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International Science 

Fossil Shows Giant Predator Worms Lurked in Deep Sea 20 Million Years Ago

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 DANIEL CONRAD
animals, fossils, oceans, Research

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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Health Science 

Pesticides Linked to Insomnia in Bees

January 21, 2021January 22, 2021 CARSON McCULLOUGH
bees, pesticides, Research, sleep

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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International Science 

New Patagonian Dinosaur May Be Largest Yet: Scientists

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Dinosaurs, Research

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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Environment Science Technology 

Robot ‘Jellyfish’ to Protect Endangered Coral Reefs

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
coral reefs, fish, Research, robotics

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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Environment International Technology 

Satellite Images to Aid Elephant Conservation From Space

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Africa, conservationists, Elephants, poaching, Research, satellite

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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Science 

Ancient Copper Findings Shed Light on Origins of Money

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 NINA PULLANO
artifacts, currency, history, Research

Copper objects discovered in Central Europe present the earliest known standardized currency, hinting at money’s earliest origins.

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Environment Science 

Female Bengalese Finches Have Lifelong Love for Their Father’s Singing

January 20, 2021January 21, 2021 CARSON McCULLOUGH
birds, Research

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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Health Science 

Turn Back Time? Study Hints at Way to Halt Decline as We Age

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
age, diseases, Research

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.

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Environment Science 

Monarch Butterfly Population Moves Closer to Extinction

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
butterfly, California, insects, Research

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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Health National Science 

More Transmissible Virus Strain Expected to Take Over US by March

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 NINA PULLANO
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, coronavirus, Research

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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Health Science 

Human Eye Cells Survived Transplant to Primates in Blindness Study

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 DANIEL CONRAD
blind, primates, Research

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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Criminal Government International 

MIT Professor Charged With Hiding Work for China

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
China, college, Fraud, Research

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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Environment Science 

Electric Eels More Creative, Social Hunters Than Previously Thought

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 CARSON McCULLOUGH
Brazil, fish, Lakes, Research

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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Environment Science 

‘Corals Are Being Cooked’: a Third of Taiwan’s Reefs Are Dying

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Climate change, conservationists, coral reefs, Research, Taiwan

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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Health Science 

Survey Finds Global Mistrust Could Weigh on Vaccine Rollout

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
conspiracy theories, coronavirus, Research, vaccines

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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Health National Science 

Another Record Decline Reported in US Cancer Death Rate

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
cancer, Medicine, Research

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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Health Science 

Mice Study Shows Link Between Sleep and Stress

January 12, 2021January 13, 2021 JASON SANDEFUR
Medicine, Research, sleep

Feeling stressed? It could be because you’re sleeping poorly at night.

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Environment Health Science 

From Macaques to Crabs, Wildlife Faces Threat From Face Masks

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
coronavirus, plastic, pollution, primates, Research

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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Consumers Environment Science 

Washing Your Clothes Can Create Arctic Microplastic Pollution

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
apparel, plastic, Research

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.

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Government Health International Science 

Experts Head to China to Investigate Virus Origins

January 11, 2021January 12, 2021 CAIN BURDEAU
China, coronavirus, investigation, Research, United Nations

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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