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Why Do Some Experience Repeated Miscarriages? Research May Help Us

The most common cause of spontaneous abortions is chromosome defects, but they can be difficult to detect.

New UCI-Led Study Finds That Your Genetic Sex Determines the Way Your Muscle “Talks” to Other Tissues in Your Body

“Genetic variation of putative myokine signaling is dominated by biologic sex and sex hormones,”

How Electric Fish Were Able to Evolve Electric Organs

Electric organs help electric fish, such as the electric eel, do all sorts of amazing things

Study Suggests That Most of Our Evolutionary Trees Could Be Wrong

Scientists say convergent evolution is much more common than previously thought

Hubble Reaches New Milestone in Mystery of Universe's Expansion Rate

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has calibrated more than 40 'milepost markers' of space and time to help scientists precisely measure the expansion rate of the universe -- a quest with a plot twist.

How Eating Eggs Can Boost Heart Health

Researchers have shown how moderate egg consumption can increase the amount of heart-healthy metabolites in the blood.

Bat Brains Organized for Echolocation and Flight

A new study shows how the brains of Egyptian fruit bats are highly specialized for echolocation and flight, with motor areas of the cerebral cortex that are dedicated to sonar production and wing control.

Perplexing Fish-Like Fossil Finally Classified

For the first time since its discovery 130 years ago one of the most mysterious fossil vertebrates has finally been classified, increasing our possible understanding of the first animals to crawl on Earth.

A New 225-Million-Year-Old Reptile from Brazil

A reassessment of Faxinalipterus minimus, a purported Triassic pterosaur from southern Brazil resulted in the description of a new taxon

Three Misconceptions Blocking the Sustainability Transformation – Researchers List 28 Ways to Overturn Them

We must let go of the desperate vision of the future engendered by doomsday scenarios, and of the idea that the current way of living can continue with only minor adjustments.

Environmental Change Investigated at the Taita Research Station in Kenya

Earth Change Observation Laboratory, a research group operating at the Taita Research Station in Kenya and on Kumpula Campus in Helsinki, investigates environmental change with the help of field surveys and remote sensing datasets.

Shifting Signatures of Climate Change Reshuffle Northern Species

Analysis of long-term monitoring data for almost 1,500 species in Finland shows that four decades of climate change has led species to shift between the “better” and “worse” parts of their climatic niches, and that these impacts were most pronounced at higher latitudes.

A Study Proposing Better Algorithms to Avoid Radicalization Won Best Paper Award

Associate professor Michael Mathioudakis and other authors develop algorithms that video and other Web platforms could use to make minimal changes to their recommendations so users don´t keep seeing misinformation and extremist content.

International team shows how newly identified alphasatellite affects aphid transmission of lethal banana virus

Banana bunchy top virus, (BBTV) spread by banana aphids, is the most serious disease affecting bananas and plantains. In areas where bananas are grown, the disease can be devastating to the local economy as once infected, the plants don't recover.

Researchers Create a Situation Room Where Cities Can Practise Managing Recurring Environmental Crises

How should we prepare for future environmental crises? The LONGRISK project is organising exercises for the cities of Helsinki, Tampere and Kotka.

New Nanoparticles Aid Sepsis Treatment in Mice

Sepsis, the body’s overreaction to an infection, affects more than 1.5 million people and kills at least 270,000 every year in the U.S. alone.

3D Scan Will Reveal the Stories Hidden Within 1,200-Year-Old Wisconsin Canoe

In March, Lennon Rodgers ventured into Wisconsin’s State Archive Preservation Facility for the first time.

Researchers Aim X-Rays at Century-Old Plant Secretions for Insight into Aboriginal Australian Cultural Heritage

For tens of thousands of years, Aboriginal Australians have created some of the world’s most striking artworks.