Great white sharks hold a baffling genetic puzzle: uniform nuclear DNA but divided mitochondrial DNA that defies migration and evolution theories. White sharks show a striking mismatch between the DNA inside their cell nuclei and the DNA within…
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Why Great White Sharks’ DNA Doesn’t Add Up
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NYC Gateway Project TBMs Near Completion, on Track for 2026 Tunneling Start
Manufacture of the tunnel boring machines that will excavate the first mile of the Gateway Project’s Hudson River tunnel in New Jersey is nearing completion, marking a major step toward launching in 2026, the Gateway Development Commission said…
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Omega Fatty Acids Could Protect against Alzheimer’s Disease in Women
New research demonstrates that associations between various lipids and Alzheimer’s disease — a devastating neurological disease that disproportionately affects women — are more prominent in women and often absent in men.
Wretlind et al….
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Pardon My Rant
Keith’s note: I posted a picture the other day. It was sent to me by 3 people with no known/cited source. So I cropped it and put NASAWatch.com on it so there’d be some traceability and show that it was not A.I. generated. I thought it was rather…
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One Form of Exercise Improves Sleep The Most, Scientists Say : ScienceAlert
Rolling out a yoga mat and flowing with your breath could be one of the best exercises for improving sleep in the long run.
A meta-analysis of 30 randomized controlled trials has revealed that regular, high-intensity yoga is more strongly…
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Abrupt Antarctic climate shifts could lead to “catastrophic consequences for generations,” experts warn
Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by meters and lead to “catastrophic consequences for generations,” scientists warned Wednesday.
More broadly, a state-of-knowledge…
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Bonobos keep track of groupmates even when they can’t see them, study finds
Kanzi, a bonobo celebrated for his intelligence, died in March this year. A recently published study adds to his long list of cognitive abilities: he was able to track the location…
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JWST Uncovers Tiny New Moon Orbiting Uranus
After 22 years of Uranus having 28 confirmed moons, the gas giant was recently confirmed by researchers at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to have a 29th moon after careful analysis of data obtained…
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Could Alaska’s Next Big Earthquake Come With a Life-Saving Countdown?
An earthquake alert system under consideration could have given several Alaska communities valuable advance notice before the powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck south of Sand Point, near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula, in mid-July….
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Injection-based drug delivery may replace cancer infusion drips
Patients with cancer, autoimmune diseases, and metabolic disorders often endure hours-long intravenous infusions.
These treatments involve protein-based drugs, which must be given in high doses but remain stable only at low concentrations….
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