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Utilizing data from the European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 and NASA's ICESat-2 satellites, researchers mapped changes in the ice sheet's thickness with unprecedented accuracy.
At least one gene believed to have been inherited due to interbreeding with ancient humans.
Honesty-Humility and Agreeableness both showed the highest means for middle-borns, followed in order by last-borns (youngests), firstborns (oldests), and only children.
Population of the isolated community has doubled since the 1990s, now estimated at over 200 people.
Studies indicate a 41% reduction in head and neck cancer risk associated with drinking three to four cups of coffee daily.
The ants demonstrated performances that were not only vastly better than those of solitary ants but even better in some cases than those of humans.
Blocking stress response in microglia reverses Alzheimer's symptoms in mice, researchers report.
The study focused on one of the most complex actions performed by primates: nut cracking using stone tools.
Local residents constructed stretchers from improvised materials to lift the mammoth calf, preserved it in a glacier, and contacted scientists for further study.
Scientists have identified at least three events where genes from distinct Denisovan populations mixed with human DNA, conferring significant adaptive benefits.