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08/25/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Foreign landscape: Scientists find vibrant “living rocks,” mirror pools on ocean floor
At the bottom of Mexico’s Gulf of California lies hydrothermal vents and cold seeps with hydrocarbon-rich fluids. A recent scientific expedition to this alien environment uncovered the existence of massive venting mineral towers that teemed with strange organisms. The towers reached heights of 23 m and widths of 10 m. Their volcanic flanges heated the […]
08/24/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Unlocking the secrets of Ancient Egypt: Archaeologists uncover dozens of mummified animals in the Tomb of Tutu
The mummified remains of cats, dogs, falcons, and mice haunted a recently discovered tomb in Egypt. Experts believed that the animals were not the coterie of favored animals that got buried with their late owners. Instead, the animals were sacrificed and preserved as consecrated offerings to the dead. Inscriptions found in the burial site identified […]
08/22/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Why does coral have creatures that make chlorophyll but don’t photosynthesize?
What do you call a tiny critter that lives in most corals and creates chlorophyll but doesn’t bother using it to turn sunlight into energy? Dubbed corallicolid, this unusual creature is the first known organism that is capable of phototropic behavior yet doesn’t perform photosynthesis. Corallicolids belong to the phylum Apicomplexa. Its relatives include the […]
08/20/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Researchers use electrical stimulation to improve depression symptoms
Patients with depression may experience improvements in their symptoms if they tried a new electricity-based stimulation therapy. Developed by North Carolina-based researchers, the transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) treatment applies gentle electrical stimulation to the scalp to adjust the recipient’s natural alpha brainwaves. In a recent study, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill placed […]
08/19/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Bacteria may travel around the world using “air bridges,” explaining how superbugs share genes
Bacteria do not need animal or human carriers to spread. A Rutgers-led study suggests that microbes take advantage of natural air currents and use them as bridges to travel from one remote location to another. The genes that encode antibiotic resistance in bacteria appear in many seemingly unrelated bacterial species. Even microbes separated by thousands of miles rely […]
08/18/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Researchers discover a planet orbiting a star rocked by “starquakes”
The first exoplanet found by NASA’s TESS space telescope dances around a similarly exciting star. The planet is a type of gas giant called a “hot Saturn” while the system primarily displays signs of “starquakes.” Experts say that stars sometimes experience seismic waves. The oscillations produced by these starquakes disrupt the brightness of their host. […]
08/13/2019
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By Edsel Cook
The antibiotics of the future might come from… fish slime?
The mucus layer of fish protect them from injuries and harmful infections. Certain beneficial bacteria that live in fish slime might help in the development of new antimicrobial treatments for drug-resistant infections. Excessive use of antibiotics for treating minor diseases and for fattening animals has led to the appearance of multidrug-resistant bacteria. This has caused researchers to desperately […]
08/13/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Can your inbuilt “compass” respond to changes in Earth’s magnetic field?
A team of Japanese and American researchers reported that some humans share the natural ability of animals to detect magnetic fields. Thanks to their internal compass that senses the north magnetic pole, these individuals may have a superior sense of direction compared with other people. Homing pigeons, turtles, and warthogs are just some examples of […]
08/11/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Not as easy as in the movies: Scientists say blowing up asteroids that threaten life on Earth will be extremely difficult
Most Hollywood films that revolve around asteroid impacts end with the heroes successfully blowing up the incoming space rock in the nick of time. But researchers warn that a potential killer asteroid hurtling toward Earth is going to be much harder to stop in real life. Like many others before them, the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) looked […]
08/10/2019
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By Edsel Cook
NASA has pictures of Martian “mushrooms” indicating proof of life, says controversial new research
Years ago, NASA’s Curiosity rover snapped a set of photos of the surface of Mars. A provocative new study interpreted those images as evidence that mushrooms were growing on the Martian soil. The researchers pointed out features in 15 images that resembled algae, lichens, and mushrooms on Earth. They added that the shapes were impossible […]
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