Ancient Iowan superpredator got big by front-loading its growth in its youth
The Field Museum in Chicago is home to the best, most-complete fossils of a prehistoric superpredator-- but one that lived hundreds of millions of years...
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Obesity linked to poor brain health in children
CHICAGO – Using MRI data from the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States, researchers have found that higher...
Mussel survey reveals alarming degradation of River Thames ecosystem since the 1960s
Scientists replicated a 1964 River Thames survey and found that mussel numbers have declined by almost 95%, with one species – the depressed river mussel...
What octopus and human brains have in common
Cephalopods like octopuses, squids and cuttlefish are highly intelligent animals with complex nervous systems. In “Science Advances”, a team led by Nikolaus Rajewsky of the...
Trends and biases in African large carnivore population assessments: Identifying priorities and opportunities from a systematic review of two decades of research
African large carnivores have undergone significant range and population declines over recent decades. Although conservation planning and the management of threatened species requires accurate assessments...
Less intensively managed grasslands have higher plant diversity and better soil health, research shows for first time
Embargoed until: 05:01am GMT, Friday 25 November, 2022Credit: Markus Wagner Embargoed until: 05:01am GMT, Friday 25 November, 2022 Researchers have shown - for the first...
525-million-year-old fossil defies textbook explanation for brain evolution
Fossils of a tiny sea creature that died more than half a billion years ago may compel a science textbook rewrite of how brains evolved.Credit:...
Increased grazing pressure threatens the most arid rangelands
A new study published in Science reports results from the first-ever global field assessment of the ecological impacts of grazing in drylands. The international research...
Wild primate study ties importance of social environment to molecular markers of age in the brain
As people age, maintaining a positive and predictable social environment becomes more and more important. For instance, keeping close ties with friends and family has...
Diagnostic marker found for deadly brain disease marked by dementia, movement problems
Zooming in on a single disease and studying it intensely is often the most productive route to finding treatments. But there’s no easy way to...
AI tailors artificial DNA for future drug development
With the help of an AI, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in designing synthetic DNA that controls the cells' protein production....
A warmer Arctic Ocean leads to more snowfall further south
A new model explains that water evaporating from the Arctic Ocean due to a warming climate is transported south and can lead to increased snowfall...
In world first, scientists demonstrate continuous-wave lasing of deep-ultraviolet laser diode at room temperature
A research group led by 2014 Nobel laureate Hiroshi Amano at Nagoya University's Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS) in central Japan, in...
Planet’s most unique birds at higher risk of extinction
A new study finds that bird species with extreme or uncommon combinations of traits face the highest risk of extinction. The findings are published in...
Astronomers observe intra-group light – the elusive glow between distant galaxies
An international team of astronomers have turned a new technique onto a group of galaxies and the faint light between them – known as ‘intra-group...
