Rest has long been the cornerstone of concussion treatment. For sports-related head injuries, for example, current guidelines say children should avoid returning to play — and all other physical activity …read more Source:: Science
Month: April 2016
Newly discovered baby Titanosaur sheds light on dinosaurs’ early lives
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•Long-necked sauropod dinosaurs include the largest animals ever to walk on land, but they hatched from eggs no bigger than a soccer ball. …read more Source:: Science
Unique fragment from Earth’s formation returns after billions of years in cold storage
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•Astronomers have found a unique object that appears to be made of inner solar system material from the time of Earth’s formation, billions of years ago. Observations show that C/2014 …read more Source:: Science
Mechanism discovered for plants to regulate their flowering in a warming world
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•A new mechanism that enables plants to regulate their flowering in response to raised temperatures has been discovered by researchers. The finding could potentially lead to the development of technology …read more Source:: Science
Birds of prey constrained in the beak evolution race
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•How birds’ beaks evolved characteristic shapes to eat different food is a classic example of evolution by natural selection. However, new research found this does not apply to all species, …read more Source:: Science
The gut microbiomes of infants have an impact on autoimmunity
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•By looking at the gut microbiomes of infants from three different countries, the team uncovered evidence that not only supports the hygiene hypothesis, but also points to interactions among bacterial …read more Source:: Science
Red Hat ditches effort to port Node.js to Java
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•By Paul Krill Sometimes, the best intentions just don’t work out. Such is the case with Red Hat-sponsored Nodyn, an open source effort intended to port the Node.js server-side JavaScript platform to the …read more Source:: OpenSource
Building on shells: Study starts unraveling mysteries of Calusa kingdom
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•Centuries before modern countries such as Dubai and China started building islands, native peoples in southwest Florida known as the Calusa were piling shells into massive heaps to construct their …read more Source:: Science
Origin of Earth’s oldest crystals
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•New research suggests that the very oldest pieces of rock on Earth — zircon crystals — are likely to have formed in the craters left by violent asteroid impacts that …read more Source:: Science
Not just climate change: Human activity is a major factor driving wildfires
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•A new study examining wildfires in California found that human activity explains as much about their frequency and location as climate influences. …read more Source:: Science