Stone tools found with a 5,300-year-old frozen mummy from Northern Italy reveal how alpine Copper Age communities lived. …read more Source:: Science
Month: June 2018
Compound made inside human body stops viruses from replicating
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•A team of researchers has identified the mode of action of viperin, a naturally occurring enzyme in humans and other mammals that is known to have antiviral effects on viruses …read more Source:: Science
Gene-edited pigs are resistant to billion dollar virus
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•Scientists have produced pigs that can resist one of the world’s most costly animal diseases, by changing their genetic code. Tests with the virus — called Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory …read more Source:: Science
World’s first known manta ray nursery
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•Located in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas at NOAA’s Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, the juvenile manta ray habitat is the first of its kind …read more Source:: Science
Everything big data claims to know about you could be wrong
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•When it comes to understanding what makes people tick — and get sick — medical science has long assumed that the bigger the sample of human subjects, the better. But …read more Source:: Science
Clovis site: Montana burial site answers questions about early humans
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•Scientists have shown that at the Anzick site in Montana – the only known Clovis burial site – the skeletal remains of a young child and the antler and stone …read more Source:: Science
Insight into infant handling by young bonobos
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•Drawn to a behavior she didn’t understand, a researcher watching bonobos in a zoo has revealed how young female bonobos prepare for motherhood. …read more Source:: Science
Marriage may protect against heart disease/stroke and associated risk of death
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•Marriage may protect against the development of heart disease/stroke as well as influencing who is more likely to die of it, suggests a new analysis. …read more Source:: Science
Two new creatures discovered from dawn of animal life
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•Earth’s first complex animals were an eclectic bunch that lived in the shallow oceans between 580-540 million years ago. …read more Source:: Science
BPA can induce multigenerational effects on ability to communicate
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•Past studies have shown that biparental care of offspring can be affected negatively when females and males are exposed to bisphenol A (BPA); however, previous studies have not characterized how …read more Source:: Science