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Top Science News
January 27, 2020
Jan. 22, 2020 — Scientists have discovered Earth’s oldest asteroid strike occurred at Yarrabubba, in outback Western Australia, and coincided with the end of a global deep freeze known as a Snowball Earth. The … read more
Latest Top Headlines
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Jan. 15, 2020 — Astronomers have discovered a new class of bizarre objects at the center of our galaxy, not far from the supermassive black hole called … read more
Health News
January 27, 2020
Jan. 8, 2020 — Scientists have identified synergistic cellular pathways for longevity that amplify lifespan fivefold in C. elegans, a nematode worm used as a model in aging research. The increase in lifespan would … read more
Latest Health Headlines
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Liver Fibrosis ‘Off Switch’ Discovered in Mice
Jan. 23, 2020 — Researchers identified several genetic switches, or transcription factors, that determine whether or not liver cells produce collagen — providing a new therapeutic target for liver … read more
Physical/Tech News
January 27, 2020
Jan. 13, 2020 — Using a nanoparticle as a ‘tuning device,’ researchers have devised a way to control electromagnetically induced transparency — a feature of light which allows it to pass through opaque … read more
Latest Physical/Tech Headlines
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New Portable Tool Analyzes Microbes in the Environment
Jan. 27, 2020 — Imagine a device that could swiftly analyze microbes in oceans and other aquatic environments, revealing the health of these organisms – too tiny to be seen by the naked eye – and their response to threats to their ecosystems. Researchers have created just such a tool, a portable device that could be used to assess microbes, screen for antibiotic-resistant bacteria and analyze algae that live in … read more
Environment News
January 27, 2020
Jan. 15, 2020 — Neanderthals collected clam shells and volcanic rock from the beach and coastal waters of Italy during the Middle Paleolithic, according to a new … read more
Latest Environment Headlines
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Anthropologists Confirm Existence of Specialized Sheep-Hunting Camp in Prehistoric Lebanon
Jan. 22, 2020 — Anthropologists have confirmed the existence more than 10,000 years ago of a hunting camp in the mountains along the modern-day border between Lebanon and Syria — one that straddles the period marking the transition from nomadic hunter-gatherer societies to agricultural settlements at the onset of the last stone age. Analysis of decades-old data … read more
Society/Education News
January 27, 2020
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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Biologists Recommend Urgent Action to Protect California Spotted Owls
Jan. 22, 2020 — In the Pacific Northwest, the range expansion of barred owls has contributed to a conservation crisis for northern spotted owls, which are being displaced from their habitat. How will this interaction play out in the Sierra Nevada, where barred owls are starting to move into the range of the California spotted owl? New research suggests that wildlife managers may still be able to head off similar … read more
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