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Denmark's forests: plantations store carbon, wild growth wins diversity

Denmark’s long-running effort to create forests on former farmland has revealed a striking trade-off between carbon storage and biodiversity. After 21 years, scientists compared naturally regenerated forests with areas deliberately planted with trees. Plantations accumulated tree biomass and captured carbon faster, while naturally colonised forests developed greater diversity and more…

The Times of India

In 1855, scientists discovered a fungus that turns flies into zombie hosts. More than 160 years later, its spores still show how a parasite can control behavior in flies

In 1855, scientists discovered a fungus that turns flies into zombie hosts. More than 160 years later, its spores still show how a parasite can control behavior in flies

A parasitic fungus, Entomophthora muscae, infects flies and manipulates their behavior. This fungus drives infected insects to high points before they die and release spores. Scientists are investigating how this fungus controls fly brains and influences their actions. The fungus also releases chemicals that attract other insects to infected carcasses.…

The Economic Times

It's harder to poop in space. Scientists may finally know why

It's harder to poop in space. Scientists may finally know why

Spaceflight can do strange things to the human body — including making it harder for astronauts to poop.

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52 astronauts left Earth for months in orbit, and within weeks their gut bacteria changed how they processed food, revealing why spaceflight can trigger constipation and potentially affect brain health

Constipation in space is more than an uncomfortable side effect. Astronauts often face it during long missions, but scientists have not fully understood why. Now, blood tests from 52 astronauts reveal a possible clue. Their gut bacteria began fermenting more protein within weeks of reaching the International Space Station. The…

The Economic Times

The Animals With the Longest Lifespan on Earth and the Biology Behind Their Longevity

The Clam That Outlived EmpiresIn 2006, researchers at Bangor University pulled an ocean quahog clam, Arctica islandica, from the seabed off Iceland and counted its growth rings the way a forester reads a tree. The rings said 507 years. The clam, nicknamed Ming, had been alive when the Mughal Empire…

A 5,000-year-old DNA study reveals Stone Age population near Paris vanished and was replaced

A new genetic research study has demonstrated the existence of a distinct local community of Stone Age farmers that disappeared and were replaced by immigrant groups approximately 5000 years ago near the Paris Basin (specifically at Bury, France). Based on the DNA data retrieved from the teeth of 132 individuals…

The Times of India

Global demand for shea butter is growing: but it’s not all good news for the women who collect the nuts

Shea butter has become a highly sought-after ingredient in cosmetics and food manufacturing worldwide. Since the early 2000s its use as a substitute for cocoa butter has driven a dramatic rise in international demand. The shea butter industry has grown by more than 600% over the last 20 years.

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Extreme thinness: Scientists are investigating why some people struggle to gain weight

Extreme thinness: Scientists are investigating why some people struggle to gain weight

Researchers are exploring why some individuals are naturally super-lean and may struggle to gain weight. The causes of such constitutional thinness offer clues to the physiology of weight control.

Eating this diet can impact your performance in bed

Eating this diet can impact your performance in bed

‘We were shocked by how many body functions were disrupted’

The Independent UK

Danish university to scrutinise international tech researchers amid spying concerns

Danish university to scrutinise international tech researchers amid spying concerns

The tightened vetting process applies to researchers from China, Russia and Iran, which Danish intelligence officials consider high risk for espionage.

New tool can predict which children are likely to become obese

New tool can predict which children are likely to become obese

Tool can also predict how well obese adults will respond to targeted weight loss programmes

The Independent UK

Do You Live Here ? 4 US States With the Darkest Personality Types, Including Psychopaths and Narcissists

Do You Live Here ? 4 US States With the Darkest Personality Types, Including Psychopaths and Narcissists

Society and environment can influence a person's personality, according to a new global study by a group of psychologists from the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) in Copenhagen, Denmark.

International Business Times UK

Viking DNA helps reveal when HIV-fighting gene mutation emerged: 9,000 years ago near the Black Sea

Viking DNA helps reveal when HIV-fighting gene mutation emerged: 9,000 years ago near the Black Sea

A study of more than 3,000 genomes has traced a gene mutation that confers HIV resistance to a person who lived near the Black Sea around 7000 B.C.

Study advises against Western diet during pregnancy, says it has autism and ADHD risk to infants

Study advises against Western diet during pregnancy, says it has autism and ADHD risk to infants

Pregnancy diet has a direct impact on the health and development of the fetus; however a lot is not being discussed about this.

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"Sun stones" to ward off deadly volcano

Buried in ditches, the Neolithic carvings may have been a sacrifice to stop volcanic climate change

Evening Standard

New weight loss drug target reduces appetite and burns calories without sickness

The discovery could lead to a new treatment for millions of people with obesity and type 2 diabetes who do not respond well to current treatments.

The Independent UK

Scientific breakthrough to prevent negative side effects of weight loss drugs like Ozempic

Millions across the world could benefit from weight loss drugs such as Ozempic

Parasitic Fungi Can Take Over A Brain For Its Own Benefit. It Gets Worse.

A parasitic fungus takes over the brains of flies and controls them for its own sinister ends. Here’s the science behind the horror.

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Was A Lack Of Get-Up-And-Go The Death Of The Neanderthals?

A new study posits a very surprising answer to one of history's great mysteries -- what killed off the Neanderthals?

The National (Scotland)

Greta Thunberg arrested at pro-Palestine protest

GRETA Thunberg has been arrested at a protest against the war in Gaza, according to reports ...

Study finds how neurological symptoms associated with aura, migraine

For the first time, new research explains the relationship between the neurological symptoms of aura and the ensuing migraine, elucidating how a brain fluid flow disruption and a spreading wave of disruption cause headaches. Read further on Dynamite News:

Nearly 6 million trees disappeared from farmlands in three years, says satellite mapping study

India tree loss: 11% of fully grown trees seen via satellite in 2010-2011 were no longer visible when reviewed from 2018 to 2022

The Times of India

What is 10-20-30 interval training? How does it work?

The 10-20-30 interval training method is a high-intensity interval training (HIIT) protocol designed to optimize cardiovascular fitness and endurance while minimizing the time spent exercising. Developed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Alicante, this approach involves alternating short bursts of high-intensity exercise with periods of…

Origin of Multiple Sclerosis And These Common Diseases Lies in Ancient DNA

New studies find the origin of multiple sclerosis and other diseases originates from the spread of DNA during ancient human history in Europe.

Ancient DNA Reveals Genetic Link Between Northern Europe and Multiple Sclerosis

Ancient DNA reveals that northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis due to genetic variants inherited from horseback-riding cattle herders...

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