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A new study examines the relationship between exposure to green spaces and breast cancer. The study, which analyzed data from more than 3,600 women...
Portable freshwater harvester could draw up to 10 gallons per hour from the air
For thousands of years, people in the Middle East and South America have extracted water from the air to help sustain their populations. Drawing...
New Antarctic rift data has implications for volcanic evolution
New marine geophysical data recorded during two excursions on a French icebreaker enabled researchers to date the ocean floor and calculate the relative motion...
Michigan meteor could help researchers understand near-Earth object threats
A meteor explosion was captured by infrasonic microphones and seismometers, offering a rare chance to compare these data with satellite and ground camera images....
Natural disasters widen racial wealth gap
Damage caused by natural disasters and recovery efforts launched in their aftermaths have increased wealth inequality between races in the United States, according to...
Discovery can help farmers combat stink bugs, save money on pest control
For stink bugs to attract a mate or to communicate that they have found food, they use their own chemical language: pheromones. Researchers have...
Ape parasite genomes reveal origin, evolution of leading cause of malaria outside Africa
The genome sequences of ape parasites related to Plasmodium vivax, the main source of mosquito-borne malaria outside Africa, provide insights on the origin and...
Love vine sucks life from wasps, leaving only mummies
An evolutionary biologists have discovered a new trophic interaction -- the first example of a parasitic plant attacking a parasitic insect on a shared...
Warming waters linked to lobster disease
New findings reveal that earlier springs and hotter summers in the northeastern U.S. are making resident lobsters increasingly susceptible to epizootic shell disease, a...
A timescale for the origin and evolution of all of life on Earth
A new study has used a combination of genomic and fossil data to explain the history of life on Earth, from its origin to...
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