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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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A new study shows that new housing construction in flood-prone areas has contributed to increasing risk across North Carolina despite community and government efforts to reduce flood damage.
A new study finds the production of meat, dairy and rice are the leading sources of emissions within global food systems, stating improved management practices and changes in diet could go a long way to addressing the issues.
Dartmouth researchers report that the financial toll of El Niño can persist for several years after the event itself & cost trillions in lost income worldwide.
A team led by researchers at Purdue University has developed a biopsy technique that may reveal signs of Parkinson’s disease in urine samples.
According to a new study, what the human genome lacks compared with the genomes of other primates was crucial to the development of humankind.