Only 8.2% of human DNA is likely to be doing something important – is ‘functional’ – ...
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The Biggest Man-Made Hole on the Planet
The Bingham Canyon Mine, also known as the Kennecott Copper Mine, is 2.5 miles wide. Is the biggest... Read More ›
A Solar Filament Erupts
What’s happened to our Sun? Nothing very unusual — it just threw a filament. Toward the middle of 2012,... Read More ›
Moose Drool Inhibits Growth Of Toxic Fungus
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New Hope For Powdery Mildew Resistant Barley
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Gene Inhibitor, Salmon Fibrin Restore Function Lost In Spinal Cord Injury In Rodents
A therapy combining salmon fibrin injections into the spinal cord and injections of a gene inhibitor into the... Read More ›
Four-Billion-Year-Old Chemistry In Cells Today
Research published today in the Journal of Biological Chemistry reveals how cells in plants, yeast and very likely... Read More ›
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Many people value rewards they choose themselves more than rewards they merely receive, even when the rewards are... Read More ›
No Returning To Eden: Researchers Explore How To Restore Species In A Changing World
Reversing the increasing rate of global biodiversity losses may not be possible without embracing intensive, and sometimes controversial,... Read More ›
Pesticide Linked To Three Generations Of Disease: Methoxychlor Causes Epigenetic Changes
Washington State University researchers say ancestral exposures to the pesticide methoxychlor may lead to adult onset kidney disease,... Read More ›