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‘Obesity paradox’ not found when measuring new cases of cardiovascular disease
Obesity concept (stock image).
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Although obesity is a well-known risk factor for getting cardiovascular disease, a controversial body of research...
‘Turbo charge’ for your brain?
The large red blob (left) indicates an increase in the timing, or synchronization, between brain waves measured over the medial frontal cortex and right...
Inflammation drives progression of Alzheimer’s
Inflammatory mechanisms caused by the brain's immune system drive the progression of Alzheimer's disease, according to new research.
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According to a...
Both chimpanzees and humans spontaneously imitate each other’s actions
Chimpanzee at Furuvik Zoo in Sweden.
Credit: Lund University
Copying the behaviour of others makes us effective learners and allow skills, knowledge and inventions to be...
What the world’s tiniest ‘monster truck’ reveals
Ohio University's nano-sized monster truck led to a curious finding.
Credit: Eric Masson, Ph.D.
The world's shortest race by distance -- a fraction of the width...
Why do we believe in gods? Religious belief ‘not linked to...
New research suggests that people are not 'born believers'.
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Religious beliefs are not linked to intuition or rational thinking, according to...
Primitive fossil bear with a sweet tooth identified from Canada’s High...
Digital reconstruction of the Canadian Arctic fossil bear, Protarctos abstrusus.
Credit: Xiaoming Wang
Researchers from the Canadian Museum of Nature and the Natural History Museum of...
Treasure trove of highly detailed fossils uncovered
Microscopic animal fossils. From left; the oldest known pterobranch hemichordate; teeth from a priapulid, a sediment dwelling predatory worm; the carapace of a tiny...
Bees use invisible heat patterns to choose flowers
Floral heat patterns from rock rose.
Credit: University of Bristol
A new study, led by scientists from the University of Bristol, has found that a wide...
Radar tracking reveals how bees develop a route between flowers
A bumblebee eats a food reward presented on an artificial flower. Five such feeders each contain 1/5 of the amount required to fill her...
Radio observations point to likely explanation for neutron-star merger phenomena
A hidden or 'choked' jet (white) powering a radio-emitting 'cocoon' (pink) is the best explanation for the radio waves, gamma rays and X-rays the...
