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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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Combining experiments in the laboratory with drifters deployed in matts of thick seaweed, scientist Maria Josefina Olascoaga and others hope to learn more about the oceanic conditions that transport the brown macroalgae.
Heat domes will only become more frequent and intense with climate change, warns an atmospheric scientist.
Research finds living in impoverished neighborhoods in adolescence to early adulthood can affect sleep.
Research teams discovered a new molecular mechanism for how cells in ovaries, called oocytes, are made available for sustaining ovarian function during the development of fetal ovaries.
New research shows that humans are not the only creatures that have to balance conflicting demands — male olive baboons also make trade-offs between mating and parenting.