A new census of human skin finds thriving bacterial ecosystems
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Significant percentage of world’s energy resources lies buried in the far north
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Nanoparticles keep blood from clotting in early tests with lab animals
Assessing oil and gas reserves in the Arctic; new clues as to what’s killing bats by the tens of thousands; your Letters to Science; and more.
Our brain is wired to identify gender based on facial cues and coloring, according to a new study. Psychologists found the luminescence of the eyebrow and mouth region is vital in rapid gender discrimination.
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Scientist have announced encouraging results for an experimental therapy using elements of the body’s immune system to improve cure rates for children with neuroblastoma, a challenging cancer of the nervous system. Children who received monoclonal antibodies and cytokines were 20 percent more likely to be living disease-free two years after treatment, compared to children receiving [...]
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When evolution has lucked into efficient solutions for life’s most fundamental problems, it adopts them as invaluable family heirlooms, passing them down as one species evolves into another. So it was reasonable to expect that a key regulator of embryonic development — a strand of RNA that shepherds stem cells through the process of differentiation [...]
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Nearly 87 percent of obese, type 2 diabetics reported symptoms of sleep apnea, but were never diagnosed.
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Most polluted or damaged ecosystems worldwide can recover within a lifetime if societies commit to their cleanup or restoration, according to a new analysis.
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A Canadian researcher working in the UK says doctors, authors and educators are doing hyperactive children a disservice by claiming that hyperactivity as we understand it today has always existed.