Electric current is electric charge in motion, such as the flow of electrons through a wire.
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Kingsnakes are medium-size nonvenomous snakes that kill by constriction. They are one of the most common snakes in North America.
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New evidence suggests that the Zika virus may indeed be a cause of the rare neurological problem Guillain-Barré sydrome, which in severe cases can cause muscle paralysis.
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Fossils of an ancient creature resembling a shrimp with an armored head contain the oldest and best-preserved nervous system ever found.
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A parasitic worm infection can lead to some pretty unusual effects, a new case report reveals.
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Are millennials really too lazy to wash a cereal bowl? Don’t count them out just yet.
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A new series of radar scans could reveal the presence, or lack thereof, of hidden chambers behind a wall in King Tut’s tomb where some say Queen Nefertiti is buried.
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Animation and projection mapping created magical tapestries of light and movement that flowed, slithered and marched over a person’s body surface in real time.
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Data from the DZero experiment shows evidence of a particle containing four different types of quarks.
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Tyrannosaurus rex, king of the dinosaur age, wasn’t a North American native, a new study suggests. And once the beast came onto the scene it muscled out all its competitors and took over.
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The Vermilion Cliffs of southern Utah and northern Arizona are one of the more isolated and undisturbed regions of the Colorado Plateau. Check out these photos of the rugged and beautiful cliffs.
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A group of engineers wants to help people “touch” virtual environments in a more natural way, and they built a wearable virtual reality suit to do just that.
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Resistors, inductors and capacitors are basic electrical components that make modern electronics possible.
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Research has found that exposure to blue light suppresses the production of the sleep hormone melatonin more than any other type of light.
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An incredible new picture of the Milky Way shows our home galaxy glowing eerily in wavelengths invisible to the human eye, revealing zones of hidden star birth.
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Monday is Feb. 29 – the bissextle or “leap day,” an artifact that dates back to the year 46 B.C. Find out how this calendar oddity came to be.
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Astrophotographer Giuseppe Petricca took this image about two minutes prior to the start of the full totality phase of the supermoon total lunar eclipse on Sept. 27, 2015.
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People who do CrossFit tend to be fervently loyal to their sport. Why is this?
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Earth’s inner core is partly light elements such as sulfur, hydrogen and silicon, a new study finds. The research can reveal details of the planet’s violent formation as well as the magma ocean that emerged afterward.
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Losing weight is only half the battle — for many people, the bigger challenge is keeping the pounds off over the long term. Here are the best science-based tips for weight-loss maintenance.
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Rocks from the deep past, some 3.5 billion years old, were deposited on a deep, cold ocean floor, not in a scalding sea. That finding suggests the planet was in a Goldilocks state ever since life appeared.
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A handwritten letter by famed naturalist Charles Darwin to a British marine biologist was to be auctioned off yesterday (Feb. 25) by Nate D. Sanders Auctions, a Los Angeles-based auction house.
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Skipping elastic balls off water is much easier to do than trying to make stones “hop” across the surface of a lake, but a new study of water-impact physics isn’t all fun and games.
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Nine pregnant women in the U.S. have now been confirmed to have had Zika virus infections that they contracted through travel to places where the virus is spreading, U.S. health officials said today.
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Turns out that Easter Island was not destroyed by war after all. Analysis of objects originally thought to be spearheads shows that they are actually general-purpose tools used by the ancient civilization that lived there.
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Bill Gates just released a climate science equation that explains how the world can lower carbon dioxide emissions “down to zero,” according to the 2016 edition the annual letter he and his wife, Melinda, published.
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Microsoft has built a prototype underwater data center, with the goal of slashing its server cooling costs and placing data centers closer to population hubs.
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In New Orleans, stormy weather on Tuesday (Feb. 23) created a unique phenomenon over Lake Pontchartrain: three simultaneous waterspouts whirling across the water.
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Don’t let stress during pregnancy derail your healthy habits.
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Five-dimensional, ringlike black holes would create naked singularities that could infect the whole universe, breaking general relativity. Luckily, they’re not real.
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If aliens visited Earth tomorrow, would they realize that dogs — from the spotted dalmatian, to the giant Great Dane, to the tiny Chihuahua — are all the same species?
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Opioids are powerful painkillers but they can be dangerous with misuse.
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Rat snakes are medium-to-large, nonvenomous snakes that kill by constriction. Recent research has complicated the taxonomic classification of rat snakes.
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Much like a piece of ripe fruit, a human embryo has a certain squishiness that could provide fertility clinic staff with clues about its viability, a new study finds.
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The 2015 film “The Martian” inspired a team of researchers who recently described a newly discovered Australian plant species, naming it after Damon’s botanist character.
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A stillborn baby in Brazil showed evidence of a Zika virus infection, a new report says.
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A 2,500-year-old grave full of butchered turtle carcasses has been found at an archaeological site in Turkey.
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A gas leak near Los Angeles was the largest methane release from a single source in U.S. history.
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New CDC report finds 30.1 percent of Americans reported drinking a sugary beverage once a day in 2013, down from 50.6 percent in 2010.
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Can two black holes be born from a single star? A new idea could explain the merger of two black holes that led to the historic first direct detection of gravitational waves.
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Tiny satellites could hitch a ride into orbit and spot alien worlds from afar, new research suggests.
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Want to live healthier? Here’s the best science on how to do it.
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Communities of deep-sea marine life cause a low-frequency humming in the ocean, as the creatures swim to and from the surface to feed.
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Say good-bye to those mornings spent waiting in line at the local coffee shop: A new mobile brewing device that looks like an everyday thermos could help coffee lovers make — and enjoy — their caffeine fix on the go.
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A new class of wearables wants to move beyond tracking the physical to tracking the mind. These brain wearables claim to be able to help you improve your focus and detect stress. Or, play video games with your brain.
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Politicians want their words to stick in voters’ minds, and sometimes that means dispensing with niceties. Here’s a look at some of the cruelest jabs in American history.
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Verbal jabs and snappy one-liners have long been a tool of politicians, but Donald Trump has made insults a centerpiece of his campaign. Here’s what science has to say about such political insults.
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Mercury is a naturally occurring chemical, but it can become harmful when it enters the food chain.
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For people who survived Ebola during the world’s largest outbreak of the viral disease, the effects of the virus may still linger.
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If you’re traveling to a state where marijuana is legal, make sure you know the side effects.
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How healthy are the residents of your town? Find out where your city ranks.
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Where’s the best place to live when it comes to well-being?
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A Jurassic-age dinosaur suffered from eight devastating maladies during its lifetime that likely caused the paleo-beast an enormous amount of pain and possibly made it difficult to hunt, a new study suggests.
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Autism screening is critical, and must continue, argues autism expert Alycia Halladay.
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A baby gorilla was recently delivered by a rare emergency caesarean procedure, after her mother developed a potentially life-threatening condition, according to officials at the Bristol Zoo Gardens in the United Kingdom.
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A team of scientists took a closer look at declining bee populations in the Netherlands and discovered something unexpected — the bees were getting smaller.
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Fat burning zone, cardio zone — what do these heart rate numbers actually mean?
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What makes human morality unique?
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Wisdom teeth may have shrunk during human evolution as part of changes that started with human tool use, according to a new study.
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People may select partners who share certain traits with them, researchers said.
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Robotics company Boston Dynamics released a new video yesterday (Feb. 23) showcasing its upgraded Atlas robot, and the footage features a slew of impressive (and somewhat unsettling) new capabilities.
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Parents who hide their true emotions from their children, putting on an insincere “happy face,” tend to feel bad about it afterward, a new study finds.
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Sunbathing is a social event for the bizarre mint-sauce worm, a plant-animal that gets all of its nutrients from photosynthetic algae living inside its body.
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A new study finds that dodos weren’t dumb. Their smarts were probably comparable to that of modern pigeons.
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Here’s how to get back into exercise after giving birth.
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The rates of death from a number of maladies, including heart disease, stroke and Alzheimer’s, were higher in 2015 than in 2014, a new report finds.
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For male nursery-web spiders, bondage during mating can be a matter of life and death.
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How does a doctor know when a person is brain dead?
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The jury’s still out on the safety of this simple procedure.
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Travelers returning from countries with known Zika virus outbreaks should practice safe sex, according to the CDC.
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History buffs know that Adolf Hitler had an undescended testicle, but a new review of his medical records suggests that der Führer also had other genital problems, including a condition called a micropenis.
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If a space rock hits the atmosphere, and no one is around to hear it, does the tabloid press still report it as an Earth-shattering event?
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Fight sugar with sugar? A new study in mice suggests it might work.
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A new study reveals how Greenland’s unstable ice age climate was influenced by Atlantic Ocean currents.
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Thirteen bald eagles were found dead recently in Maryland, prompting officials to offer a reward of up to $10,000 for information about what happened to the federally protected birds of prey.
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The fear of predators may have a surprisingly strong impact on the behavior of their prey, creating cascade effects throughout the food chain.
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Tracking your diet can be complicated. Or not.
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The Kavli Foundation endeavors to advance science for the benefit of humanity, promote public understanding of scientific research and support scientists and their work.
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As “smart” electronics get smaller and softer, scientists are developing new medical devices that could be applied to — or in some cases, implanted in — our bodies.
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That recorded barks scare raccoons is no surprise. But researcher Justin Suraci and team also found the frightened raccoons foraged 66% less, significantly altering the local food-web.
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Two men who were identical twins both suffered heatstroke — on a relatively cool day — while running in the London Marathon. It was more than a coincidence.
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Sharks are typically thought to lead mostly solitary lives, but new research finds that sand tiger sharks may be a lot more social than once suspected.
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As a search is set to resume for Amelia Earhart’s remains and her plane, researchers make an odd discovery.
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Pareiasaurs — barrel-chested and stubby-legged turtle relatives that lived during the Permian era — ranged far and wide on land, according to a new study.
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Is the Doomsday Clock, the powerful visual reminder of humanity’s vulnerability to nuclear catastrophe, still relevant?
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Female cuckoos are brilliant masters of disguise — at least when it comes to laying their eggs.
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States.
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Apollo 10 astronauts heard a strange whistling sound when they flew to the far side of the moon in 1969 — but recent hype about the incident ignores the quickly-discovered explanation for the strange sounds.
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Blood from an Ebola survivor combined with a new technique for isolating immune cells may hold promise for treating the deadly virus.
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Impatient people may have cells that “look older,” by one measure of cell aging, according to a new study.
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A new genetic analysis of the glyptodont, an ancient armored creature the size of a Volkswagen Beetle, reveals that it’s closely related to the modern-day armadillo.
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Just a bit of weight loss can pack a big health punch.
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Droughts caused by climate change could change the way tropical rainforests recover after logging.
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A stolen cache of iridium-192 has been recovered in a town not far from where it was initially taken, security officials in Iraq said.
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While scientists used to think consciousness was simply the firing of neurons, more and more experts are questioning that assumption, which could have implications for artificial intelligence.
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Here’s how to put on pounds without putting your health at risk.
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An ethereal undersea image of a seahorse titled “Gold,” rose above photography submissions from entrants in 54 countries to win its photographer a top prize.
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A golden seahorse seemingly floating against a wavy backdrop, a catshark supernova and a bear fishing for dinner are just a few of the stunning images that were recognized in this year’s Underwater Photographer of the Year, 2016.
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The prevalence of cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) among teenage girls in the United States has dropped by more than 60 percent since the vaccine against it was introduced, researchers say.
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Famed cosmologist and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking revealed the name of the new suborbital craft — VSS Unity — during its star-studded unveiling ceremony Friday (Feb. 19) at Virgin’s manufacturing facility at Mojave Air & Space Port.
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Diversity and representation are important — even in children’s toys.
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Pythons are large constricting snakes native to Asia, Africa and Australia, although some have invaded Florida.
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A 3,000-year-old wooden wheel has been discovered in the remains of a prehistoric town that collapsed into a river in east England. Archaeologists said the Bronze Age wheel is the largest and best-preserved of its kind, dating back to 1100-800 B.C.
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Human texts could long outlast the human race with a new digital storage system.
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Two tardigrades and one egg that spent the past three decades cooling their jets in a researchers’ freezer were recently resuscitated.
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Thinking too hard about learning something could make the behavior less automatic.
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A microscopic Tardigrade SB-1, Acutuncus antarcticus, was rehydrated and slowly came back to life. After 2 weeks it was a crawling, eating, and reproducing organism once again.
The post It’s Alive! ‘Water Bears’ Revived After 30+ Frozen Years | Video appeared first on Scout SEO.
It’s fairly common to discover dinosaur remains scratched with ancient claw or bite marks, but finding fossils with signs of tumors is rare.
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The best practices to help lose the baby weight in a healthy way.
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Recently, commercial collectors have been using reports of such new species in scientific journals as tools to track down the newbies so they can sell them for a profit on the exotic pet trade market.
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Check out these amazing holographic scenes created by Alex Kipman’s HoloLens.
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Something amazing happened at the TED2016 conference today: HoloLens developer Alex Kipman “teleported” a NASA scientist onto the stage, on the surface of Mars.
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Overdoses involving benzodiazepines are “a public health problem that has gone under the radar,” a researchers says.
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The radioactive material allegedly stolen from an oil field in Basra, Iraq, is likely too small to do as much damage as a dirty bomb, but its psychological effects could be huge, one expert says.
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More than a third of U.S. adults aren’t getting enough shut-eye, according to a new report.
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A new gadget can help people identify pollutants — some smaller than the width of a hair — in their homes.
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How many people in your state get 7 hours of sleep a night?
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People who fear spiders tend to perceive these creepy-crawlies as larger than they actually are, a new study finds.
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A new vaccine against the Zika virus shows promising results in mice, a pharmaceutical company announced in a statement yesterday (Feb. 17).
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The Zika virus was found in the amniotic fluid of two women who were pregnant, confirming that the virus can cross the placenta, new research confirms.
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The memory capacity of the human brain could be as large as the entire World Wide Web, new research suggests.
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Scientists say they have made human “mini-brains” the size of a fly’s eye that, within a year, might replace lab animal models for research on drug addiction and other neurological disorders.
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Deadly Orangutan Attack: 2 Apes Team Up to Kill Another
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A new map of an ancient wall in Jordan has left archaeologists with a series of mysteries, including questions over when the wall was built, who built it and what its purpose was.
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Photos reveal the remains of a nearly 100-mile-long wall that stood in what is now Jordan long ago. A new map of the wall has left the scientists with more questions than answers, such as what was the purpose of the wall.
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A fire at Mumbai’s Deonar landfill was so large it could be seen from space.
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The sea butterfly, a tiny marine snail, has more in common with flying insects than you might expect, according to a new study investigating the creature’s swimming technique.
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About one in five U.S. adults visits the emergency room at least once per year, according to a new report.
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Some companies are offering a new way to “wake and bake.”
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Nothing gets the internet talking like viral cat videos, and now a new anti-smoking ad has tapped into our love of funny cats for health education, a move that experts welcomed.
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Scientists recently described eight new species of a long-legged spider native to Brazil, nearly doubling the number of known species in the genus.
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A group of physicians in Argentina suggest that a pesticide is causing Brazil’s microcephaly cases, but evidence is lacking.
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For the first time on record, researchers have diagnosed two naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) with cancer.
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In Egypt, looting at ancient sites spiked in connection with the global economic crisis, and then rose again in following the Arab Spring.
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Women typically have their code approved more often on the largest open-source collaboratie coding site, but that reverses when women reveal their gender.
The post Study: Female Coders Better Than Men, But Perceived As Worse appeared first on Scout SEO.
Neanderthals potentially had steamy trysts with modern humans in the Middle East some 100,000 years ago, earlier than thought. The findigns are based on genes from modern humans found in a Neanderthal.
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Is the Zika virus causing microcephaly in infants? Researchers will do a case-control study to find out more. Here’s how it will work, and why that type of study is needed.
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Can gene warfare defeat the Zika virus?
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Here’s a look at photos of ancient ants and soldier termites frozen in battle in tree resin called amber. The warring Cretaceous insects were discovered in Myanmar.
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A big brain can be a liability instead of an asset for many mammals, finds new research that identifies a reversal of a 40-million-year-old trend.
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Cretaceous ants locked in jaw-to-jaw battle. An ant with a camel-like head and hairy mouth. And soldier termites with their jaws clasped around each other’s appendages. These are a few scenes scientists discovered trapped in amber.
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A painstaking excavation process has raised a medieval tradeship from the waters of the Ijssel River in the Netherlands.
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Is California “greener” than New York?
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Is New York “greener” than California?
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A painstaking excavation process has raised a medieval trade ship from the waters of the Ijssel River in the Netherlands.
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Turns out, dogs may be chasing rabbits or sniffing playmates in their dreams, researchers say. The length and frequency of such doggy dreams may have to do with the size of the canine, and twitching during dreams has been linked to a pet’s age.
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Some new mothers may be unfamiliar with basic breastfeeding practices. Here are some tips for them.
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Learn these stroke symptoms, they aren’t what you expect and they could save your life.
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People who belong to social groups during retirement actually live longer, a new study finds.
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Got bacteria? If you live in a city, maybe not enough of the good kind.
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The young man was buried in a vertical pit in a 8,500-year-old cemetery, one of the oldest ever found in Europe.
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A new mind-controlled prosthetic arm was used to help a patient wiggle the device’s fingers simply by thinking about it, and required very little training on the patient’s part, according to a new study.
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Delicate, though possibly deadly, flowers trapped in amber for some 30 million years have been discovered, say scientists who discovered the flowers, which belong to the same genus as poisonous plants used to make strychnine and curare.
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Improper use of the stimulant Adderall is becoming a bigger problem among young adults — a growing percentage say they use the drug without a prescription, a new study finds.
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At least 10,000 sharks have gathered in waters off the southern coast of Florida — but don’t panic. They’re annual visitors that migrate south for the winter.
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January continues a streak of abnormally hot months as 2016 picks up right where 2015 left off.
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Human-size bones and other structures can now be “printed” using a new device called a 3D bioprinter, researchers say.
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Human-sized bones and other tissues can be printed on a new device called a bioprinter, researchers say.
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Florida Atlantic University professor Dr. Stephen M. Kajiura took to the sky along Florida’s coast to capture footage showing approximately 10,000 – 12,000 blacktip sharks, part of a colony that migrates seasonally to these waters.
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Pollen — the pesky, sneeze-inducing stuff that makes allergy sufferers everywhere miserable — could be the next greatest thing in battery research, according to a new study.
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There may be other explanations for 150,000 missing Adélie penguins presumed dead in Antarctica.
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What little education students get on climate change is often contradictory.
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A colony of Adélie penguins, some 150,000 individuals, on Cape Denison in Commonwealth Bay, in East Antarctica, went missing after a Rhode Island-sized iceberg called B09B crashed into the bay’s Mertz Glacier. Here’s a look at the penguins.
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Just days after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling clouded the future of a new United Nations climate pact, the passing of one of its justices has boosted the pact’s chances of succeeding.
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When talking about love and romance, people often bring up unseen and mystical connections. Such connections exist in the subatomic world as well, thanks to a bizarre and counterintuitive phenomenon called quantum entanglement.
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This Valentine’s Day, mischievous Cupid will be fluttering about with bow in hand, seeking out mortal hearts to pierce with his love-tinged arrows. But the winged god isn’t the only one known for this behavior. Land snails also shoot love darts.
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A migraine is a neurological disorder marked by intense headache, nausea, visual disturbances and other symptoms.
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Puerto Rico reported its first locally transmitted case of Zika in late December, and health care workers now have diagnosed a total of 30 people with the virus, according to a new report.
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A bizarre case of a man who suddenly recovered his memory after 30 years highlights the unpredictable nature of amnesia, one expert says.
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The first-ever direct detection of gravitational waves will open up an entirely new window on the universe, researchers say.
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This Valentine’s Day, some couples may have to cuddle up for warmth as the polar vortex moves south, bringing an icy blast and the coldest temperatures of the season to the northeastern United States this weekend, meteorologists say.
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Seismologists and app developers are shaking things up with a new app that transforms smartphones into personal earthquake detectors.
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The case of a man in the United Kingdom who had Zika virus a few years ago provides even more evidence that the virus can be transmitted through sex.
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The world’s oldest known wild bird just added a new chick to the family — her 40th one, experts say.
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In an unusual case, a woman developed an irresistible urge to steal after she had surgery.
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When an Australian farmer walked out onto his land he got a creepy treat: a dead brown snake strung up in the web of a daddy longlegs spider. The spindly spider seemed to have ensnared the snake and kept it dangling like a titanic trophy.
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This brown snake was no match for this fearless Australian arachnid. Weethalle farmer Patrick Lees captured video of the aftermath.
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Most space rocks burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere, creating shooting stars. But some larger, denser extraterrestrial rocks crash onto our planet and become meteorites.
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