Category: Science
A shark mystery millions of years in the making — ScienceDaily
The biggest shark attack in history did not involve humans. A new study by Earth scientists from Yale and the College of the Atlantic has…
New research shows that an infant’s gut microbiome could contain clues to help monitor and support healthy neurological development — ScienceDaily
New research from MSU shows that an infant’s gut microbiome could contain clues to help monitor and support healthy neurological development Why do some babies…
African great apes to suffer massive range loss in next 30 years — ScienceDaily
A new study published in the journal Diversity and Distributions predicts massive range declines of Africa’s great apes — gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos — due…
Provides insight into how people decide whether they want to know what future holds — ScienceDaily
The term “doomscrolling” describes the act of endlessly scrolling through bad news on social media and reading every worrisome tidbit that pops up, a habit…
New discovery shows human cells can write RNA sequences into DNA — ScienceDaily
Cells contain machinery that duplicates DNA into a new set that goes into a newly formed cell. That same class of machines, called polymerases, also…
Scientists learn what fuels the ‘natural killers’ of the immune system — ScienceDaily
Despite a name straight from a Tarantino movie, natural killer (NK) cells are your allies when it comes to fighting infections and cancer. If T…
How an elephant’s trunk manipulates air to eat and drink — ScienceDaily
New research from the Georgia Institute of Technology finds that elephants dilate their nostrils in order to create more space in their trunks, allowing them…
Juvenile tyrannosaurs tested their chops as they grew to become bone crushers like their parents — ScienceDaily
Jack Tseng loves bone-crunching animals — hyenas are his favorite — so when paleontologist Joseph Peterson discovered fossilized dinosaur bones that had teeth marks from…
Research offers better understanding of solar geoengineering’s effect on agriculture — ScienceDaily
Solar geoengineering — putting aerosols into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and reduce global warming — is not a fix-all for climate change but it…
Dark matter map reveals hidden bridges between galaxies — ScienceDaily
A new map of dark matter in the local universe reveals several previously undiscovered filamentary structures connecting galaxies. The map, developed using machine learning by…
