" Andrea Thompson LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com 2 hours, 20 minutes ago Insect bite marks in ancient leaf fossils are shedding new light on how nature bounced back after an asteroid impact killed off the dinosaurs and much of life on Earth 65 million years ago....
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" LiveScience Staff LiveScience.com Tue Aug 29, 4:45 PM ET When used properly, sunscreens are proven to prevent skin damage . But if not applied often enough, a sunscreen can actually enhance skin damage, according to a new study. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun is...
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" Sara Goudarzi LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com 2 hours, 50 minutes ago The largest unmanned aircraft to rely solely on hydrogen fuel has flown successfully during tests. The plane, with a 22-foot-wingspan, is powered by a fuel-cell system that generates...
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" Heather Whipps Special to LiveScience LiveScience.com Mon Aug 28, 12:30 PM ET The doctors of ancient Greece and China had it right when they applied cool and minty salves to soothe aches and pains, a new study suggests. A synthetic treatment with the same properties as mint...
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" Charles Q. Choi Special to LiveScience LiveScience.com Wed Aug 23, 4:15 PM ET Scientists have found that oxygen and the life that generates it might have enriched the Earth far earlier than currently supposed. The discovery, sure to be controversial, suggests life could...
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" LiveScience Staff LiveScience.com Mon Aug 21, 10:30 AM ET Chewing gum, toothpaste and deodorant might soon contain beneficial bacteria to fight tooth decay and underarm stench . Strepptococcus mutans, or S. Mutans, is a bacterium that causes tooth decay. S. Mutans sticks to...
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" Abigail W. Leonard Special to LiveScience LiveScience.com Fri Aug 18, 10:45 AM ET As we yawn and open our eyes in the morning, the brain stem sends little puffs of nitric oxide to another part of the brain, the thalamus, which then directs it elsewhere. Like a computer...
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" Charles Q. Choi Special to LiveScience LiveScience.com Mon Aug 14, 10:15 AM ET Everyone knows hot dogs aren't exactly healthy for you, but in a new study chemists find they may contain DNA-mutating compounds that might boost one's risk for cancer . Scientists note there is...
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" It's not Jurassic Park, but scientists have reconstructed a 530-million-year-old gene by piecing together key portions of two modern genes descended from it. "We've shown some of the elements involved in the...
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" Robert Roy Britt LiveScience Managing Editor LiveScience.com Fri Aug 4, 12:00 PM ET Mother Nature has various ways of reminding us who is in charge. The particular threats and the extent of risk vary greatly based on where you live [See Top 10 US Threats ]. While there is...
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" Ker Than LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Fri Aug 4, 9:00 AM ET Chimps and large predatory cats are more likely to target dimwitted prey less capable of escaping attack, a new study reports. The researchers focused on predators from Africa and South America such as...
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" Sara Goudarzi LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Sun Jul 30, 9:30 AM ET Having an extra ounce of fat is unforgivable for many gym goers, but for ants, it's a matter of livelihood and they do all they can to store some of this energy source. And they share. When times...
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" Ker Than LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Fri Jul 28, 8:15 AM ET Using a retina plucked from the eye of guinea pigs as a model, scientists estimate that our eyes transmit visual information to our brains at about the same rate as an Ethernet connection. The finding...
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" LiveScience Staff LiveScience.com Fri Jul 28, 3:15 PM ET A British bumblebee has set a record for long-distance flight, finding its way home after being dropped off 8 miles away. Nobody knows if other bees have flown farther—few tests have been done—but this...
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" Heather Whipps Special to LiveScience LiveScience.com Thu Jul 27, 1:00 PM ET Birds do it, bees do it, humans since the dawn of time have done it. But just how much has the act really changed through the millennia and even in past decades? Are humans doing it more? Are we...
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