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Health inequality threatening more adolescents worldwide than ever before
(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) A global study of the health and well being of the world's 1.8 billion adolescents reveals a growing inequality -- and greater health challenges than those faced 25 years ago. Of adole...
Desert plants provided by homeowners offer habitat for desert bird species
(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) A persistent question among urban ecology researchers has been the long-term impact of urbanization on bird species biodiversity. Specifically, they wonder whether the portions of cities with higher diversity...
Study reviews the potential impacts of future heat waves on humans and wildlife
(San Francisco State University) Climate change is often talked about in terms of averages, like the goal set by the Paris Agreement to limit the Earth's temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius. What such numbers fail to convey is that climate...
Stanford researchers outline the role of a deep brain structure in concussion
(Stanford University) Through a combination of biometric tracking, simulated modeling and medical imaging, researchers detail how hits to the side of the head cause concussion.
Machine-learning model provides detailed insight on proteins
(eLife ) A novel machine-learning 'toolbox' that can read and analyse the sequences of proteins has been described today in the open-access journal eLife.
From Stone Age chips to microchips: How tiny tools may have made us human
(Emory Health Sciences) Anthropologists have long made the case that tool-making is one of the key behaviors that separated our human ancestors from other primates. A new paper, however, argues that it was not tool-making that set hominins apart -- i...
To Limit Solar Geoengineering's Side Effects, the Right "Dose" Is Needed
Deploying sunlight-blocking aerosols to counteract only some global warming could avoid changes to precipitation-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Tropical Cyclone Idai seen in Mozambique channel by NASA's Terra Satellite
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and caught a visible image of Tropical Cyclone Idai in the Mozambique Channel. The channel is located between the country of Mozambique on the Africa...
Europe's biggest urology conference Barcelona
(European Association of Urology) Europe's biggest urology congress will take place in Barcelona from 15th-19th March. With up to 14,000 delegates attending, the EAU19 congress will amongst Europe's biggest medical congresses in 2019.
Infectious Diseases Spike amid Venezuela's Political Turmoil
Scientists say the rise in illnesses is due to a combination of government suppression of research, a lack of disease data and climate change-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com