CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Two veteran Russian cosmonauts returned to the International Space Station on Wednesday after replacing experiment equipment that is testing how materials and biological samples fare …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Month: February 2016
In the Southern Ocean, a carbon-dioxide mystery comes clear
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•Twenty thousand years ago, low concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere allowed the earth to fall into the grip of an ice age. But despite decades of research, the …read more Source:: Science
On the origin of eukaryotes: When cells got complex
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•Just as physicists comprehend the origin of the universe by observing the stars and archeologists reconstruct ancient civilizations with the artifacts found today, evolutionary biologists study the diversity of modern-day …read more Source:: Science
Research may explain mysterious deep earthquakes in subduction zones
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•Geologists may have finally explained what triggers certain earthquakes that occur deep beneath the Earth’s surface in subduction zones, regions where one tectonic plate slides beneath another. The researchers have …read more Source:: Science
Why switch to Windows 10 or a Mac when you can use Linux Mint 17.3 instead?
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•Linux Mint 17.3 is the best Linux desktop operating system and it might be the best PC operating system, period, for you. …read more Source:: Linux
Sleep tight: genome secrets could help beat the bedbug’s bite
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – They emerge from their hiding places at night, driven to slake their thirst for human blood. Vampires? No. Bedbugs! …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Height influences risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer
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•The relationship of the worldwide increase in height with the development of leading chronic non-communicable diseases has been revealed in a new article. Tall people have a lower risk for …read more Source:: Science
You can teach an old dog new tricks, but younger dogs learn faster
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•Aging affects the cognitive abilities of dogs, as a recent study shows. A team of scientists studied dogs of different ages working on a specially designed touchscreen and discovered that …read more Source:: Science
Humans evolved by sharing technology and culture
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•New findings from Blombos Cave show that Stone Age man in Africa exchanged technology to a large extent. The more contact between groups, the stronger technology developed. The exchange of …read more Source:: Science
Americans are ten times more likely to die from firearms than citizens of other developed countries
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•Americans are Ten Times More Likely to Die from Firearms Than Citizens of Other Developed Countries, According to New Report Published in The American Journal of Medicine …read more Source:: Science