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NeuroscienceConcussion-free head blows may still affect brain
Some college athletes who played contact sports had more changes in their brain’s white matter than varsity competitors in less violent games.
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LifeAnimal origins shift to comb jellies
Genetic data confirm the marine predators have more ancient origin than simpler sponges.
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PaleontologyFleshy comb is first found on a dinosaur
A fossil head has both a duck bill and a soft-tissue crest, scientists suggest.
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Planetary ScienceEuropa vents water, Hubble data suggest
Plumes from ice-covered oceans would increase likelihood of life-friendly conditions on one moon of Jupiter.
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EnvironmentWorld’s worst polluted
A new report by Green Cross Switzerland and the Blacksmith Institute lists places posing the greatest risk to human health.
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Health & MedicineFor babies, walking opens a whole new world
Walking and talking are linked as babies develop, anecdote and data show.
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ClimateColdest place moves from one Antarctic site to another
New record low measured by satellite.
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CosmologyCosmic inflation has its flaws, but so do its critics
Philosophical predispositions color efforts to debunk a popular theory about the evolution of the universe.
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Health & MedicineStaph bacteria linger deep in our noses
The nasal cavity has hidden crevices where the disease-causing bacteria like to hang out.
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AnimalsLizard breath has surprising birdlike flow
Decades of assumptions may be wrong about the evolution of reptile lungs.
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LifeDietary changes affect gut microbes within a day
Menu restricted to meat, egg and cheese alters bacterial mix more than eating only plants.
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Materials ScienceNanoglue attaches tissues to each other
Silica particles could repair and help engineer human organs.
By Beth Mole