The genomes of the victims showed lineages from Eastern Mediterranean countries, North Africa, and areas corresponding to modern-day Turkey, Lebanon, and Italy.
Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) can add to that list their important discovery of a cancer mechanism that has been shown to prevent the immune system from attacking tumors.
Even everyday activities like climbing stairs or cycling can benefit healthy blood pressure, researchers say.
Vampire bats, unique among mammals, survive solely on blood, a protein-rich but low-fat and low-sugar diet.
Individuals over 60 years old are 27 percent more likely to develop dementia if they lose just 1 percent of slow-wave sleep each year, according to a new study.
Neutron stars represent one of the final evolutionary stages of a massive star, forming when stars with at least eight times the mass of the Sun run out of fuel for nuclear fusion.
A member of the team, a water boy, accidentally stumbled upon a stone that turned out to be the first step of an ancient staircase.
The researchers sent temperature sensors and oxygen measuring devices into Lake Kinneret, tested wind speed and direction, and noted recent fish die-off records.
Stalag II D, located in western Poland, began operations in 1939 and held up to 6,000 prisoners, including Red Army soldiers.
The study, published in Stress and Health, specifically looked at how a mother's responses to stress affect her children.
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