What can period blood reveal about a person’s health?
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by Payal Dhar
36m ago
The FDA recently approved a menstrual blood test for diabetes, the first diagnostic of any kind based on period blood. It may be just the beginning ..read more
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This robot can tell when you’re about to smile — and smile back
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by Helen Bradshaw
1d ago
Using machine learning, researchers trained Emo to make facial expressions in sync with humans ..read more
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This newfound longhorn beetle species is unusually fluffy
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by Saugat Bolakhe
1d ago
Discovered in Australia, the beetle is covered in whitish hairs and has distinctive eye lobes, antennae and leg shapes ..read more
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50 years ago, scientists wondered how birds find their way home
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by Maria Temming
1d ago
In the 1970s, lab tests hinted that birds can navigate using magnetic fields. New studies suggest that beak and eye proteins are behind the ability ..read more
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Scientists find a naturally occurring molecule that forms a fractal
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by Emily Conover
4d ago
The protein assembles itself into a repeating triangle pattern. The fractal seems to be an accident of evolution, scientists say ..read more
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In a first, these crab spiders appear to collaborate, creating camouflage
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by Saugat Bolakhe
4d ago
Scientists found a pair of mating crab spiders blending in with a flower. The report may be the first known case of cooperative camouflage in spiders ..read more
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This marine alga is the first known eukaryote to pull nitrogen from air
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by Jake Buehler
5d ago
An alga’s bacterial symbiote has evolved into an organelle that turns atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia, making the alga unique among eukaryotes ..read more
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50 years ago, scientists found a lunar rock nearly as old as the moon
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by Emily Conover
5d ago
Studies of such rocks continue to reveal secrets about the moon’s history ..read more
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How a sugar acid crucial for life could have formed in interstellar clouds
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by Saugat Bolakhe
5d ago
Computer calculations and lab experiments have revealed a possible mechanism for the creation of glyceric acid, which has been seen in meteorites ..read more
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Teens are using an unregulated form of THC. Here’s what we know
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by Helen Bradshaw
6d ago
The compound is called delta-8-THC and, like delta-9-THC in marijuana, comes from the cannabis plant and may hurt teens’ brains ..read more
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