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+34Your Gut Microbiome: The Most Important Organ You’ve Never Heard Of | Erika Ebbel Angle | TEDxFargo
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+39Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming conclusion puts humanity on notice
Global action is urgently needed to tackle microplastic – and the problem has never been more pressing.
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+4160% of Earth's Food Crops Aren't Being Visited by Enough Pollinators
Some of our favorite food crops around the world aren't reaching their full potential because of fewer visits from the insects that pollinate them, a new study has found.
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+40Alzheimer's breakthrough: Cancer drug wakes up sleepy brain cells in mice and human brain cells
an experimental cancer drug appeared to re-energize the brains of mice that had a form of Alzheimer’s — and even restore their ability to learn and remember.
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+37Don’t stop me now: Queen’s Brian May on saving badgers — and the scientific method
The guitarist has spent a decade studying the science of bovine tuberculosis and identified a new method of spread.
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+46Stonehenge megalith came from Scotland, not Wales, ‘jaw-dropping’ study finds
Monument’s largest ‘bluestone’ moved more than 450 miles – a discovery researchers say rewrites relationships between Neolithic populations
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+24Heart of the Matter: Higher LDL on Keto Does NOT Mean More Plaque.
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+38What’s the secret of genetic equality between the sexes? New platypus chromosome research may hold the key
Females have twice as many copies of some genes as males do – and exactly how different species manage this imbalance has puzzled scientists for decades.
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+18Teen Builds His Own Nuclear Fusion Reactor At College
Cesare Mencarini’s recent extended project qualification (EPQ) earned him an “A” for his studies in the United Kingdom—and became, it is believed, the first nuclear reactor built in a school environment.
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+40Autism could be diagnosed with stool sample, scientists say
Researchers found differences in the gut microbes of autistic people, raising hopes for faster diagnosis
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+37Crows and Magpies Snatch Anti-Bird Spikes to Build Their Nests
Birds in Europe are prying up the metal barbs, meant to repel them from roosting on buildings, and using the devices as nesting material
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+34NASA is investing in a rocket that could get humans to Mars and back in 2 months — and travel at 100,000 mph
The Pulsed Plasma Rocket could significantly shorten a round-trip to Mars, reduce risks to astronauts' health, and be ready to launch in 20 years.
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+21Quantum Entanglement in Neurons May Actually Explain Consciousness
how various circuits throughout the brain align their firing is an enduring mystery, one some theorists suggest might have a solution that involves quantum entanglement.
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+29A Family Ate 1 Year Old Frozen Leftovers For Breakfast. This Is What Happened To Their Organs.
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+26Gobsmacking Study Finds Life on Earth Emerged 4.2 Billion Years Ago
Once upon a time, Earth was barren.
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+38The cancer research flaw uncovered by a Sydney student
Undergraduate Danielle Oste found something thousands of scientists had overlooked.
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+32Forever Chemicals Seep Through Human Skin, Alarming Study Confirms
An inescapable form of human pollution is seeping into our bodies in ways we never fully realized.
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+32Hermaphroditism: Nature Isn't Binary
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+6The weird and wonderful world of animal sleep
Animals can sleep on the wing, standing up, sitting in a tree or diving in the ocean. Many don't close their eyes, and some don't even have eyelids. Here are some of the strangest ways to snooze.
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+28These Gray Whales Are Shrinking, and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
Gray whales in a small group that sticks close to the shores of the Pacific Northwest appear to be shrinking—and shockingly quickly