Popular childhood drinks may raise blood pressure decades later
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Popular childhood drinks may raise blood pressure decades later

“Dietary habits in early life can have lasting health consequences,” said senior study author Vasanti Malik, Sc.D., M.Sc., an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Nutrition and…

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Orcas filmed smashing giant sunfish into thousands of pieces
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Orcas filmed smashing giant sunfish into thousands of pieces

“We document how one orca holds the sunfish and lets go just before another orca hits it at high speed, causing the tissue to break apart into thousands…

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Antarctica may give the world decades to prepare for rising seas
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Antarctica may give the world decades to prepare for rising seas

A new study published in Nature, led by Monash University researcher Dr. Felicity McCormack of Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future (SAEF), examines how reliably scientists can predict future ice…

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Scientists revive a powerful antibiotic that superbugs had defeated
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Scientists revive a powerful antibiotic that superbugs had defeated

Researchers worldwide are searching for ways to stay ahead of these rapidly changing microbes. One promising strategy is not to invent a completely new antibiotic, but to help…

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A strange quantum effect dramatically boosts energy transfer
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A strange quantum effect dramatically boosts energy transfer

Building on earlier studies of PCET and PCEnT, a team led by Prof. Kaifeng Wu at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences…

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MIT’s new lidar chip could give self-driving cars a wider view
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MIT’s new lidar chip could give self-driving cars a wider view

MIT researchers have now developed an approach that could lead to smaller, more durable lidar sensors that operate without any moving parts. Their advance centers on a new…

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Deep-sea snails ride surface currents to reach distant hydrothermal vents
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Deep-sea snails ride surface currents to reach distant hydrothermal vents

We are at a critical time and supporting science journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help…

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Ape cuddles could prevent conflicts
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Ape cuddles could prevent conflicts

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Scientists found mystery bacteria inside one of the ocean’s most elusive whales
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Scientists found mystery bacteria inside one of the ocean’s most elusive whales

Much of what researchers know about pygmy sperm whales has come from animals that wash ashore. Strandings are especially common along the southeastern United States, where this species…

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Ancient DNA reveals a chilling secret at China’s 4,000-year-old Shimao city
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Ancient DNA reveals a chilling secret at China’s 4,000-year-old Shimao city

The project was led by Prof. Qiaomei Fu of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Researchers from the Shaanxi Provincial…

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