) and early Holocene (EH,...
World will have more obese children and adolescents than underweight by 2022
Current trends predict more obese than underweight 5 to 19 year olds by 2022.
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The number of obese children and adolescents...
3-D quantum gas atomic clock offers new dimensions in measurement
JILA's three-dimensional (3-D) quantum gas atomic clock consists of a grid of light formed by three pairs of laser beams. Multiple lasers of various...
The female brain reacts more strongly to prosocial behavior than the male brain, study...
Behavioral experiments have shown that women share a sum of money more generously than men.
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Behavioral experiments have shown that women...
Rampant consumption of hippo teeth
This is an image of hippo teeth products for sale in an ivory shop in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.
Credit: Alexandra Andersson
Global wildlife trade is...
Evolutionary crop research: Ego-plants give lower yield
The researchers planted out different wheat plants in the test field in China.
Credit: Jacob Weiner
Survival of the fittest is a fundamental concept in Darwin's...
Diversity of large animals plays an important role in carbon cycle
This is a white-lipped peccary, which is likely a key mammal in the carbon dynamics of tropical forest soils. It may influence the carbon...
