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Efforts to save sea turtles are a 'global conservation success story'A new study of the world's seven sea turtle species provides evidence that their numbers are growing overall (unlike many endangered vertebrates),...
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One e-cigarette with nicotine leads to adrenaline changes in nonsmokers' hearts
Electronic cigarettes have been touted as both a safer alternative for smokers and as an effective way for people to gradually quit smoking...
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3-D analysis of dog fossils sheds light on domestication debate
In an effort to settle the debate about the origin of dog domestication, a technique that uses 3-D scans of fossils is helping researchers...
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Protected waters foster resurgence of West Coast rockfish
West Coast rockfish species in deep collapse only 20 years ago have multiplied rapidly in large marine protected areas off Southern California,...
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Immune cells may heal bleeding brain after strokes
By studying rodents, researchers showed that instead of attacking germs, some neutrophils may help heal the brain after an intracerebral...
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Communication among health care facilities key to preventing spread of drug-resistant bacteria
Communication breakdowns between care facilities can pave the way for outbreaks of infection, according to research on the spread of an extensively...
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Fly away home? Ice age may have clipped bird migration
The onset of the last ice age may have forced some bird species to abandon their northerly migrations for thousands of years, says new research led...
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Automatic code reuse: System automatically modifies code for transfer to other programs
Researchers have developed a new system that allows programmers to transplant code from one program into another. The programmer can select the...
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Small intestine permeable peptides facilitate digestive tract absorption
Biopharmaceuticals, medium- and high-molecular weight biologically active macromolecules, are not easily absorbed by the small intestine, the main...
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Hold the phone: An ambulance might lower your chances of surviving some injuries
Victims of gunshots and stabbings are significantly less likely to die if they're taken to the trauma center by a private vehicle than ground...
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Mathematics predicts a sixth mass extinction
Scientists have analyzed significant changes in the carbon cycle over the last 540 million years, including the five mass extinction events. They...
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Plants combine color and fragrance to procure pollinators
Who knew that it's possible to predict the fragrance of a flower by looking at its color? This is true for many of the 41 insect-pollinated plant...
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Homosexuality is unnatural because kids find it ‘icky,’ Christian extremists argue"There is a natural ick factor where children who have not been corrupted say, 'Ick, that’s gross!'"