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The earliest fossilised vomit in the world with intact remains is found by scientists.
The oldest known vomit from a terrestrial mammal is a lump of fossilised vomit that is around 290 million years old. An early land food chain can be redrawn thanks to 41 bone fragments that freeze a single meal from long before dinosaurs.
By Francis Dami9 days ago in History
According to neuroscientists, this typical nightly ritual significantly enhances sleep.
It has been demonstrated that reading a book in bed improves sleep quality more than immediately turning out the lights. That straightforward practice simultaneously activates the systems of memory, language, and emotion, and that consistent concentration can facilitate the transition to sleep.
By Francis Dami9 days ago in Futurism
Exercise activates a liver enzyme that fixes brain vascular damage and improves memory.
In mice, it has recently been demonstrated that a liver enzyme generated during exercise can restore memory and repair aging brain blood vessels. By linking the benefits of physical activity to a repair mechanism at the brain's outer boundary rather than inside neurones themselves, the new discovery reframes how exercise protects cognition.
By Francis Dami9 days ago in FYI
The hive has a designated "dance floor" that honey bees use.
Within a certain, quantifiable patch of comb inside the hive, honey bees focus their recruitment dances. Now that its exact outline has been established, scientists can monitor how and when colonies rearrange that common communication area in response to shifting circumstances.
By Francis Dami9 days ago in Petlife
Deforestation in the Amazon reduces the rain forest's capacity to produce its own precipitation.
A recent research demonstrates what many scientists have long assumed but can now detect with precision from space: the local climate changes when big swaths of the Amazon are cleared.
By Francis Dami14 days ago in FYI
Dogs that are overweight have much higher ocular pressure.
According to a recent study, dogs that are overweight have far higher ocular pressure than dogs that are thin. This disparity brings normally healthy animals closer to levels that have long been associated with diseases that compromise vision.
By Francis Dami14 days ago in Petlife
'Unknown life form' is the term scientists use to describe a 26-foot-tall fossil from 400 million years ago.
Prototaxites is a peculiar fossil that has baffled scientists for more than 165 years. It was odd even in appearance. It looked like a massive, leafless tree and reached a height of 26 feet.
By Francis Dami14 days ago in History
Targeting microorganisms linked to stomach cancer, a new chocolate innovation
It has been demonstrated that chocolate truffles manufactured from grape waste suppress the stomach microbe most closely associated with gastric cancer. The discovery gives discarded winemaking materials a new biological purpose while redefining a familiar meal as a possible tool for lowering infection risk.
By Francis Dami14 days ago in Lifehack
