For the first time, a strong link has been established between high blood pressure and the…
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Amazonian hunters deplete wildlife but don’t empty forests
Conservationists can be 'cautiously optimistic' about the prospect of sustainable subsistence hunting by Amazonian communities, according…
New research opens the door to ‘functional cure’ for HIV
Scientists have for the first time shown that a novel compound effectively suppresses production of the…
New examination of occupational licensing contradicts decades of research
From doctors to engineers to carpet layers to massage therapists, more than one in three Americans…
Fighting fires before they spark
With warm, dry summers comes a deadly caveat for the western United States: wildfires. Scientists say…
How we determine who’s to blame
Using eye-tracking technology, cognitive scientists have obtained the first direct evidence that people use a process…
Wearables to boost security of voice-based log-in
A security-token necklace, ear buds or eyeglasses developed by researchers could eliminate vulnerabilities in voice authentication…
‘Busybody’ protein may get on your nerves, but that’s a good thing
The p75 protein is vital for signaling pain in nervous system, researchers have discovered.
You would not ask a firefighter to perform open-heart surgery: Understanding ‘collective intelligence’
The concept of 'collective intelligence' is simple -- it asserts that if a team performs well…
To keep Saturn’s A ring contained, its moons stand united
For three decades, astronomers thought that only Saturn's moon Janus confined the planet's A ring --…