Three species of shark, tiger, lemon and Caribbean reef, all use deeper coral reefs in…
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Children in developing world infected with parasite — even without appearing ill — may be more prone to stunted growth
Children infected even just once with a certain type of waterborne parasite are nearly three…
New mobile phone app for grassroots mapping
Academics have created an app that could help aid humanitarian rescue work in disaster-struck regions…
Newborn screening test developed for rare, deadly neurological disorder
Soon after birth, a baby’s blood is sampled and tested for a number of rare…
The contented shall inherit the Earth: The glum? Not so much
The survival of the fittest might just be the survival of the steadfast instead. Researchers…
Supervised autonomous in vivo robotic surgery on soft tissues is feasible
Surgeons and scientists have demonstrated that supervised, autonomous robotic soft tissue surgery on a live…
Long-term monitoring reveals effects of sea star wasting along Oregon coast
The 2013-2014 sea star wasting epidemic along the Oregon coast may have been caused by…
Our brain uses statistics to calculate confidence, make decisions
The brain produces feelings of confidence that inform decisions the same way statistics pulls patterns…
Scientists find root cause of appetite loss during illness
Loss of appetite during illness is a common and potentially debilitating phenomenon—in cancer patients, especially,…
New method allows first look at key stage of human development, embryo implantation
Almost nothing is known about the stage of human development called implantation, when the developing…