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Feathers came first, then birds

New research, led by the University of Bristol, suggests that feathers arose 100 million years before birds – changing how […]

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‘Slothbot’ takes a leisurely approach to environmental monitoring

For environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, infrastructure maintenance and certain security applications, slow and energy efficient can be better than fast […]

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Edible insects? Lab-grown meat? The real future food is lab-grown insect meat

Cultured insect tissue could combine the planet-saving best of insect farming, GM livestock, labriculture and plant-based meat substitutes Livestock farming […]

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Raw or cooked: this is how we recognize food

Two different regions of the brain are involved in identifying natural food with respect to processed foods Do we see […]

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Study identifies dog breeds, physical traits that pose highest risk of biting children

New research at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center identifies dog breeds and physical traits […]

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Crime fighting just got easier as burglars reveal all

The expertise of experienced burglars puts them streets ahead of householders, and even well ahead of other criminals, according to […]

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Daily self-weighing can prevent holiday weight gain

Researchers at the University of Georgia have shown that a simple intervention – daily self-weighing – can help people avoid […]

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Soft, social robot brings coziness to homes — and classrooms

A new social robot that can be customized with handcrafted material, such as wood and wool, brings simplicity and fun […]

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Exposing vaccine hesitant to real-life pain of diseases makes them more pro-vaccine

Study subjects interviewed people with vaccine-preventable diseases The re-introduction of measles, mumps and other previously eradicated diseases to the United […]

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