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Could allergies be 'deleted' someday?

Two studies pinpoint long-lived immune cells that "remember" allergies and likely sustain them through time.

LiveScience · Feb 16, 2024

Giant, synchronized swarms of locusts may become more common with climate change

Locust swarms can arise from several locations at once. Research has linked these dramatic events to bouts of heavy rain and wind — and that's not good news under climate change.

LiveScience · Feb 15, 2024

'Microbiome of death' uncovered on decomposing corpses could aid forensics

By analyzing the comings and goings of bacteria and fungi on decomposing bodies, researchers believe they can determine when a person died.

LiveScience · Feb 15, 2024

Chemicals in plastics and cosmetics tied to preterm birth risk

Exposure to common chemicals in plastics during pregnancy has been tied to a risk of preterm birth in a new analysis.

LiveScience · Feb 6, 2024

'Remarkable' new algorithm could dramatically speed up web browsing

SIEVE is a new approach to web caching that's simpler and more effective than today's state-of-the-art algorithms, its creators claim — and big tech companies are taking notice.

LiveScience · Feb 6, 2024

Can psychopaths learn to feel empathy?

People with psychopathic traits often struggle with emotional empathy, but they're usually adept at cognitive empathy and can use this to manipulate people.

LiveScience · Feb 5, 2024

Controversial climate change study claims we'll breach 2 C before 2030

If the new study is correct, global warming is at least a decade further ahead than we thought. But other scientists say it is filled with errors and inconsistencies.

LiveScience · Feb 5, 2024

Huge stadium-sized asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth for centuries today (Feb. 2)

A "potentially hazardous" space rock the size of a football stadium is about to reach its closest point to our planet for more than 100 years, and it won't get this close to us again for centuries more.

Space · Feb 2, 2024

“Well Preserved” DNA Of Twelve 5,500-Year-Old People’s Remains Found In Swedish Neolithic Tomb

"This differs from what we usually see in megalithic graves." The post “Well Preserved” DNA Of Twelve 5,500-Year-Old People’s Remains Found In Swedish Neolithic Tomb first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda · Feb 2, 2024

45,000-year-old bones unearthed in cave are oldest modern-human remains in Central Europe

The finding suggests that 'successive pulses of small groups' of humans replaced Neanderthals in Europe starting around 45,000 years ago.

LiveScience · Jan 31, 2024