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Historic instrumental weather observations are critical in extending our knowledge of past weather and climate and for comparison with paleo-proxy...

Credit: Shane Black When attacked, bluetongue skinks open their mouth suddenly and as wide as possible to reveal their conspicuously...

Credit: Credit: Mark P. Witton/CC BY 4.0 One group of extinct animals where our dietary knowledge is lacking are the...

Nearly 80 million Americans - one out of every four people - are infected with human papillomavirus (HPV). And of...

Credit: Dan Miller, The University of Toledo Life doesn't begin the way we thought it did. A new study at...

Credit: DELISH Philadelphia, June 7, 2018 - Consuming excessive salt during childhood is associated with cardiovascular health risk factors, yet...

Credit: Photos copyright Andrew Fox (Fox Shark Research Foundation) A new study in Conservation Physiology, published by Oxford University Press,...

Credit: UCL For the first time in our planet's 4.5 billion-year history a single species, humans, is increasingly dictating its...

Older women diagnosed with breast cancer in England are less likely to survive their disease than those in Belgium, Poland,...

(The University of Bergen) Infants with diabetes can drop insulin syringes. This will be new clinical practice after a recent...

DURHAM, N.C. - A new Duke University-led study has found widespread uranium contamination in groundwater from aquifers in 16 Indian...

Machine learning using real-time symptom reports can accurately detect lymphedema, a distressing side effect of breast cancer treatment that is...

Credit: University of Warwick News stories about potential threats become more negative, inaccurate and hysterical when passed from person to...

Credit: The Faroese Football Association Schoolgirls can achieve lower blood pressure, stronger muscles, better balance and improved jumping performance if...

PITTSBURGH, June 7, 2018 - Negative experiences on social media carry more weight than positive interactions when it comes to...

Credit: Dr. Wataru Teramoto Peripersonal space (PPS) is an area created by the brain immediately around one's own body parts...

Credit: University of Rochester Communications/Michael Osadciw According to a new study, those who feel greater certainty that a prospective romantic...

Credit: National Heart Foundation of Australia Philadelphia, June 7, 2018 - Mobile health technology has the potential to transform the...

Credit: Colorado State University Mitochondrial diseases are rare, but they are cruel. Affecting about 1 in 5,000 children, these devastating...

Credit: UofL Although the discipline of public health has recently recognized racism as a social determinant of health, little research...