Newest Science News Blog 20190107

4,000-Year-Old Game Board Carved into the Earth Shows How Nomads Had Fun
Pattern of holes cut into the floor of an ancient rock shelter shows that one of the world's most ancient board games was played there around 4,000 years ago
Skin creams can lead to fire deaths
People who use emollient creams to treat dry and itchy skin conditions are being warned they can build up in fabrics and cause them to catch fire more easily.
Long-Hidden "Pyramid" Found in Indonesia Was Likely an Ancient Temple
The structure has potentially been used as a place of worship for thousands of years
Woman Develops Donor's Peanut Allergy After Lung Transplant
Sometimes, you just really want a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. And, as long as you're not allergic to the ingredients, that's totally fine. At least, that's what one woman thought.
Tumors backfire on chemotherapy
If a tumor resists neoadjuvant therapy, there can be a higher risk of developing metastatic disease
Doctors' Kids Absorb a Lot
"Children are very intuitive and perceptive and are always picking up on the things we say and do in our everyday lives,"
What could have wiped 3km of rock off the entire Earth?
Some evidence for the cause of geology's Great Unconformity.
Sex differences identified in deadly brain tumors
Tailoring treatment to men, women may improve survival
To head off late-life depression, check your hearing
The greater the hearing loss, the greater the risk of having symptoms of depression, finds study of elderly Hispanics
Freaky superbug poured out of NIH sinks for a decade, infecting patients
From 2006 to 2016, an aquatic bacterium creeped in clinic sinks, causing rare infections.
Archaeologists Find Pre-Columbian Temple of ‘Flayed Lord’ in Central Mexico
Archaeologists in Mexico say they have found the first temple dedicated to a deity called the Flayed Lord, an important god in the Aztec Empire whose worshipers were said to wear the skin of sacrificial victims.
Why Your Doctor Should Also Be a Scientist
The physician-scientist is an endangered species, if we don't reverse this trend, patients could lose out on the next generation of life-saving treatments
Egg metabolites in blood related to lower risk of type 2 diabetes
Daily egg associated with a blood metabolite profile that is related to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes
Surprise discovery reveals second visual system in mouse cerebral cortex
Research challenges 75-year-old dogma of mammalian vision
Scientists engineer shortcut for photosynthetic glitch, boost crop growth by 40 percent
Crops engineered with a photorespiratory shortcut are 40 percent more productive in real-world agronomic conditions
Wild monkeys with killer herpes are breeding like crazy in Florida
Florida man's got nothin' on these dirty primates.
Once considered outlandish, the idea that plants help their relatives is taking root
The notion that plants really do care for their most genetically close peers is taking root
AAN Calls for Uniform Definition of Brain Death
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has issued a position statement calling on US lawmakers to require a uniform definition of brain death.
What does 'dead' mean?
Should death be defined in strictly biological terms or is it essentially a social construct that should be defined in different ways?
Recurrent miscarriage linked to faulty sperm
Multiple miscarriages may be linked to the poor quality of a man's sperm, suggests new research.
Our bodies may cure themselves of diabetes in the future
Researchers have found that neighbour-cells can take over functions of damaged or missing insulin-producing cells; the discovery may lead to new treatments for diabetes
Fish fumes blamed for allergy death of Brooklyn boy
Authorities investigating the death of an 11-year-old boy in Brooklyn are said to be looking into whether fish cooking nearby could have been to blame.
The Sounds That Haunted U.S. Diplomats in Cuba? Lovelorn Crickets, Scientists Say
Diplomatic officials may have been targeted with an unknown weapon in Havana. But a recording of one "sonic attack" actually is the singing of a very loud cricket, a new analysis concludes.
Prehistoric Shark May Have Caught a Dinner on the Wing
A fossil tooth hints at a startling interaction between an ancient shark and a flying reptile.

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