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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 team of experts led by Michigan State University has received a $10 million grant from the USDA to create more sustainable and equitable food systems.
Researchers reveal key information about the first signs of life and what Earth was like billions of years ago.
According to a study from the University at Buffalo the U.S. doesn’t have the kind of strict regulations against toxic metals for commercially produced baby foods that parents might expect.
Scientists describe the microscopic structure of a recently discovered group of superconductors for the first time, a small step toward paving the way for future advances in superconducting technology.
2 Brown scholars from different fields of study set out to discuss the parallels between artificial intelligence and human intelligence.