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- Element in blood is part of human -- and hibernating squirrel -- stress response, study reveals
- Survey finds American support for human-animal chimera research
- Blue whales switch to daytime singing before migrating
- Earthquake forecasting clues unearthed in strange precariously balanced rocks
- Mud-slurping chinless ancestors had all the moves
- Einstein's description of gravity just got much harder to beat
- Wildcats threatened by their domestic cousins
| Element in blood is part of human -- and hibernating squirrel -- stress response, study reveals Posted: 01 Oct 2020 10:32 AM PDT A new study shows that part of the stress response in people and animals involves increasing the levels of naturally circulating iodide in blood. The discovery demonstrates a biological mechanism that rapidly responds to severe physiologic stress and potentially serves to protect us from further damage due to life-threatening conditions. |
| Survey finds American support for human-animal chimera research Posted: 01 Oct 2020 08:36 AM PDT In September 2015, the US National Institutes of Health placed a funding moratorium on research that involves introducing human pluripotent stem cells into animal embryos. To assess attitudes on human-animal chimeric embryo research, investigators conducted a survey among 430 Americans. The results of the survey found that 82% of people are supportive of at least some parts of this research. |
| Blue whales switch to daytime singing before migrating Posted: 01 Oct 2020 08:36 AM PDT Through the use of two advanced audio recording technologies, researchers have found that blue whales switch from nighttime to daytime singing when they are starting to migrate. |
| Earthquake forecasting clues unearthed in strange precariously balanced rocks Posted: 01 Oct 2020 08:36 AM PDT Naturally formed balancing boulders could be used to help scientists to forecast large earthquakes more precisely. |
| Mud-slurping chinless ancestors had all the moves Posted: 01 Oct 2020 08:36 AM PDT Researchers have revealed our most ancient ancestors were ecologically diverse, despite lacking jaws and paired fins. |
| Einstein's description of gravity just got much harder to beat Posted: 01 Oct 2020 08:36 AM PDT Astrophysicists put general relativity to a new test with black hole images. |
| Wildcats threatened by their domestic cousins Posted: 30 Sep 2020 06:47 AM PDT European wildcats, thought to be extinct 50 years ago in the Jura mountains, have since recolonized part of their former territory. This resurgence in an area occupied by domestic cats has gone hand-in-hand with genetic crosses between the two species. A team of biologists modeled the interactions between the two species and predict that hybridization will entail the irreversible genetic replacement of wildcats. |
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