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Male mammals aren’t always bigger than females
The idea that male mammals tend to be larger than females has been scientific dogma since Darwin. Bigger bodies, the thinking goes, are better in the battle to win the…
Salty foods are making people sick − in part by poisoning their microbiomes
People have been using salt since the dawn of civilization to process, preserve and enhance foods. In ancient Rome, salt was so central to commerce that soldiers were paid their…
COVID lowered life expectancy by 1.6 years worldwide: Study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain COVID-19 caused the average life expectancy of people worldwide to fall by 1.6 years during the first two years of the pandemic, a more dramatic decline…
Functional Ecology’s Award for Early Career Researchers – Functional Ecologists
The Haldane Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Functional Ecology written by an early career author. With entries spanning the 37th volume of…
Eclipse Helped to See Solar Corona in New Light
Observations made by William Harkness during the 1869 total eclipse led to a pivotal discovery about the sun’s corona. When it comes to studying solar eclipses, University of Rochester scholars have been…
What Makes Black Holes Grow And New Stars Form? Machine Learning Helps Solve The Mystery
When they are active, supermassive black holes play a crucial role in galaxies’ evolution. Until now, growth was thought to be triggered by the violent collision of two galaxies followed…
Vaccine monitoring is crucial as SARS-CoV-2 variants continue to evolve, says study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the National Institute for Health and Care Research Biomedical Research Centre at UCLH have highlighted the importance of continued…
Happiness Takes Practice – Neuroscience News
Summary: Happiness can indeed be learned through courses like their ‘Science of Happiness’, which educates students on evidence-informed habits for well-being. However, a follow-up study indicates that the initial boost…
