Researchers point towards a dysfunctional immune clean-up crew as a potential proponent of type 2 diabetes progression in cases of obesity.
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An experiment with chickpea seeds shows that plants can grow on the Moon despite the challenges. This finding suggests the possibility of extraterrestrial crops that would favor long-term space missions.
Although there is an evolutionary trend towards an increase in the size of animals, today we know that many animal species have decreased over time. Finally, science has begun to understand the mechanism behind this shrinkage.
The University of California, Davis, receives $3 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to launch a new bird flight research center.
Since there are so few specimens of this tree left in the world, the cultivation of these plants abroad can help conserve the species, in the event of extinction in the natural environment.
A new study finds the spacing of small islands of plants in a sea of bare soil could be an environmental warning sign.
Researchers have discovered a huge underwater canyon about 10 km wide, which formed at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea about 6 million years ago.
In the first of two fly-bys this year, asteroid MD 2011 made its closest pass to Earth but fear not, it’s not close enough the present any danger.
According to a well-known Harvard biologist, there are 5 foods that should be avoided once you reach the biological age of 30. If we manage to eliminate them by replacing them with much healthier ones, the results will not be long in coming.
Both the biological and physical elements of the marine biological carbon pump must be considered, climate researchers argue.
A novel technique made it possible to establish the temperature inside the Chicxulub crater shortly after the asteroid impact that ended 75% of life on Earth about 66 million years ago.
Hydrothermal vents likely supplied the essential elements and minerals needed for life on early Earth.