The popular view that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are in a much better environmental shape…
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Music therapy reduces pain in spine surgery patients
Music therapy has been found to decrease pain in patients recovering from spine surgery, compared to…
Sex-shifting fish: Growth rate could determine sea lamprey sex
Unlike most animals, sea lampreys, an invasive, parasitic species of fish damaging the Great Lakes, could…
Law of physics explains natural drivers of wealth inequality
A engineering professor has proposed an explanation for why the income disparity in America between the…
Man with quadriplegia employs injury bridging technologies to move again — just by thinking
A subject who was paralyzed below his shoulders in a bicycling accident, is believed to be…
Seasonal warming leads to smaller animal body sizes
Changes in the body size of animals measured under controlled laboratory conditions have been shown to…
Tiny bacterium provides window into whole ecosystems
Research on Prochlorococcus, the most abundant life form in the oceans, shows the bacteria's metabolism evolved…
Elevating women’s status lowers dependence on solid fuels
A new research paper finds that in countries where gender inequalities are most pronounced, women are…
Elevated blood pressure not a high mortality risk for elderly with weak grip
A study of nearly 7,500 Americans age 65 or older suggests that elevated blood pressure is…
Fairy circles of Namibia: New research helps scientists gain insight
New insights have been gained into one of nature's great mysteries: the fairy circles of Namibia.…