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Credit: Fuentes In "How Humans and Apes Are Different and Why It Matters," published in the Journal of Anthropological Research, Agustin Fuentes explores the common...

Credit: Kostantinos Stamoulis Unsustainable fishing has depleted coastal fisheries worldwide, threatening food security and cultural identity for many coastal and island communities, including in Ha..

Credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA UCLA scientists have identified specific gut bacteria that play an essential role in the anti-seizure effects of the high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet....

The brain's ability to form new neural connections, called neuroplasticity, is crucial to recovery from some types of brain injury, but this process is hard...

Credit: Harry Marshall Young mongooses learn lifelong habits from role models rather than inheriting them from genetic parents, new research shows. Banded mongooses live in...

Today, only the eldest inhabitants of the Danube Delta recall that, in the past, you could skate on the river practically every winter; since the...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 24, 2018 -- Chameleons are nature's most talented masters of color. They use their unique color-changing abilities for...

Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - New facial recognition software and app invented at Michigan State University can help protect endangered primates -...

Credit: Buchberger team Toxic substances, nutrient shortage, viral infection, heat and many other events trigger stress responses in cells. In such cases, the affected cells...

Credit: Rogel Cancer Center ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Cancer is crafty. To survive and thrive, tumors find a way of thwarting our body's natural systems....

Bottom Line: Women diagnosed with breast cancer during the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification trial who were following a lower-fat diet had increased breast cancer...

Credit: Author: Begoña Cánovas, IRB Barcelona Greater knowledge of the mechanisms that contribute to the survival of tumour cells is key to vanquishing them. The...

Credit: Komagoe T. et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, April 19, 2018 A highly precise method to determine past typhoon occurrences from giant clam...

Since it was first synthesized almost 150 years ago, the pesticide Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, better known as DDT, has been widely used to fight illnesses caused by...

Credit: Video courtesy of Matthew Gelber CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- University of Illinois engineers built a 3-D printer that offers a sweet solution to making detailed...