Scientists have begun to unlock the genetic code to understand how the lining of the…
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Money, not access, key to resident food choices in ‘food deserts’
While access to healthy foods is a significant challenge, the biggest variable limiting diet choices…
Why do people switch their language?
Due to increasing globalization, the linguistic landscape of our world is changing; many people give…
Bowel cancer medication could help combat early-onset Parkinson’s disease
Folinic acid can protect neurons in fruit flies, report scientists. The study suggests that folinic…
Growing isolation of poor helps explain changes in concentrated poverty
Concentrated poverty — neighborhoods where 40 percent of the population or more lives below the…
Increase in extreme sea levels could endanger European coastal communities
Massive coastal flooding in northern Europe that now occurs once every century could happen every…
Spiders eat astronomical numbers of insects
A new study reveals some stunning estimates about how much the world’s spiders eat annually:…
At mealtime, honey bees prefer country blossoms to city blooms
Hungry honey bees appear to favor flowers in agricultural areas over those in neighboring urban…
Mathematical modeling predicts student success, dropout rates
A researcher has used mathematical modeling to demonstrate that negative peer pressures can spread in…
How cobras developed flesh-eating venom
An international study has revealed how one of the world’s most feared types of snakes…