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Released: 16-Oct-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Mysterious Methane Plumes Bubbling Up from Ocean Floor
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Toxic methane appears to be bubbling up from plumes off of the Washington and Oregon coast. Methane is believed to be the second-largest greenhouse gas contributor to climate change.

Released: 15-Oct-2015 4:05 PM EDT
SAMHSA Report Shows Conversion Therapy Not Appropriate for Minors, Offers Methods to Support LGBTQ and Gender Non-Conforming Children
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA)

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is releasing “Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth,” a comprehensive report that provides an in-depth review of research and clinical expertise related to conversion therapy. This important new resource makes it clear that conversion therapy is not an appropriate therapeutic approach based on the evidence, and explores alternative ways to discuss sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression with young people.

Released: 15-Oct-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Great White Shark Captured on Video Attacking a Seal in San Francisco Bay
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Tourists in San Francisco witnessed a Great White Shark feeding on a seal in the bay while waiting to depart on the Alcatraz Ferry. A camera atop the ferry captured the attack in full.

Released: 15-Oct-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Study Suggest Spring Will Arrive 3 Weeks Earlier by 2100
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Findings reported in Environmental Research Letters predicts plants will start budding three weeks sooner by end of century due to climate change.

Released: 15-Oct-2015 11:05 AM EDT
NBA Star Yao Ming Saves Sharks Thanks to His Help with WildAid
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Thanks to Yao's campaign with WildAid, support for a shark fin soup ban has skyrocketed in China.

Released: 14-Oct-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Modern Humans Arrived in China Before Europe, Ancient Teeth Reveal
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Findings, published in the journal Nature, show that Homo sapiens arrived in China about 80,000 years ago, long before humans were able to leave their mark on Europe.

Released: 14-Oct-2015 11:35 AM EDT
The Lightest Metal Ever
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Boeing has invented microlattice, the lightest metal ever. The material that is 99% air, will be used for aerospace-engineering, such space as rockets.

Released: 12-Oct-2015 2:05 PM EDT
New Research Shows How to Make Effective Political Arguments, Stanford Sociologist Says
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In today's American politics, it might seem impossible to craft effective political messages that reach across the aisle on hot-button issues like same-sex marriage, national health insurance and military spending. But, based on new research by Stanford sociologist Robb Willer, there's a way to craft messages that could lead to politicians finding common ground.

Released: 12-Oct-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Part of Rat Brian Reconstructed by Supercomputer
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An international team of researchers have reported that they had built a reconstruction of a section of a rat brain in a computer.Their study was published in the journal Cell.

Released: 9-Oct-2015 2:05 PM EDT
125-Year-Old Wing Provides Insight Into the Evolution of Avian Flight
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This study shows that some of the earliest birds from the Late Jurassic were capable of aerodynamic prowess like many present-day birds.

Released: 8-Oct-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Poisonous Canadian Caterpillar Spotted in Pennsylvania
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The white hickory tussock moth caterpillar can cause a nasty rash when touched.

Released: 8-Oct-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Chances of Life on Mars Boosted with Discovery of Ancient Long-Lasting Lakes
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Based on observations made by NASA's Curiosity rover, the climate of Mars was able to sustain large freshwater lakes billions of years ago.

Released: 8-Oct-2015 3:05 PM EDT
First Color Images of Pluto's Atmosphere Shows Earth-like Blue Haze
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New Horizons last week, revealed that the haze around Pluto is blue.

Released: 5-Oct-2015 2:20 PM EDT
Ancient Beaver-Like Fossil Remains Gives Scientists Clues on How Mammals Thrived After the Dinosaurs
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Scientists in New Mexico have discovered the remains of an ancient mammal resembling the modern beaver that survived the event that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Released: 29-Sep-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Fossilized Flea May Hold Ancestor Bacteria of the Black Death
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A 20-million-year-old flea preserved in amber harbors the likely ancestor of bacteria that caused one of the world’s deadliest plagues.

   
Released: 29-Sep-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Two Hidden Rooms Discovered in Tutankhamun’s Tomb
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On Monday, archeologists confirmed that they've found evidence of two hidden chambers behind the western and northern walls of Tutankhamun’s tomb. Could this discovery lead to the burial chamber of Queen Nefertiti?

Released: 28-Sep-2015 8:05 AM EDT
"Mars Mystery Solved" - NASA to Unveil Major Findings Monday
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NASA will detail a major science finding from the agency’s ongoing exploration of Mars during a news briefing at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 28 at the James Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website.

Released: 18-Sep-2015 1:05 PM EDT
RBI Geneticists Prove: Satellite DNA Regulates Gene Activity under Specific Environmental Conditions
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A team of geneticists led by Prof. Đurđica Ugarković of the Croatian Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI) have for the first time proved that satellite DNA plays an important regulatory role in how organisms adapt to stressful changes in their environment. These results could in the future help scientists explain how an organism successfully survives stress. The study was published in the leading genetic journal PLoS Genetics.

   
Released: 18-Sep-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Annual Harvard University Tradition that is the Ig Noble Prizes Recognizes Strange-but-True Research
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Do wasps stings hurt more in some areas of the body than others? Why does limburger cheese attract the African malaria mosquito?

Released: 17-Sep-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains is at a 500-Year Low
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According to a study published1 on 14 September in Nature Climate Change, snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains is its lowest level in 500 years. Snowpack is crucial for the water supply of California.

Released: 17-Sep-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Two Massive Black Holes are Predicted to Collide
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A pair of supermassive black holes appeared to be spiraling together toward a cataclysmic collision that could have big repercussions.

15-Sep-2015 8:25 AM EDT
VIDEO AVAILABLE: Holiday Travel Forecast and Live Press Conference with Researcher
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At 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, September 10 the Airline Quality Report will be presented live and reporters will be able to engage with one of the study's co-authors.

       
Released: 4-Sep-2015 7:05 AM EDT
Top Stories 4 Sept 2015
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Released: 3-Sep-2015 9:00 AM EDT
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Released: 3-Sep-2015 9:00 AM EDT
Legionnaires' Bacteria Found in Water of NYC Building
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The bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease has been found in the water system of a South Bronx apartment building.

Released: 3-Sep-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Venom From Wasp Could Be Used to Fight Cancer
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A toxin in the sting of Polybia paulista, a wasp of Brazil, kills cancer cells without harming normal cells.

   
Released: 2-Sep-2015 9:05 AM EDT
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Released: 1-Sep-2015 12:05 PM EDT
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Released: 26-Aug-2015 10:05 AM EDT
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Released: 25-Aug-2015 5:05 PM EDT
Stephen Hawking Unveils Black Hole Theory That May Explain 'Information Loss Paradox'
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Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking unveils his new theory adding to his work on the quantum mechanics of black holes. Click to watch video

Released: 24-Aug-2015 11:05 AM EDT
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Released: 21-Aug-2015 8:05 AM EDT
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Released: 20-Aug-2015 8:05 AM EDT
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Released: 18-Aug-2015 10:05 AM EDT
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Released: 17-Aug-2015 12:05 PM EDT
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Released: 24-Jul-2015 7:05 AM EDT
Medicare Payment Cuts, Schizophrenia Gene, Leukemia Treatment, and More Top Stories 24 July 2015
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Other topics include ethnic disparities in pain treatment, colon cancer and IBD, halting Liver cancer, and more...

       
Released: 23-Jul-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Ocean Acidification, Fighting Wildfires, the Mediterranean Diet and more Top Stories 23 July 2015
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Other topics include editing genes, cellular switchboards, treating menopause and more...

       
Released: 21-Jul-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Poverty and Child Development, Race and Heart Health, Pot to Treat Pain, and More Top Stories 21 July 2015
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Other topics include genetics to predict prostate cancer, Facebook and body image, bioengineered immune cell response, and more...

       
Released: 20-Jul-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Illegal Wildlife Trade, Childhood Summer Obesity Spike, Artificial Live, and More Top Stories 20 July 2015
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Other topics include limb lengthening, Alzheimer's research, medical licensing, and more.

       
Released: 15-Jul-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Half of Americans Over 40 Should Take Statins
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...as a cost effective prevention of more serious cardiovascular-related health issues

Released: 9-Jul-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Women Inventors, Treating Anorexia, 3D Models of the Intestine, and More Top Stories 9 July 2015
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Other topics include the importance of nursing in medicine, more efficient drug development, studying the arts improves medical care, and more...

       
Released: 8-Jul-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Exercise for Arthritis, Summer Weight Loss, ACA and Lower Drug Costs, and More Top Stories 8 July 2015
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Other topics include autism research, biofuel sources, nutrition supplements, and more...

       
Released: 7-Jul-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Dementia Predictors, Autonomous Taxis, Extra Heartbeats, and More Top Stories 7 July 2015
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Other topics include repairing injured nerves, busted heart attack treatment, decorative brain molecules, and more...

       
Released: 6-Jul-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Hispanic Health Disparities, Statins and Aggression in Men, Supercharged Stem Cells, and More Top Stories 6 July 2015
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Other topics include memories and protein, physics and gas mileage, agriculture and food safety, vaccine for Dengue, retinoblastoma proteins in cancer progression, and more.

       
Released: 2-Jul-2015 8:55 AM EDT
Alcoholism, Marijuna, Placebo Effect, and More Top Stories 2 July 2015
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Other topics include neurology, obesity, statins, and the risks of wearing high heels.

       
Released: 30-Jun-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Athlete Safety, Smart Concrete, and the Dangers of Sugary Drinks; Top Stories for 30 June 2015
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Other topics include; grape seed oil to reduce obesity, gender differences in chronic pain, workplace wellness, healthcare in rural Africa after Ebola, cancer treatment, and finding a cure for MERS.

       


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