Financial traders with relatively long ring fingers bring home the dough
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Researchers find oldest example of feathers used for display
Human hunting alters organisms’ size and breeding schedule three times faster than natural forces
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Production of major food crops has become markedly more efficient over the past 20 years, but challenges remain
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Scientists have examined the smallest features scorpion lungs. Tiny morphological features like the sculpting of the hair-like outgrowths on lamellae — structures that fold like the leaves of a book and give the scorpion respiratory system its name, the book lung — gives insight into the evolutionary relationships among scorpions.
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Scientists have found a mechanism that may help explain Parkinson’s and other neurological disorders.
An international team of researchers has carried out the first long-term study into the demographic dynamics of naturally-occurring and artificially-introduced plants of the same species. By using simultaneous monitoring, the scientists have identified biological and demographic features of the plants that could help to optimize conservation strategies.
Testing patient’s blood for two proteins or biomarkers that occur when inflammation is present could help doctors identify which patients are more likely to have a stroke, according to a new article in the journal Stroke.
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Researchers have uncovered why some dietary fats, specifically long-chain fats, such as oleic acid (found in olive oil), are more prone to induce inflammation. Long-chain fats, it turns out, promote increased intestinal absorption of pro-inflammatory bacterial molecules called lipopolysaccharides.
School-age children may develop eating habits and leisure-time patterns that may not meet current recommendations and contribute to childhood obesity. In a study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers report that parents perceived that their pre-school children had relatively good eating habits and physical activity levels, but that parents of school-aged children [...]
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