A newly uncovered feature of skin development is reshaping how scientists think about aging and repair. A surprisingly small detail in the skin may play an outsized role in how young skin looks and how well it repairs scars. Researchers say the…
Category: 5. Biology
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The Secret to Youthful Skin May Be Hidden in a Microscopic Structure We Share With Pigs
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Humans really don’t need chins
Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker is one of the art world’s most recognizable…
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Cannabis Access Tied to Big Drop in Daily Opioid Use
How can cannabis legalization influence opioid use? This is what a recent study published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated behavior connections between…
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Elephants are smart. So are their whiskers.
An elephant’s trunk is a wonder of evolution. Gentle, yet dextrous, it can…
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Family Dinners may Reduce Cannabis Substance Abuse in Teens
Eating together at family dinners may reduce risk for alcohol, cannabis, and e-cigarette use among US adolescents, reported a new study published in the Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and…
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Family Dinners may Reduce Cannabis Substance Abuse in Teens
Eating together at family dinners may reduce risk for alcohol, cannabis, and e-cigarette use among US adolescents, reported a new study published in the Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and…
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The oldest-known humpback whale recording was hiding in an archive
In 1970, a single record would change history. It wasn’t the latest album…
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Gene activity pattern links childhood abuse to depression
Scientists have identified a pattern of gene activity present in some female survivors of childhood abuse that is associated with an elevated risk of depression.
We know childhood abuse increases the risk of depression at the…
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Novel Protein Helps Drive Anti-Tumor Immunity
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are a form of immunotherapy that activates anti-tumor immune cells. In the context of cancer, many healthy cells cannot recognize and target tumors. This immune evasion is…
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NASA scientists say meteorites can’t explain mysterious organic compounds on Mars
A new scientific analysis suggests that known non biological processes cannot fully explain the amount of organic material discovered in a rock collected on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity rover. Organic compounds are carbon containing molecules that…
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