Subsurface explorers have uncovered a previously undescribed ‘Jurassic World’ of around 100 ancient volcanoes buried deep within the Cooper-Eromanga Basins of central Australia. …read more Source:: Science
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Gut-brain connection helps explain how overeating leads to obesity
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•A multi-institutional team reveals a previously unknown gut-brain connection that helps explain how those extra servings lead to weight gain. …read more Source:: Science
A long time ago, galaxies far, far away
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•Astronomers used the combined power of multiple astronomical observatories around the world and in space to discover a treasure-trove of previously unknown ancient massive galaxies. This is the first multiple …read more Source:: Science
Evolution of life in the ocean changed 170 million years ago
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•New research identifies a previously overlooked global event which changed the course of the evolution of life in the oceans. It coincided with a rise in calcium carbonate-secreting plankton and …read more Source:: Science
Animals’ brain activity ‘syncs’ during social interactions
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•Egyptian fruit bats and mice, respectively, can ‘sync’ brainwaves in social situations. The synchronization of neural activity in the brains of human conversation partners has been shown previously, as a …read more Source:: Science
Scientists uncover a trove of genes that could hold key to how humans evolved
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•New computational analysis finds that more than two dozen human zinc finger transcription factors, previously thought to control activity of similar genes across species have in fact human-specific roles and …read more Source:: Science
Eastern forests shaped more by Native Americans’ burning than climate change
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•Native Americans’ use of fire to manage vegetation in what is now the Eastern United States was more profound than previously believed, according to a researcher who determined that forest …read more Source:: Science
Devil rays may have unknown birthing zone
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•The discovery of dozens of pregnant giant devil rays tangled in fishing nets in a village along Mexico’s Gulf of California could mean the endangered species has a previously unknown …read more Source:: Science
Jurassic crocodile discovery sheds light on reptiles’ family tree
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•A 150 million-year-old fossil has been identified as a previously unseen species of ancient crocodile that developed a tail fin and paddle-like limbs for life in the sea. …read more Source:: Science
Icy giant planets in the laboratory
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•Giant planets like Neptune may contain much less free hydrogen than previously assumed. Researchers drove shock waves through two different types of plastic to reach the same temperatures and pressures …read more Source:: Science