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Sparrows uniquely adapted to Bay Area marshes are losing their uniqueness

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Pacific kelp forests are far older than we thought

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A genetic analysis of bone fragments unearthed at an archaeological site in central Germany shows conclusively that modern humans — Homo sapiens — had already reached Northern Europe 45,000 years ago, overlapping with Neanderthals for several thousand years before the latter went extinct.

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Evidence for huge underwater eruption 500,000 years ago, part of a still-active volcanic arc in the Aegean

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Formaldehyde, a carcinogen, is also used by the body to regulate our genes

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Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when burned — or thinned

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Innovative design achieves better resolution for functional MRI brain imaging

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How to use AI for discovery — without leading science astray

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Hummingbirds' unique sideways flutter gets them through small apertures

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Webb telescope discovers intense jet stream in Jupiter’s atmosphere

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Closest supernova in a decade reveals how exploding stars evolve

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First evidence that a recognizable song can be reconstructed from brain recordings — Pink Floyd’s ‘Another Brick in the Wall’ is reconstructed by decoding listeners’ brain activity

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Researchers have uncovered a potential mechanism in humans that explains how and why deep-sleep brain waves at night are able to regulate the body’s sensitivity to insulin, which in turn improves blood sugar control the next day

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Superior amounts of deep, slow-wave sleep can act as a protective factor against memory decline in those with existing high amounts of Alzheimer’s disease pathology — a potentially significant advance that experts say could help alleviate some of dementia’s most devastating outcomes.

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New study explores why we disagree so often: our concepts about and associations with even the most basic words vary widely, and, at the same time, people tend to significantly overestimate how many others hold the same conceptual beliefs

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Even in small businesses, minimum wage hikes don’t cause job losses, study finds: Restaurants, retail stores and other small businesses, long thought to be vulnerable to increases in the minimum wage, generally do not cut jobs and may actually benefit when governments raise minimum pay

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Climate change, urbanization drive major declines in L.A.’s birds

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Scientists discover secret to waking up alert and refreshed

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Moskowitz: Cellphone radiation is harmful, but few want to believe it (2021)

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New inhaled COVID-19 therapeutic blocks viral replication in the lungs

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A new study now shows that lack of sleep also affects social interactions, making people less willing to help others

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Astronomers may have detected a ‘dark’ free-floating black hole

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Skydiving salamanders live in world’s tallest trees

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Engineered crystals could help computers run on less power

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Staunchly conservative Fox News viewers who spent a month tuning in to CNN instead reported a broad shift in their political opinions, study finds

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A new study of black-handed spider monkeys in Panama shows that they seek out and eat fruit that is ripe enough to have fermented, containing as much as 2% ethanol

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Axion is the most favored candidate for dark matter

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A study has found today’s marine invertebrates have chromosomes with the same ancient structure they inherited from their primitive ancestors more than 600 million years ago…

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New studies show that basic mathematical operations such as counting may be dependent on language and culture, challenging long-held hypotheses about the innateness of numerical thinking

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Sparrows uniquely adapted to Bay Area marshes are losing their uniqueness

Pacific kelp forests are far older than we thought

A genetic analysis of bone fragments unearthed at an archaeological site in central Germany shows conclusively that modern humans — Homo sapiens — had already reached Northern Europe 45,000 years ago, overlapping with Neanderthals for several thousand years before the latter went extinct.

Evidence for huge underwater eruption 500,000 years ago, part of a still-active volcanic arc in the Aegean

Formaldehyde, a carcinogen, is also used by the body to regulate our genes

Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when burned — or thinned

Innovative design achieves better resolution for functional MRI brain imaging

How to use AI for discovery — without leading science astray

Hummingbirds' unique sideways flutter gets them through small apertures

Webb telescope discovers intense jet stream in Jupiter’s atmosphere

Closest supernova in a decade reveals how exploding stars evolve

First evidence that a recognizable song can be reconstructed from brain recordings — Pink Floyd’s ‘Another Brick in the Wall’ is reconstructed by decoding listeners’ brain activity

Researchers have uncovered a potential mechanism in humans that explains how and why deep-sleep brain waves at night are able to regulate the body’s sensitivity to insulin, which in turn improves blood sugar control the next day

Superior amounts of deep, slow-wave sleep can act as a protective factor against memory decline in those with existing high amounts of Alzheimer’s disease pathology — a potentially significant advance that experts say could help alleviate some of dementia’s most devastating outcomes.

Rates of U.S

New study explores why we disagree so often: our concepts about and associations with even the most basic words vary widely, and, at the same time, people tend to significantly overestimate how many others hold the same conceptual beliefs

Even in small businesses, minimum wage hikes don’t cause job losses, study finds: Restaurants, retail stores and other small businesses, long thought to be vulnerable to increases in the minimum wage, generally do not cut jobs and may actually benefit when governments raise minimum pay

Climate change, urbanization drive major declines in L.A.’s birds

Scientists discover secret to waking up alert and refreshed

Moskowitz: Cellphone radiation is harmful, but few want to believe it (2021)

New inhaled COVID-19 therapeutic blocks viral replication in the lungs

A new study now shows that lack of sleep also affects social interactions, making people less willing to help others

Astronomers may have detected a ‘dark’ free-floating black hole

Skydiving salamanders live in world’s tallest trees

Engineered crystals could help computers run on less power

Staunchly conservative Fox News viewers who spent a month tuning in to CNN instead reported a broad shift in their political opinions, study finds

A new study of black-handed spider monkeys in Panama shows that they seek out and eat fruit that is ripe enough to have fermented, containing as much as 2% ethanol

Axion is the most favored candidate for dark matter

A study has found today’s marine invertebrates have chromosomes with the same ancient structure they inherited from their primitive ancestors more than 600 million years ago…

New studies show that basic mathematical operations such as counting may be dependent on language and culture, challenging long-held hypotheses about the innateness of numerical thinking