Astronomers like to say we are the byproducts of stars, stellar furnaces that long ago fused hydrogen and helium into the elements needed for life through the process of stellar …read more Source:: Science
Day: August 4, 2017
Unknown virus discovered in ‘throwaway’ DNA
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•A chance discovery has opened up a new method of finding unknown viruses. Researchers have revealed that Next-Generation Sequencing and its associated online DNA databases could be used in the …read more Source:: Science
Origin of human genus may have occurred by chance
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•An often cited claim that humans, who are smarter and more technologically advanced than their ancestors, originated in response to climate change is challenged in a new report. …read more Source:: Science
Skin-ditching gecko inexplicably leaves body armor behind when threatened
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•When trouble looms, the fish-scale geckos of Madagascar resort to what might seem like an extreme form of self-defense — tearing out of their own skin. Now, new research shows …read more Source:: Science
Source of Human Heartbeat Revealed in 3-D
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•A new way of producing 3-D data has been developed to show the cardiac conduction system — the special cells that enable our hearts to beat — in unprecedented detail. …read more Source:: Science