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Bats Avoid Mid-Air Crashes by Adjusting Their Echolocation During Flight
A recent study conducted in Israel’s Hula Valley reveals how bats manage to avoid collisions while exiting caves in large groups. Despite the expected interference from their echolocation calls, which could lead to crashes, bats have adapted by making behavioural changes. They fan out in flight, switching to higher-frequency calls that are shorte...
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One-Third Of Galaxy's Most Common Planets Could Be In Habitable Zone: Study
Many exoplanets orbiting common, small stars like this one could host liquid water and potentially life.
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Study Warns Greenland Glacier Is Melting Away With The Tide
Their research is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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Archaeologists Discover Biblical War Related To Earth's Magnetic Field: Report
A breakthrough archaeological method that relies on recreating the Earth's geomagnetic field from several historical periods thousands of years ago has been used to confirm a biblical narrative of an ancient Egyptian military assault against Israel.
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World's Oldest Bread: Scientists Find Remains Of 14,000 Years Old Bread
Scientists have found that the oldest direct evidence of bread found to date is at least 4,000 years before the advent of agriculture, according to a new study.
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US NAS Says Use Gene-Editing Tools for Disease, Not Designer Babies
The US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) issued a 200-page-plus report Tuesday meant to serve as ethical guidelines for gene-editing technologies.
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Gene That Regulates Desire To Drink Alcohol Identified
In a step that could lead to development of drugs to regulate alcohol consumption, researchers have identified a gene variant that suppresses the desire for a drink.
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Lack Of Water Drove Alaska Island Mammoths To Extinction
Scientists say that one of the last surviving populations of woolly mammoths was likely driven to extinction by lack of drinking water.
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A New Theory For Dinosaur Extinction: 50 Million Years Of Whimpering, Then A Bang
What killed the dinosaurs? It's a question scientists are still trying to answer, and the case isn't going to be closed anytime soon. But a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides a new twist: According to the new research, dinosaurs may have been on a long, slow decline for tens of millions of years b...
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Seas Are Now Rising Faster Than They Have In 2,800 Years, Scientists Say
A group of scientists says it has now reconstructed the history of the planet's sea levels arcing back over some 3,000 years - leading it to conclude that the rate of increase experienced in the 20th century was "extremely likely" to have been faster than during nearly the entire period.
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Chromium Diet Pills May Cause Cancer: Study
Long term use of nutritional supplements containing chromium may increase the risk of contracting cancer, warns a new study.
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An Hour-By-Hour Look at How a Conspiracy Theory Becomes 'Truth' on Facebook
Conspiracy theories, hoaxes and other variants of baloney have become so prevalent and intractable on Facebook that we no longer bother to debunk them. But a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides some insight on exactly how misinformation spreads - with big implications for the fight against it.
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Another Contagious Form Of Cancer Discovered
In an indication that transmissible cancer may not be as rare as generally believed, researchers have identified a second, genetically distinct variety in Tasmania devils, iconic small dog-sized carnivores that are only found in the wild on the Australian island state of Tasmania.
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Meet The Animal That May Never Die
Is there a creature that can defeat death? Yes, says new research that confirmed that the tiny hydra - a centimetre-long polyp that inhabits fresh water all over the world - does not age and, if kept in ideal conditions, may just live forever.
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Sharing a Husband May Lead to Greater Wealth and Health, Study Says
Children can thrive in polygamous families and are often better off than those from monogamous households in poor communities, researchers said on Monday, calling for greater cultural sensitivity among campaigners seeking to ban polygamy.
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Bats Avoid Mid-Air Crashes by Adjusting Their Echolocation During Flight
A recent study conducted in Israel’s Hula Valley reveals how bats manage to avoid collisions while exiting caves in large groups. Despite the expected interference from their echolocation calls, which could lead to crashes, bats have adapted by making behavioural changes. They fan out in flight, switching to higher-frequency calls that are shorte...
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One-Third Of Galaxy's Most Common Planets Could Be In Habitable Zone: Study
Many exoplanets orbiting common, small stars like this one could host liquid water and potentially life.
-
Study Warns Greenland Glacier Is Melting Away With The Tide
Their research is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
-
Archaeologists Discover Biblical War Related To Earth's Magnetic Field: Report
A breakthrough archaeological method that relies on recreating the Earth's geomagnetic field from several historical periods thousands of years ago has been used to confirm a biblical narrative of an ancient Egyptian military assault against Israel.
-
World's Oldest Bread: Scientists Find Remains Of 14,000 Years Old Bread
Scientists have found that the oldest direct evidence of bread found to date is at least 4,000 years before the advent of agriculture, according to a new study.
-
US NAS Says Use Gene-Editing Tools for Disease, Not Designer Babies
The US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) issued a 200-page-plus report Tuesday meant to serve as ethical guidelines for gene-editing technologies.
-
Gene That Regulates Desire To Drink Alcohol Identified
In a step that could lead to development of drugs to regulate alcohol consumption, researchers have identified a gene variant that suppresses the desire for a drink.
-
Lack Of Water Drove Alaska Island Mammoths To Extinction
Scientists say that one of the last surviving populations of woolly mammoths was likely driven to extinction by lack of drinking water.
-
A New Theory For Dinosaur Extinction: 50 Million Years Of Whimpering, Then A Bang
What killed the dinosaurs? It's a question scientists are still trying to answer, and the case isn't going to be closed anytime soon. But a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides a new twist: According to the new research, dinosaurs may have been on a long, slow decline for tens of millions of years b...
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Seas Are Now Rising Faster Than They Have In 2,800 Years, Scientists Say
A group of scientists says it has now reconstructed the history of the planet's sea levels arcing back over some 3,000 years - leading it to conclude that the rate of increase experienced in the 20th century was "extremely likely" to have been faster than during nearly the entire period.
-
Chromium Diet Pills May Cause Cancer: Study
Long term use of nutritional supplements containing chromium may increase the risk of contracting cancer, warns a new study.
-
An Hour-By-Hour Look at How a Conspiracy Theory Becomes 'Truth' on Facebook
Conspiracy theories, hoaxes and other variants of baloney have become so prevalent and intractable on Facebook that we no longer bother to debunk them. But a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides some insight on exactly how misinformation spreads - with big implications for the fight against it.
-
Another Contagious Form Of Cancer Discovered
In an indication that transmissible cancer may not be as rare as generally believed, researchers have identified a second, genetically distinct variety in Tasmania devils, iconic small dog-sized carnivores that are only found in the wild on the Australian island state of Tasmania.
-
Meet The Animal That May Never Die
Is there a creature that can defeat death? Yes, says new research that confirmed that the tiny hydra - a centimetre-long polyp that inhabits fresh water all over the world - does not age and, if kept in ideal conditions, may just live forever.
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Sharing a Husband May Lead to Greater Wealth and Health, Study Says
Children can thrive in polygamous families and are often better off than those from monogamous households in poor communities, researchers said on Monday, calling for greater cultural sensitivity among campaigners seeking to ban polygamy.
