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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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Researchers from Tulane University, Coastal Carolina University and The Water Institute of the Gulf believe mud, the most plentiful sediment type carried by the Mississippi River, may be the most powerful tool in building land.
If you want to see the Eiffel Tower, you don’t have to go to Paris. Just look down at your feet — but watch your step.
Using step data captured by smartphones, Stanford researchers have defined a new public health risk they call activity inequality. That's the gap between people who walk a lot and those who walk very little.
Stanford researchers have found that humpback whales flap their foreflippers like penguins or sea lions. This unexpected observation helps explain whale maneuvering and could improve designs inspired by their movement.
A study by researchers at Stony Brook University indicates concrete construction waste can help rid the air of sulfur dioxide, a major pollutant