Newest Science News Blog 20180709

I never said that! High-tech deception of 'deepfake' videos
Hey, did my congressman really say that? Is that really President Donald Trump on that video, or am I being duped?
Could Aspirin Help Prevent Alzheimer's Disease? Mouse Study Says Maybe.
New research suggests there is some hope that aspirin may help to treat some aspects of Alzheimer's
Another Cup? More Coffee Could Be Linked to Longer Life Span
Coffee lovers may not have to feel that familiar pang of guilt when pouring themselves yet another cup of joe for the day.
Horses Have Had Dental Appointments in Mongolia for Over 3,000 Years
Oldest known evidence of veterinary dentists on record
This virus actually may boost -- not weaken -- our immune system
Our immune system is at its peak when we're young, but after a certain age, it declines and it becomes more difficult for our bodies to fight off new infections.
A pretty plant of summer produces a promising anti-diabetes compound
Roughly half of the western medicines used today were derived from naturally occurring plant metabolites.
People Ration Where They Roam
Analysis of 40,000 people' movements suggests most of us frequent only 25 places
Europe’s biggest research fund cracks down on ‘ethics dumping’
The practice of conducting ethically dubious research in foreign countries is under fresh scrutiny.
Drug gets body cells to 'eat and destroy' cancer
Scientists have designed a special type of drug that helps the body eat and destroy cancerous cells.
More than 8 million babies born from IVF since the world's first in 1978
European IVF pregnancy rates now steady at around 36 percent, according to ESHRE monitoring
Finding suggest HPV testing detects cervical pre-cancer earlier, more accurately than Pap smear
Nearly all cervical cancers are associated with persistent cervical infection from cancer-related human papillomavirus (HPV) strains.
This man was fired by a computer – real AI could have saved him
Ibrahim Diallo was allegedly fired by a machine.
The Gaia Sausage: The major collision that changed the Milky Way galaxy
An international team of astronomers has discovered an ancient and dramatic head-on collision between the Milky Way and a smaller object, dubbed the "Sausage" galaxy.
Global warming may be twice what climate models predict
Past warming events suggest climate models fail to capture true warming under business-as-usual scenarios
Were Our Ancestors Sleeping in Trees 3 Million Years Ago?
That's only one question posed by a new analysis of an extraordinary Australopithecus skeleton.
Contagious cancer could have wiped out America's first dogs
Ancient-genome study finds that indigenous dogs in North and South America split from other domestic canines around 15,000 years ago.
Ancient genome analyses reveal mosaic pattern of goat domestication thousands of years ago
Goat domestication was a mosaic -- not a singular -- process, with capture from the wild impacting genetic diversity in different regions of the Fertile Crescent
Amyloid beta protein protects brain from herpes infection by entrapping viral particles
Chronic viral infection could induce overproduction of Alzheimer's-disease-associated protein and cause damaging inflammation
Bacterial survival in salty antifreeze raises hope for life on Mars and icy moons
New research by a trans-Atlantic team of scientists suggests that bacteria could survive in briny chemicals that exist on Mars, Enceladus, Europa, Pluto and possibly elsewhere.
Yes! We have no bananas: Why the song may come true again
A wild banana that may hold the key to protecting the world's edible banana crop has been put on the extinction list.
Novel HIV vaccine candidate is safe and induces immune response in healthy adults and monkeys
Mosaic HIV vaccine may have the potential to protect against wide variety of HIV strains worldwide
Phase 1/2 results have led to the initiation of a phase 2b clinical efficacy trial in southern Africa to determine whether vaccine candidate can prevent HIV infection in humans
Cross species transfer of genes has driven evolution
Far from just being the product of our parents, University of Adelaide scientists have shown that widespread transfer of genes between species has radically changed the genomes of today's mammals, and been an important driver of evolution.

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