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Do BAT receptors hold the key to treating obesity and diabetes?
Scientists have discovered a way to increase the amount of metabolism-boosting brown adipose tissue (BAT) ('good'…
Could yellow fever rise again?
Many people might not have heard of the Aedes aegypti mosquito until this past year, when…
Your brain, not your white blood cells, keeps you warm, new study suggests
The sympathetic nervous system, not white blood cells, are critically important in the regulation of energy…
Migration from sea-level rise could reshape cities inland
Researchers estimate that approximately 13.1 million people could be displaced by rising ocean waters, with Atlanta,…
Nice moves: First dancing, then mating in songbirds
Java sparrows are more likely to mate after dancing together, according to a new study, contradictory…
Retreating Yukon glacier caused a river to disappear
A postmortem of the first known case of 'river piracy' in modern times outlines how a…
Assay of nearly 5,000 mutations reveals roots of genetic splicing errors
Biologists have developed a new system that identified and tracked hundreds of genetic variations that alter…
Breakdown of neutrophil protein causes severe autoimmune disease of blood vessels
Patients with a severe autoimmune disease that attacks the blood vessels lack the membrane form of…
Models, observations not so far apart on planet’s response to greenhouse gas emissions
Recent observations suggest less long-term warming, or climate sensitivity, than the predicted by climate models. But…