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UMD geologists uncovered evidence of a section of seafloor that sank into the Earth's mantle when dinosaurs roamed the Earth; it's located off the west coast of South America in a zone known as the East Pacific Rise.
Novel research supported by NCI could lead to more specific predictive disease models
A new University of Kansas study reveals parents seeking health care information for their children trust AI more than health care professionals when the author is unknown, and parents rate AI generated text as credible, moral and trustworthy.
Hypertension and amyloid plaques can separately cause dementia. Having both increases a person’s odds of developing cognitive decline, a new study finds
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In a new study, a Johns Hopkins Medicine-led research team reports that social stress during adolescence in female mice later results in prolonged elevation of the hormone cortisol after they give birth.
Research from OSU shows older adults are at greater risk of harm during disasters such as extreme weather events.
A team from Harvard found that hybrids between two species of butterflies produced a new species genetically distinct from both parent species and their earlier forebears.
Housing for a Healthy California program moved 200-plus people into housing, lowered their medical costs
Research conducted by the University of South Florida has traced the spread of a deadly parasite affecting long-spined sea urchins across two widely separated regions: the Caribbean and the Sea of Oman.