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Solar storms may leave gray whales blind and stranded

Solar storms may leave gray whales blind and stranded

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A new study reported in the journal Current Biology on February 24 offers some of the first evidence that gray whales might depend on a magnetic...
Research War skews mens altruism toward other men away from women

Research: War skews men’s altruism toward other men, away from women

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War potentially creates a 'boys' club' where men help each other more than they help women, according to new research carried out at the...
New CRISPR base editing technology slows ALS progression in mice

New CRISPR base-editing technology slows ALS progression in mice

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With a new CRISPR gene-editing methodology, scientists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign inactivated one of the genes responsible for an inherited form...
Anonymous no more

Anonymous no more: combining genetics with genealogy to identify the dead in unmarked graves

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In Quebec, gravestones did not come into common use until the second half of the 19th century, so historical cemeteries contain many unmarked graves....
Line of defense Scientists report surprising evolutionary shift in snakes

Line of defense: Scientists report surprising evolutionary shift in snakes

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In the animal kingdom, survival essentially boils down to eat or be eaten. How organisms accomplish the former and avoid the latter reveals a...
Ancient DNA from Sardinia reveals 6000 years of genetic history scaled

Ancient DNA from Sardinia reveals 6,000 years of genetic history

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A new study of the genetic history of Sardinia, a Mediterranean island off the western coast of Italy, tells how genetic ancestry on the...
Let it snow Researchers put cloud seeding to the test scaled

Let it snow: Researchers put cloud seeding to the test

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For the first time, researchers have used radar and other tools to accurately measure the volume of snow produced through cloud seeding. Led by University...
One billion year old green seaweed fossils identified relative of modern land plants

One billion-year-old green seaweed fossils identified, relative of modern land plants

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Virginia Tech paleontologists have made a remarkable discovery in China: 1 billion-year-old micro-fossils of green seaweeds that could be related to the ancestor of...
First direct seismic measurements of Mars reveal a geologically active planet

First direct seismic measurements of Mars reveal a geologically active planet

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The first reports of seismic activity and ground vibrations on Mars are in. The red planet has a moderate level of seismic activity, intermediate...
When coronavirus is not alone

When coronavirus is not alone: Team of complexity scientists present ‘meme’ model for multiple...

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Interacting contagious diseases like influenza and pneumonia follow the same complex spreading patterns as social trends. This new finding, published in Nature Physics, could lead...
How earthquakes deform gravity

How earthquakes deform gravity

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Lightning—one, two, three—and thunder. For centuries, people have estimated the distance of a thunderstorm from the time between lightning and thunder. The greater the...