Fossil site reveals giant arthropods dominated seas 470 million years ago \
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Fossil site reveals giant arthropods dominated seas 470 million years ago

13-Dec-2022
Discoveries at a major new fossil site in Morocco suggest giant arthropods - relatives of modern creatures including shrimps, insects and spiders - dominated the seas 470 million years ago. Early evidence from the site at Taichoute, once undersea but now a desert, records numerous large "free-swimming" arthropods.
13-Dec-2022 Science
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Research sheds light on how fluctuating oxygen levels may have accelerated animal evolution \
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Research sheds light on how fluctuating oxygen levels may have accelerated animal evolution

15-Oct-2022
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): A new research has shed light on one of the reasons why animal evolution accelerated millions of years ago and according to scientists it is the wild fluctuations in the oxygen levels a billion years ago that could be held responsible.
15-Oct-2022 Science
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Study explores how fluctuation in oxygen levels could have accelerated evolution of life \
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Study explores how fluctuation in oxygen levels could have accelerated evolution of life

15-Oct-2022
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): According to new research, oxygen levels in the Earth's atmosphere are likely to have "fluctuated wildly" one billion years ago, creating conditions that could have accelerated the development of early animal life.
15-Oct-2022 Science
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Researchers observes DNA methylation in Alzheimer’s disease \
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Researchers observes DNA methylation in Alzheimer’s disease

09-Oct-2022
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): DNA methylation, a process which regulates the activity of genes, in Alzheimer's disease has recently been observed during a large study.
09-Oct-2022 Science
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Study reveals role of genomic changes in specific brain cells in Alzheimer’s disease \
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Study reveals role of genomic changes in specific brain cells in Alzheimer’s disease

04-Oct-2022
Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): A large study has looked at DNA methylation in Alzheimer's disease. DNA methylation is the process by which the activity of genes is regulated, acting a bit like a dimmer-switch to turn genes on or off. Increasingly, this process is thought to have a key role in the development of diseases such as dementia.
04-Oct-2022 Science
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Research: Lack of phosphorus is limiting Amazon’s growth \
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Research: Lack of phosphorus is limiting Amazon’s growth

11-Aug-2022
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): Growth of the Amazon rainforest in our increasingly carbon-rich atmosphere could be limited by a lack of phosphorus in the soil, new research shows.
11-Aug-2022 Science
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Research: A better understanding of timings of chicken domestication \
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Research: A better understanding of timings of chicken domestication

10-Jun-2022
Washington [US], June 10 (ANI): According to new research by the University of Exeter, a transformation on the understanding of the circumstances and timing of the domestication of chickens, their spread across Asia into the west, and reveals the changing way in which they were perceived in societies over the past 3,500 years.
10-Jun-2022 Science
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Researchers reveal satellites and drones can help save pollinators \
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Researchers reveal satellites and drones can help save pollinators

20-May-2022
Exeter [England], May 20 (ANI): According to the University of Exeter, satellites and drones can provide critical information to help protect pollinators.
20-May-2022 Science
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Study shows loneliness increases risk of being unemployed in future \
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Study shows loneliness increases risk of being unemployed in future

30-Apr-2022
Exeter (England) [UK], April 30 (ANI): According to new research, people who experience loneliness have a higher risk of unemployment in the future. People who often feel lonely are much more likely to lose their jobs later in their lives.
30-Apr-2022 Health
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Study examines why parents in their prime age produce best offspring \
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Study examines why parents in their prime age produce best offspring

16-Feb-2022
Bristol [England], February 16 (ANI): Parents have always faced a trade-off between pouring resources into their offspring against using those resources to enhance their chances of survival so as to have more offspring. The best allocation of resources depends on age. More experienced parents were better at getting food, so they could pass on more to their offspring. Recent research shed light on this.
16-Feb-2022 Science
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