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The same parents who already were buckling up kids appear most likely to switch to safety seats, leaving the same number of kids unrestrained, found a study published in the

The genomes of animals, plants, and fungi contain stretches of DNA that originated in viruses, integrated into ancient host genomes after infection, and were passed down to host offspring. These

With the genetic genealogies in hand, it’s now possible to elucidate the origin and relationship of any stallion line in detail, the researchers say. “Apart from stallion lines in Northern

The findings shed light on a long-standing debate about whether the first baleen whales were toothless suction feeders or toothed whales that used their teeth like a sieve to filter

However, the sport’s devotees suffer from a surprisingly high rate of injury. According to one peer-reviewed medical study, nearly half of all recreational runners who train regularly will suffer from

New research, published in the journal Environment International, examined data from 10,443 participants from diabetes screening studies in Leicestershire, UK. The exposure to air pollution, the number of cases of

In their recent review published in Frontiers in Nutrition, Italian researchers examined the available literature for the effects of acute and chronic administration of cocoa flavanols on different cognitive domains.

The researchers examined the trade-off between speed and accuracy that occurs when bumble bees (Bombus ignites) are presented with new foraging areas. To do so, they introduced the insects to

“The textbooks so far assumed that the forces are solely attractive. For us, the interesting question is whether you can also make them repulsive,” Prof Tkatchenko explains. “Until recently, there

While researchers have been uncovering one distinctive gene co-expression network after another in recent years, “Most people have stopped there and thrown their hands up,” says Scarpino, a former Santa

DNA is a long, floppy molecule, and there’s more than three feet of it in every cell. Our DNA is housed in structures called chromosomes, which condense the DNA to

The opportunity given to us over the next three years is unique in history “We stand at the doorway of being able to bend the GHG emissions curve downwards by

Obesity, the most common nutritional disorder in industrialized countries, is associated with an increased mortality and morbidity of cardiovascular disease. This study specifically looked at adolescent BMI and death attributed

Facial cues are an important form of nonverbal communication in social interactions, and previous studies indicate that computer-generated facial models can be useful for systematically studying how changes in expression

Facial cues are an important form of nonverbal communication in social interactions, and previous studies indicate that computer-generated facial models can be useful for systematically studying how changes in expression