Paleontologists have long been puzzled about how the Spinosaurus — a giant dinosaur and aquatic predator — would have behaved.
Why women should monitor blood pressure differently, according to a new study
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When you visit the doctor, often the first order of business is wrapping a blood pressure cuff around your arm and looking to the display screen for the magic number. What's that number, you ask? Less than 120 over ...
Hungry teenage tyrants help explain puzzling fact about dinosaur diversity
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Teen dinosaurs, specifically the offspring of enormous meat-eating species like Tyrannosaurus rex, would have been everywhere 100 million years ago. Their voracious and changing appetites would have deeply affected...
India’s groundwater crisis threatens food security for hundreds of millions, study says
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Hundreds of millions of people in India face a serious threat to their livelihoods and food security due to overexploitation of vital water supplies, according to the authors of a new study. India is one of the worl...
Talking on the phone for 10 minutes could make you feel less lonely, study says
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Talking to someone on the phone for 10 minutes multiple times a week -- if you're in control of the conversation -- can decrease loneliness, a new study revealed. Half of the 240 study participants were selected to...
The bizarre and totally scientific way that alligators breathe in icy water
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Winter storms have battered the US this week, and many animals are struggling in the cold. The cold-blooded alligator, though, is getting through the week with an unusual method of survival. This week, an employee ...
People of color are underrepresented in US vaccine trials, study finds
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People of color have been vastly underrepresented in US-based vaccine trials for the last decade, according to a new study released Friday by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Harvard, Emory and...
People with multiple mental disorders may age several years faster, study finds
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People with mental disorders have been found to be at higher risk of developing age-related diseases, but not necessarily at greater risk of aging faster — until now. Experiencing mental disorders early in life may...
‘The Ghost of the B’: Specter of relegation haunts South American football giant Colo-Colo
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The unthinkable could be about to happen. Chilean football club Colo-Colo, the biggest and most successful club in the country, faces relegation from the top division for the first time in its 96-year history. Thoug...
Study shows New York subways have a pollution problem
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New York In the Big Apple, even mass transit can be a pollution risk. According to a study published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, New York's subways are the most polluted in the Northe...
The 21 most utterly bizarre lines from Trump impeachment lawyer Bruce Castor
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Basically no one outside the legal community knew the name Bruce Castor before he stood up Tuesday to kick off the defense of former President Donald Trump in the Senate impeachment trial. Now everyone knows his nam...
Peanut allergies affect over 4.6 million adults in the US, study finds
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Over 4.6 million US adults have a peanut allergy — and many of them developed the allergy in adulthood, a new study has found. Over 800,000 of those adults — over 17% — developed their allergy after turning 18 years...
US kindergarten kids who act out more likely to be heavy online users later, study says
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(The Conversation)Specific groups of kindergartners in the US are more likely to be frequent users of social networking, online gaming or messaging by the end of fifth grade, according to our new study in the journa...