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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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USC scientists and engineers have developed an on-the-spot, temperature-sensitive gel that could seal eye injuries on the battlefield.
Steve Farber, principal investigator at the Carnegie Institution for Science and a Johns Hopkins biology professor explains Rudolph’s nose.
Johns Hopkins University researchers explain how unexplainable plot lines in holiday classics like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and A Christmas Carol just might be (almost) (possibly) possible.
David Kass, the Abraham and Virginia Weiss Professor of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Medicine, explains The Grinch’s heart condition.
Ibrahima “Ibou” Bah, an assistant professor of Physics & Astronomy, explains Scrooge’s time-travel.