A new USC study reveals a dramatic surge in building collapses in the ancient Egyptian port city of Alexandria, directly linked to rising sea levels and seawater intrusion.
Once a rare occurrence, building collapses in Alexandria — one of the…
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A global dataset of fossil fungi records from the Cenozoic
Data acquisition
Records of Cenozoic fossil fungi were acquired from both online peer-reviewed literature and literature from the John Williams Index of Palaeopalynology (JWIP) in the Natural History Museum, London. Miocene-dated fossil records…
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Wealth Gap Impacts Health and Longevity
A new study published in the Journal of Public Health has shown that older adults who are poorer are far less likely to meet dietary and exercise guidelines, and more likely to be depressed, compared to their…
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New Study Suggests That There Was Late Bottleneck Event in Neanderthal Evolution
This bottleneck event happened between 130,000 and 50,000 years ago, according to new research led by scientists from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Universidad de Alcalá.
Neanderthal. Image credit: Trustees of the Natural…
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10% of Americans Use CBD, Higher Rates Among Marijuana Users
How many Americans uses cannabidiol (CBD) and how many are marijuana users? This is what a recent study published in Preventive Medicine Reports hopes to address as a researcher from Biola University…
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Bog body found in Bellaghy was likely a sacrifice
A multi-institutional team of scientists, led by National Museums NI, has revealed new findings into a bog body discovered in Bellaghy, Northern Ireland.
Dating to between 343 and 1 BC during the Iron Age, an osteoarchaeological analysis has…
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Ionizing Radiation from Nearby Supernova Altered Virus Evolution 2.5 Million Years Ago
This supernova event likely occurred in the Upper Centaurus Lupus association, a group of massive stars approximately 457 light-years away from Earth.
Illustration of an Earth-like exoplanet after X-ray radiation exposure. Image credit: NASA /…
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Cardiac Stress Test Can Determine Mortality Risk
New research published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings has shown that patients who can complete a workout on a treadmill during a cardiac stress test have much lower mortality risk than those who…
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AI system predicts protein fragments that can bind to or inhibit a target | MIT News
All biological function is dependent on how different proteins interact with each other. Protein-protein interactions facilitate everything from transcribing DNA and controlling cell division to higher-level functions in…
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MIT faculty, alumni named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows | MIT News
Seven MIT faculty and 21 additional MIT alumni are among 126 early-career researchers honored with 2025 Sloan Research Fellowships by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
The recipients represent the MIT departments…
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