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Hybrid Global Forest Map
Mar 30, 2015 06:54 AM EDT

Global Forest Map Created by Citizen Scientists to Reveal the Extent of Trees

It turns out that citizen scientists have helped map the global forests, giving the world more accurate information about forest spread and even whether or not conservation efforts are succeeding.

Body Reshaping After Bariatric Surgery Helps Obese Patients Maintain Weight Loss
Mar 29, 2015 11:39 PM EDT

Bariatric Surgery Helps Patients With Joint Problems, Asthma Issues

A new study published in the journal Allergy and Clinical Immunology look at how this weight loss surgery has also helped many patients dealing with joint replacements and asthma.

rice
Mar 29, 2015 10:55 PM EDT

Rice Is Getting A Lot Healthier, Soon: Here's How

Preliminary research at the National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is looking at how to offer the same great taste of this staple in the United States, but with fewer calories.

Selfless behavior is sexy
Mar 29, 2015 10:21 PM EDT

Break Up, Then Move On: Humans Are Hardwired To Do This, Study Shows

New findings published in the Review of General Psychology show that humans are pretty much hardwired to move straight on out after a breakup when they've fallen out of love.

Great Barrier Reef
Mar 29, 2015 10:32 AM EDT

Great Barrier Reef Protected Zones Create Bigger and More Abundant Coral Trout

Scientists have found that coral trout in protected "green zones" are not only bigger and more abundant than those fished in "blue zones," but are also better able to cope with cyclone damage.

Mars
Mar 29, 2015 09:37 AM EDT

Scientists Discover More Evidence for Groundwater on Mars

Scientists may have found more evidence for water on Mars.

Barren Winter Forest
Mar 29, 2015 09:02 AM EDT

Climate Change Does Not Cause Extreme Winters in the Northeast

It turns out that cold snaps, like the ones that hit the eastern United States over the past few winters, are not connected with climate change.

lobster
Mar 27, 2015 07:17 PM EDT

Ancient Lobster-Like Predator Was Local To Canadian Waters

Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered a 508 million-year-old lobster whose relative looks to have first appeared back in the waters of Canada some 250 million years before the dinosaurs first appeared. The ancient creature also looks to have been connected to both butterflies and ...

Google Offers Ultrahigh Speed Internet in Kansas City
Mar 27, 2015 06:33 PM EDT

Google Is Moving Forward In The Area Of Robotic Technology

Google has teamed up with Johnson & Johnson in the name of technological science. Moving forward, the two partners will now be working to help improve a vision for robotic surgical tools. They have partnered with Ethnicon, one of the U.S.'s biggest operating room tools and equipment suppliers.

space
Mar 27, 2015 05:50 PM EDT

Dark Matter: Galaxy Cluster Collisions Give New Principle Clues

New findings published in the journal Science went out to discover more about that large-scale structure of the universe that cannot simply be picked up with the naked eye. Researchers used two telescopes to work on better identifying these mysterious galatic ghosts, known more formally as dark matt...

Older Adults Satisfied With Aging More Likely to Get Preventive Health Care Services
Mar 27, 2015 05:28 PM EDT

Genes Of A Sibling May Determine Just How Old You Get

Could you live to be 110? Possibly, but your genes will have a lot to do with it, according to research conducted by scientists at Boston University Medical Center.

Apple
Mar 27, 2015 05:02 PM EDT

Apple Logo Memory Test: Turns Out, Our Brains Don't Always Remember The Details

New findings published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology show that hardly any of the subjects could actually remember how to draw this iconic logo when asked to from scratch or fewer than half, that is.

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