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According to South Korean scientists, a noxious weed with a high collagen content can regenerate skin but can also be fatal if overdosed. This noxious weed, also known as the cocklebur plant, is found all over the world and produces fruit with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that may be useful as a skin protectant. In

What Turkey’s earthquake tells us about the science of seismic forecasting, read by Benjamin Thompson. Your browser does not support the audio element. Download MP3 Last month, a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing an estimated 50,000 people. Two decades ago, researchers suggested that an earthquake in this area was likely, but exactly where

Most northern United States may experience heavy, wind-blown snow when March and April end. According to AccuWeather experts, a storm considerably stronger might hit next week. (Photo : Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images) Weather Forecast According to AccuWeather analysts, the northern Plains and Upper Midwest will experience another bout of snow and gusty

A juvenile Edmontosaurus disappears into the jaws of Tyrannosaurus. The reconstruction of soft-tissues around the jaws of T. rex strongly suggests that it resembled lizards with lips rather than lipless crocodylians.Credit: Mark P. Witton The fearsome maw of the iconic Tyrannosaurus rex has had a makeover. According to a study published today in Science1, the

Although lynx were extinct in Britain more than a thousand years ago, some conservation groups think that the animal could aid in the recovery of natural habitats. The opinions of stakeholders, such as farmers, land managers, and conservationists, have been examined in a recent study conducted by researchers from the Vincent Wildlife Trust and the

Researchers have modified amino acids and peptides and then coaxed it into a transparent glass. Here they demonstrate moulding it into sea-shell shapes.Credit: R.Xing et al./Science Advances (CC BY 4.0) Researchers have transformed amino acids and peptides — the building blocks of proteins — into glass, according to a study published in Science Advances1. Not

Goddard, E. T., Bozic, I., Riddell, S. R. & Ghajar, C. M. Dormant tumour cells, their niches and the influence of immunity. Nat. Cell Biol. 20, 1240–1249 (2018). Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar  Malladi, S. et al. Metastatic latency and immune evasion through autocrine inhibition of WNT. Cell 165, 45–60 (2016). Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed

According to a study published in Environmental Microbiome, urban honey bees could be used to gain insight into the microbiome of the cities in which they forage, which could potentially provide information on both hive and human health. Honey bees provide a snapshot of city landscape and health (Photo : AHMAD AL-BASHA/AFP via Getty Images)

Listen to the latest science news, with Benjamin Thompson and Nick Petrić Howe. Your browser does not support the audio element. Download MP3 In this episode: 00:48 Tiny syringes for drug delivery A team of researchers have repurposed tiny syringe-like structures produced by some bacteria to deliver molecules directly into human cells. They hope that

A giant panda reserve in China has been unable to locate a single candidate for panda caretaker jobs, emphasizing the rigorous effort needed to nurture the animals. A site manager claims caring for the cute mammals requires much more than feeding and petting them. (Photo : ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images) A Particularly Challenging Task

Acute kidney injury, known as AKI, is surprisingly common, especially among people in hospital. It happens when the kidneys stop working properly, often because of a change in blood flow due to surgery or an infection. If the kidneys do not recover quickly, it can turn into a chronic condition. Therefore, physicians would like better

A chimpanzee gang ripped off a young boy’s face during a brutal attack near a nature reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was reported that the Congolese boy named Dunia Sibomana was six years old back then when the primates attacked him but survived the ordeal. The victim was accompanied by his

A model for enigmatic ‘Oumuamua In 2017, astronomers observed an object called ‘Oumuamua transiting the Solar System. It resembled an asteroid, but its acceleration was characteristic of a comet. A paper in Nature proposes that ‘Oumuamua was born in another planetary system as a normal, water-rich comet-like body. As it travelled through interstellar space, it

After a few hours of being stranded, a beaked whale was humanely euthanized on a beach in Florida, with the help of 15 people. A 15-foot whale washed up on Flagler Beach, Florida’s shore on Friday afternoon. The sighting shocked beachgoers there. The elusive species is referred to as a “beaked whale,” according to the

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Kimberly Griffin says that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt researchers’ careers.Credit: Amy Laakso/CYC Teacher The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on mothers in academic science, bringing long-standing issues to the fore. A study done during the very early stages of the pandemic found that scientists with at least one child aged five

A team of scientists determined what the first land plants might have looked like millions of years ago by studying the mechanisms responsible for branching. Despite fundamentally different growth patterns, their research discovered a common mechanism for branching in vascular plants. Dr. Jill Harrison of Bristol’s School of Biological Sciences explained that the dominant flowering

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