Researchers are raising concerns about the creation of a large-scale open-pit copper-molybdenum mine in Chile’s Valparaíso region, which they say will destroy the habitat of the recently recorded population of Andean cat, an endangered species…
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Researchers fear Chile copper project may threaten rare Andean cat population
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Fancy dress contact lenses can cause infections, ulcers, even blindness—how to keep your eyes safe this Halloween
With Halloween just around the corner, thousands will be shopping for fancy dress contact lenses to go with their costume. The appeal is clear, as their endless colors and shapes allow you to radically change how you look—who wasn’t scared by…
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Scientists Reveal Surprising New Advice on How to Avoid Constipation : ScienceAlert
New guidelines on what to eat and drink if you have chronic (long-term) constipation have been making news in recent days.
Much of the media coverage of the British Dietetic Association’s guidelines has focused on advice to eat kiwifruit every…
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Global study maps how trade and travel fuel the worldwide spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes
A comprehensive global analysis reveals how non-native mosquito vectors are hitchhiking across continents via shipping, tourism, and trade, pinpointing the regions where prevention and early detection could have the greatest…
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Two New Specimens of Edmontosaurus annectens Preserve Fine Details of Scales and Hooves
Paleontologists have examined two exceptional specimens of the end-Cretaceous, duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus annectens. Using an array of imaging techniques, they reconstructed the fleshy appearance of the species in life, from a tall…
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New images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS show giant ‘jet’ shooting toward the sun
Newly released images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS appear to show the alien object spitting out an enormous jet of gas and dust toward the sun — just as comets are expected to do.
Discovered in late June and confirmed by NASA in early…
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Peroxiredoxin 4 as a switch regulating PTEN/AKT axis in alveolar macrophages activation
Collection and retrieval of lung tissue sequencing data
In this study, whole-genome sequencing data from lung tissues of seven healthy individuals and ten patients with silicosis (HRA000560)24 were obtained from the Genome Sequence Archive (GSA)…
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Africa's air links are poor: Can the G20 push for more direct flights to improve tourism and trade?
In Africa, less than one in five continental airline routes are direct. Air connections are decided by factors like trade levels, diplomatic relations, and whether there’s enough demand to make a route financially worthwhile. Because there are so…
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Millions of Buildings Threatened by Rising Seas This Century, Study Warns : ScienceAlert
Rising seas threaten millions of lives and livelihoods in coastal regions, along with untold swaths of vital infrastructure. A new study clarifies, for the first time, the overall danger rising sea levels pose to built environments in the…
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LEO-Vetter: Fully Automated Flux- and Pixel-level Vetting of TESS Planet Candidates to Support Occurrence Rates
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has identified several thousand planet candidates orbiting a wide variety of stars, and has provided an exciting opportunity for demographic studies. However, current TESS planet searches require…
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