WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill after the Senate parliamentarian…
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Stunning amber fossil reveals ‘Last of Us’-type fungus likely lived alongside dinosaurs
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A strategy for peaceful Golden Dome development
President Trump’s recent bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites marks a major turning point in the maintenance of global security. With war again erupting in the Middle East, the United States now faces the very real possibility of…
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Common Gut Bacterium Can Turn Everyday Plastic Waste into Paracetamol
Paracetamol, a pain medication also known as acetaminophen, is traditionally made from dwindling supplies of fossil fuels including crude oil. Thousands of tons of fossil fuels are used annually to power the factories that produce the…
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Ceres: The asteroid belt’s forgotten ocean world
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Stress-activated gene damages insulin-producing cells in type 2 diabetes
Stress does no one – not even your insulin-producing cells – any good.
Researchers from Osaka Metropolitan University have identified a gene that, when activated by metabolic stress, damages pancreatic β-cells – the cells…
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Newborns and Alzheimer’s patients have elevated blood levels of phosphorylated tau
Newborn babies and patients with Alzheimer’s disease share an unexpected biological trait: elevated levels of a well-known biomarker for Alzheimer’s. This is shown in a study led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg.
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‘Pure, intense, brilliant pain’: The scientist who got stung for science says this insect is the worst
The Schmidt Pain Scale for Stinging Insects ranks the pain of insect stings on a scale of one to four.
On this scale, the sting of the Western honeybee scores a paltry two, while that of the red paper wasp and Klug’s velvet ant achieve a three….
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