Science

Pregnant women should avoid ultraprocessed, fast foods, experts urge

If you're pregnant, you may want to think twice before making a hamburger run or reaching for a prepackaged pastry,…

2 years ago

How kelp forests persisted through the large 2014-2016 Pacific marine heatwave

New research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium and the University of California, Santa Cruz, reveals that denser, and more sheltered,…

2 years ago

Researchers discover key to molecular mystery of how plants respond to changing conditions

A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently published a pioneering study that answers a central question…

2 years ago

Are body temperature and depression linked? Science says, yes

People with depression have higher body temperatures, suggesting there could be a mental health benefit to lowering the temperatures of…

2 years ago

One person can supervise ‘swarm’ of 100 unmanned autonomous vehicles

Research involving Oregon State University has shown that a "swarm" of more than 100 autonomous ground and aerial robots can…

2 years ago

Number of shark bites consistent with recent trends, with small spike in fatalities

There was an increase in the number of unprovoked shark attacks worldwide and an uptick in fatalities in 2023 compared…

2 years ago

Scientists see an ultra-fast movement on surface of HIV virus

As the HIV virus glides up outside a human cell to dock and possibly inject its deadly cargo of genetic…

2 years ago

Scammed! Animals ‘led by the nose’ to leave plants alone

University of Sydney researchers have shown it is possible to shield plants from the hungry maws of herbivorous mammals by…

2 years ago

Gene-editing offers hope for people with hereditary disorder

A group of patients with a hereditary disorder have had their lives transformed by a single treatment of a breakthrough…

2 years ago

Neptune-like exoplanets can be cloudy or clear

The study of "exoplanets," the sci-fi-sounding name for all planets in the cosmos beyond our own solar system, is a…

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