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'Stressed' young bees could be to blame for colony collapse
Posted: February 10, 2015Researchers have tracked the activity of bees forced to begin foraging earlier in their lives due to stress on their colonies and found that they collect less pollen and die…
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Autoimmune disease risk found related to mercury exposure
Posted: February 10, 2015One of the greatest risk factors for autoimmunity among women of childbearing age may be associated with exposure to mercury such as through seafood, a new University of Michigan study…
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Earliest evidence of human-produced air pollution linked to Spanish conquest of the Inca
Posted: February 9, 2015In the 16th century, during its conquest of South America, the Spanish Empire forced countless Incas to work extracting silver from the mountaintop mines of Potosí, in what is now…
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Giant clam has giant impact
Posted: February 9, 2015The world’s biggest bivalves are the aptly named giant clams. Inhabiting the warm waters of the Indo-Pacific, the largest of these species, the eponymous giant clam (Tridacna squamosal), can reach…
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Will eating Chili peppers make you thin?
Posted: February 9, 2015Don't go chomping on a handful of chili peppers just yet, but there may be help for hopeful dieters in those fiery little Native American fruits.A large percentage of the…
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The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog race and climate change
Posted: February 8, 2015For more than 30 years, the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog race, which begins Saturday, has followed the Yukon River between Whitehorse, Canada, and Fairbanks, Alaska.A little open water…
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Children benefit from getting outdoors
Posted: February 7, 2015The health benefits of active outdoor pursuits over sedentary indoor pastimes are well known and increasingly highlighted in the battle against childhood obesity and its long-term consequences. People of all ages…
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Why you should throw out your old TV
Posted: February 6, 2015We may think we’re a culture that ditches our worn technology at the first sight of something shiny and new, but a new study reveals that we keep using our…
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New data shows stars are younger than previously thought
Posted: February 6, 2015The highly anticipated update of the analysis of data from the European Space Agency's Planck satellite starts with a first paper published in Astronomy and Astrophysics, which already holds in store…
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Seafloor Volcano Pulses May Alter Climate
Posted: February 6, 2015Vast ranges of volcanoes hidden under the oceans are presumed by scientists to be the gentle giants of the planet, oozing lava at slow, steady rates along mid-ocean ridges. But…
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