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Top Science News
January 13, 2020
High Temps: Dramatic Even for Tardigrades
Baby and Adult Brains ‘Sync Up’ During Play
African Grey Parrots ‘Lend a Wing’
Extending Lifespan by 500 Percent
Jan. 13, 2020 — A research group has just shown that tardigrades are very vulnerable to long-term high temperature exposures. The tiny animals, in their desiccated … read more
Latest Top Headlines
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Jan. 2, 2020 — Searched for and found: climate researchers can now detect the fingerprint of global warming in daily weather observations at the global scale. They are thus amending a long-established paradigm: weather is not climate — but climate change can now be detected in … read more
Health News
January 13, 2020
When You Eat: As Important As What You Eat?
Body Clock and Memory Recall
Exposure to Dogs: Lower Schizophrenia Risk
A New Gene Therapy Strategy
Dec. 18, 2019 — Ever since humans domesticated the dog, the faithful, obedient and protective animal has provided its owner with companionship and emotional well-being. Now, a study suggests that being around ‘man’s … read more
Latest Health Headlines
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Hikikomori: New Definition Helps Identify, Treat Extreme Social Isolation
Jan. 10, 2020 — Experts in the Japanese phenomena of hikikomori say the condition of extreme social isolation is more widespread than previously acknowledged, and it deserves a clear and consistent definition to improve treatment across the globe. A simplified and clear definition will improve the recognition and subsequent treatment for people who suffer from the … read more
Physical/Tech News
January 13, 2020
Tiny Particle Accelerator Fits On a Chip
A Close Look at Thin Ice
Black Holes’ Breakfast at the Cosmic Dawn
Cosmic ‘Candy Cane’ in Center of Galaxy
Dec. 19, 2019 — Astronomers have observed reservoirs of cool gas around some of the earliest galaxies in the universe. These gas halos are the perfect food for supermassive black holes at the center of these … read more
Latest Physical/Tech Headlines
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Helping Land Managers Take Risk-Analysis Approach to New Wildfire Reality
Jan. 8, 2020 — New digital tools will enable land managers to better adapt to the new reality of large wildfires through analytics that guide planning and suppression across jurisdictional boundaries that fires typically don’t adhere … read more
Environment News
January 13, 2020
How Fish Fins Evolved Before Transition to Land
Scientists Find Iron ‘Snow’ in Earth’s Core
Dog and Human Counting: Similar Brain Region
Grain Traits: ‘Dark Matter’ of Rice Genome
Dec. 18, 2019 — The results of a new canine numerosity study suggests that a common neural mechanism has been deeply conserved across mammalian … read more
Latest Environment Headlines
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Scientists Use Ancient Marine Fossils to Unravel Long-Standing Climate Puzzle
Jan. 9, 2020 — Scientists have shed new light on the Earth’s climate behavior during the last known period of global warming over 14 million years … read more
Society/Education News
January 13, 2020
Greenland Ice Losses Rising Faster
Jet Stream Waves: Risk to Food Production
Reducing Air Pollution: Big Health Benefits
BPA Levels in Humans Underestimated: Study
Dec. 6, 2019 — Reductions in air pollution yielded fast and dramatic impacts on health-outcomes, as well as decreases in all-cause morbidity, according to new … read more
Latest Society/Education Headlines
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Unveiling a New Map That Reveals the Hidden Personalities of Jobs
Dec. 16, 2019 — It’s been long been believed that different personalities align better with different jobs. Large-scale evidence now exists of the distinctive personality profiles that occur across occupations and how, using social media, they can be matched to an individual for the near-perfect … read more
