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The first genome data from ancient Egyptian mummies
An international team has successfully recovered ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies dating from approximately 1400 BCE…
Groundwater ‘pit stops’ enabled survival, migration of our ancient ancestors
The movement of our ancestors across East Africa was shaped by the locations of groundwater springs,…
Do obese children need to attend treatment to lose weight?
One-third of American children are overweight or obese. Family-based treatment (FBT) has been considered the best…
Do stars fall quietly into black holes, or crash into something utterly unknown?
Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University have put a basic principle…
Not such a ‘simple’ sugar: glucose may help fight cancer and inflammatory disease
Scientists have just discovered that glucose, the most important fuel used in our bodies, also plays…
Chimpanzees adapt their foraging behavior to avoid human contact
New research suggests chimpanzees are aware of the risks of foraging too close to humans.
Chemical coatings boss around bacteria, in the bugs’ own language
Researchers have developed a way to place onto surfaces special coatings that chemically 'communicate' with bacteria,…
The rules of baboons: Biologists study the principles underlying the collective movement of baboons
How do baboons succeed in coordinating the movements of their group? Biologists have studied these organisms…
Tactile feedback adds ‘muscle sense’ to prosthetic hand
Tactile feedback on the skin allowed blindfolded test subjects to more than double their ability to…