Changing your breathing pattern may delay the onset of nausea at sea [Read more]
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Women’s fingers are more sensitive, but that’s just because they are smaller than men’s are [Read more]
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Human ancestors started organizing their living spaces much earlier than believed [Read more]
The use and control of fire are behavioral characteristics that distinguish humans from other animals. Now anthropologists report that savanna chimpanzees in Senegal have a near human understanding of wildfires and change their behavior in anticipation of the fire’s movement.
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Cancer may spread throughout the human body when malignant cells travel in the blood stream. But it may be possible to slow or even stop those cells from spreading by altering their structure, according to a recent investigation.
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Researchers have developed a prosthetic device that literally puts the spring back into an amputee’s step. The scientists have developed and refined SPARKy (for spring ankle with regenerative kinetics) into a smart, active and energy storing below-the-knee (transbitial) prosthesis.
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The risk of complications and early death after commonly performed abdominal surgical procedures appears to be higher among older adults, according to a new study.
A team of European researchers has devised a method for locating plastic anti-personnel mines, which are manufactured to avoid detection by metal detectors. The technique involves analyzing the temperature of the ground in three dimensions using specific software and hardware.
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New findings show that endocannabinoids act directly on tongue taste receptors to specifically enhance sweet taste. The findings suggest that modulation of sweet taste responses may be an important component of the endocannabinoid system’s role in regulating feeding behavior and may open doors to the development of novel therapeutic compounds to combat metabolic diseases such [...]
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A palaeobiologist has made groundbreaking discoveries into the origin of baleen whales, based on a 25-million-year-old fossil found near Torquay in Victoria, Australia.
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