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Genetic insights into how prickles develop across different plants, despite evolutionary separation
The evolutionary gain and loss of plant prickles – sharp pointed epidermal outgrowths – are controlled by a shared genetic...
Half a billion-year-old spiny slug reveals the origins of mollusks
Credit: G Zhang/L Parry. UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 19:00 BST / 14:00 ET THURSDAY 1 AUGUST 2024 Images available via...
Current Andean glacier loss is unprecedented in the Holocene
Andean tropical glaciers are experiencing unprecedented retreat, according to a new study that reveals their current sizes are the smallest...
What role have states played in the legalization of medical marijuana?
HARRISBURG, Pa. — From the war on drugs to the current wave of legalization efforts, public opinion in the United...
Study uncovers connections between obesity and heart failure
A new small study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers and published July 25th in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research has...
Every rose has its thorns … or does it?
According to Greek mythology, red roses first appeared when Aphrodite pricked her foot on a thorn, spilling blood on a...
Climate anomalies may play a major role in driving cholera pandemics
New research suggests that an El Niño event may have aided the establishment and spread of a novel cholera strain...
Andean glaciers have retreated to lowest levels in 11,700 years, news study finds
Chestnut Hill, Mass (8/1/2024) – Rocks recently exposed to the sky after being covered with prehistoric ice show that tropical...
Scientists revolutionize microscopy by reimagining the logic of imaging
An international team of scientists, led by Trinity College Dublin, has devised an innovative imaging method using state-of-the-art microscopes that...
Aging-related genomic culprit found in Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a way to capture the effects of aging...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Warm seawater speeding up melting of ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ scientists warn
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