Scientists examine over 1,000 chemicals from fracking fluids: many linked to reproductive or development toxicity
The indispensable chemical mixture that allows the industry to fracture rock and release the gas trapped inside looks almost like ...
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The Number of Trees has Halved Since Human Civilization Emerged
Today, the Earth has approximately 3 trillion trees left standing - about 422 per person - but we've already cut ...
Snakes evolved on land, possibly with toes and feet
A new analysis conducted by Yale researchers revealed that the first snakes may have actually evolved on land, not in ...
Astronomers discover farthest galaxy yet
A team of astronomers from Yale and the University of California-Santa Cruz have looked back in time, discovering a galaxy ...
NASA officially starts program to look for alien life
Just after NASA researchers made the bold claim that they will find alien life in less than 20 years, the ...
This giant arthropod was the biggest creature of its time
Some 480 million years ago the seven-foot-long Aegirocassis benmoulae swam in a shallow sea covering what is today the Sahara ...
Older diabetics face high over-treatment risk
The "one size fits all" approach to diabetics treatment may cause significant problems for older patients also suffering from other ...
Adding water to solids can actually make them stronger, providing engineers with exciting new material composites
Some findings are just counterintuitive. I mean, you'd think that adding water to materials would always make them softer, right ...
Memory deficits of the elderly may be reversed
A team of researchers from Yale University have shown at a cellular basis why we tend to be more forgetful ...