Fossil Shows Giant Predator Worms Lurked in Deep Sea 20 Million Years Ago
A large, fossilized marine burrow dating to about 20 million years ago was likely home to giant, ambush-predator worms, according to research published Thursday.
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Pesticides Linked to Insomnia in Bees
New research suggests that pesticides are preventing insects from following a healthy and regular sleep schedule, a consequence that could help to explain why some pollinating insects are disappearing from the wild.
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New Patagonian Dinosaur May Be Largest Yet: Scientists
Scientists have unearthed massive, 98-million-year-old fossils in southwest Argentina they say may have belonged to the largest dinosaur ever discovered.
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Robot ‘Jellyfish’ to Protect Endangered Coral Reefs
A robot inspired by the shape and delicate underwater movements of a jellyfish, allowing it to safely explore endangered coral reefs, was unveiled by British scientists on Wednesday.
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Satellite Images to Aid Elephant Conservation From Space
Conservationists have started using satellite imagery to count elephants from space, a technique that British experts hope will help protect threatened populations in Africa.
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Ancient Copper Findings Shed Light on Origins of Money
Copper objects discovered in Central Europe present the earliest known standardized currency, hinting at money’s earliest origins.
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Female Bengalese Finches Have Lifelong Love for Their Father’s Singing
Female Bengalese finches have a natural preference for their fathers’ songs over the songs of any other birds — a preference they will carry for their entire lives.
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Turn Back Time? Study Hints at Way to Halt Decline as We Age
The march of time can be unkind to the human body, but new research hints at a cause — and possible solution — for some of the ailments and decline that often come with age.
Read moreMonarch Butterfly Population Moves Closer to Extinction
The number of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has plummeted precipitously to a record low, putting the orange-and-black insects closer to extinction, researchers announced Tuesday.
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More Transmissible Virus Strain Expected to Take Over US by March
A new CDC report models how the new strain and existing ones will spread over the next several months, showing explosive numbers without widespread vaccination.
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Human Eye Cells Survived Transplant to Primates in Blindness Study
The retinal cells from a human cadaver’s eye were successfully transplanted into primate eyes, an important step in perfecting surgical interventions to fight blindness, according to new medical research published Thursday.
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MIT Professor Charged With Hiding Work for China
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor was charged Thursday with hiding work he did for the Chinese government while he was also collecting U.S. dollars for his nanotechnology research.
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Electric Eels More Creative, Social Hunters Than Previously Thought
A new study reveals that electric eels, once thought to be solitary predators, can utilize cunning group hunting techniques to ensnare prey that would prove too challenging to catch alone.
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‘Corals Are Being Cooked’: a Third of Taiwan’s Reefs Are Dying
Nearly a third of Taiwan’s corals are dying from bleaching caused by warming oceans in an alarming phenomenon that poses a severe threat to the island’s delicate underwater ecosystem, conservationists warned Wednesday.
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Survey Finds Global Mistrust Could Weigh on Vaccine Rollout
Waning trust in governments and all types of media is threatening to limit the rollout of coronavirus vaccines around the world, particularly in the United States, according to a survey conducted by communications firm Edelman.
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Another Record Decline Reported in US Cancer Death Rate
Researchers on Tuesday reported another record one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, a drop they attribute to success against lung cancer.
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Mice Study Shows Link Between Sleep and Stress
Feeling stressed? It could be because you’re sleeping poorly at night.
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From Macaques to Crabs, Wildlife Faces Threat From Face Masks
Masks that helped save lives during the coronavirus pandemic are proving a deadly hazard for wildlife, with birds and marine creatures ensnared in the staggering number of discarded facial coverings littering animal habitats.
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Washing Your Clothes Can Create Arctic Microplastic Pollution
Households in Europe and North America are flooding the oceans with plastic pollution simply by washing their clothes, scientists said Tuesday after research found the majority of microplastics in Arctic seawater were polyester fibers.
Read moreExperts Head to China to Investigate Virus Origins
A year after China reported the world’s first death caused by the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization said on Monday that an international team of experts is headed to China to investigate how the pandemic started.
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