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A new study using recent satellite data has found that every U.S. city with a population over 600,000 is sinking to some extent.

Every Major American City Is Slowly Sinking, New Research Reveals

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment
A superb starling

Birds Form Lasting Friendships Beyond Family Ties, Study Finds

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans, Social Sciences
patient in hospital bed

Brain’s Night Shift: Sleep Patterns Unmask Hidden Consciousness in ‘Unresponsive’ Patients

Categories Brain & Behavior
Elderly men speaking

70 Is the New 60: Study Reveals Remarkable Gains in Aging Population’s Health

Categories Health, Social Sciences
Brain gut axis in depression and anxiety infographic

Antidepressants Could Soon Target Your Gut Instead of Your Brain

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health
« Columbia Engineers Knit a “Blanket” of Sophisticated Radio-Frequency Antennas

Your Next Satellite Dish Could Be a Sweater

Categories Technology
Ripples in dark water

‘Safe’ Arsenic Levels in Community Water Supplies Linked to Heart Disease

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Health
Small baby in a person's hands

Study finds pandemic-era babies do not have higher autism risk

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health
Mitochondria release segments of mitochondrial DNA that can travel through pores of the nucleus and integrate into a cell's chromosomes (where the insertions are called NUMTs, for nuclear mitochochondrial segments). A new study has found that nuclear mitochondrial DNA insertion—once thought rare—happens in the human brain likely several times over during a person’s lifespan.

Mitochondria are flinging their DNA into our brain cells

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health
Woman sitting in chair watching tv

New Model Reveals Rapid Spread of Suicide Contagion After Celebrity Deaths

Categories Brain & Behavior, Social Sciences
Sad woman sitting in leaves

Grief’s Hidden Toll: How Losing Loved Ones Affects Cellular Aging

Categories Health
Hundreds of huge stone statues known as moai built by earlier residents are taken by some as evidence of a onetime much larger population.

Easter Island’s Ingenious Rock Gardens Sustained Stable Population, Challenging “Ecocide” Narrative

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Social Sciences
Man coughing

New Study Reveals Long COVID Risk Factors and Recovery Time

Categories Health
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