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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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Bluetongue virus, an incurable cattle and sheep-killing disease, is spread by tiny flies once thought to disappear in winter. New research demonstrates that though they are harder to find when it’s cold, they remain active.
a new UC Riverside project aims to find out what’s behind the wide variety in body sizes among bumblebees.
Data scientist Timothy Norris highlights the cultural discourse and indigeneity tensions that mapmaking has generated, especially over the past three centuries.
NOAA has predicted a “near-normal” 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, which starts June 1. But unusually warm Atlantic Ocean temperatures could cancel the effects of the El Niño weather pattern, resulting in a busy storm season.
Researchers explore the possible biological reasons for the role the psychedelic drug MDMA may be playing in the successful treatment of PTSD.