Many wild southern sea otters in California are infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, yet the infection is fatal for only a fraction of sea otters, which has long puzzled the scientific community.
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How Memories Form and Fade
Why is it that you can remember the name of your childhood best friend that you haven't seen in years yet easily forget the name of a person you just met a moment ago?
The Fat of the Land: Estimating the Ecological Costs of Overeating
With every unfinished meal since Band Aid, you’ve heard it: “people are starving in Africa, y’know”.
Study Shows Frying Oil Consumption Worsened Colon Cancer and Colitis in Mice
Foods fried in vegetable oil are popular worldwide, but research about the health effects of this cooking technique has been largely inconclusive and focused on healthy people.
100-Year Floods Could Soon Happen Annually in Parts of U.S., Study Finds
As global temperatures continue to rise, 100-year floods could become annual occurrences in parts of the United States, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications.
Pollution and Winter Linked with Rise in Heart Attack Treatment
Heavily polluted areas have a higher rate of angioplasty procedures to treat blocked arteries than areas with clean air, according to research to be presented at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.