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1 day ago · Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls. You began when egg and sperm met, and the DNA from your biological parents teamed up.
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4 days ago · Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls. The Great Lakes formed where they did 20,000 years ago thanks to a hotspot that sat under the supercontinent Pangaea 300 million years ago,...
RealClearScience - Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls
Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls. You began when egg and sperm met, and the DNA from your biological parents teamed up.
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Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls. Not for nothing are dogs called man’s best friend: they are good for their owners’ mental and physical health, and some studies...
'Exceptional' Global Warming Spike Continued in 2024
1 day ago · Global average temperatures in 2024 were the hottest on record, surpassing the previous record set in 2023 by a clear margin. In three global temperature assessments released on 10 January, climate scientists reported that temperatures across the world rose faster than expected, reaching 1.46°C–1.62°C above the preindustrial baseline.
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Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls. Life on Earth could not exist without carbon. But carbon itself could not exist without stars.
Why Alzheimer’s Scientists Are Re-thinking the Amyloid Hypothesis
4 days ago · F or decades, scientists have been trying to develop therapeutics for people living with Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by cognitive decline. Given the global rise in cases, the stakes are high.A study published in The Lancet Public Health reports that the number of adults living with dementia worldwide is expected to nearly triple, to 153 ...
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6 days ago · Five years on from the first news of COVID, recent reports of an obscure respiratory virus in China may understandably raise concerns. Chinese authorities first issued warnings about human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in 2023, but media reports indicate cases may be increasing again during China’s winter season.
Why Do We Sleep and How Can We Sleep Better? - RealClearScience
Dec 17, 2024 · We spend about a third of our lives sleeping. But do we know why we do it? Is it for biological, psychological, or evolutionary reasons? Much research has based its findings on what happens when we don’t sleep enough.The effects …
The Universe Is Smoother Than Theory Suggests
Sep 27, 2024 · Given how unfathomably large the universe is, it is perhaps understandable that we haven’t yet cracked all its secrets. But there are actually some pretty basic features, ones we used to think we could explain, that cosmologists are increasingly struggling to make sense of.