Boldness correlates with the mating success, but not body size or sex, of yellow-spotted monitor lizards roaming the remote Oombulgurri floodplains of tropical Western Australia, ecologists report. Bold individuals expose …read more Source:: Science
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One-in-three chance Hayward fault will rupture within 30 years
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•In the next 30 years, there is a one-in-three chance that the Hayward fault will rupture with a 6.7 magnitude or higher earthquake. Such an earthquake will cause widespread damage …read more Source:: Science
Flint’s water crisis led to fewer babies and higher fetal death rates, researchers find
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•An estimated 275 fewer children were born in Flint, Michigan, while the city was using lead-contaminated water from the Flint River, according to new research findings. …read more Source:: Science
Exoplanet shines with glowing water atmosphere
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•Scientists have found compelling evidence for a stratosphere on an enormous planet outside our solar system. The planet’s stratosphere — a layer of atmosphere where temperature increases with higher altitudes …read more Source:: Science
Hormone replacement therapies help breast cancer grow, spread
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•Women who take hormone replacement therapies have a higher incidence of breast cancer, research shows. Now, researchers have linked natural and synthetic progestins to the body’s production of specialized cancer …read more Source:: Science
Genes, ozone, and autism
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•Exposure to ozone in the environment puts individuals with high levels of genetic variation at an even higher risk for developing autism than would be expected just by adding the …read more Source:: Science
New biomarker is higher in suicide attempters and associated with stress response
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•Researchers have measured a biomarker in cell-free blood plasma which can be linked to an overactive stress system in suicidal individuals. This biomarker can hopefully be used in future psychiatric …read more Source:: Science
Poisonous amphibian defenses are linked to higher extinction risk
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•Amphibians which have a toxic defense against predators – such as the iconic poison dart frogs – have a much higher risk of extinction than species which use other types …read more Source:: Science
New views of dwarf planet Ceres as Dawn moves higher
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•The brightest area on Ceres stands out amid shadowy, cratered terrain in a dramatic new view from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, taken as it looked off to the side of the …read more Source:: Science
Bullied kids have higher risk of adult obesity and heart disease
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•LONDON (Reuters) – Victims of childhood bullying are more likely to be overweight or obese as adults and have a higher risk of developing heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses, …read more Source:: UKScienceNews