Working in ice-clogged seawater in small chartered boats, a University of Oregon-led research team successfully used sonar to scan Alaska’s LeConte Glacier in the first field tests of a long-used theory on melting that occurs under glaciers.
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People Who Eat Dark Chocolate Less Likely to Be Depressed
Eating dark chocolate may positively affect mood and relieve depressive symptoms, finds a new UCL-led study looking at whether different types of chocolate are associated with mood disorders.
NASA Satellite Finds Tropical Storm Wipha Blankets the Gulf of Tonkin
Visible satellite imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite showed the clouds from Tropical Storm Wipha blanketing the Gulf of Tonkin.
Male Black Widows Piggyback on Work of Rivals in A Desperate Attempt to Find A Mate
A new U of T Scarborough study finds male black widow spiders will hijack silk trails left by rival males in their search for a potential mate.
NASA Sees Tropical Storm Flossie Headed to Central Pacific Ocean
Tropical Storm Flossie continues tracking in a westward direction through the Eastern Pacific Ocean and is expected to move into the Central Pacific Ocean later today, August 2.
Mayo Clinic Study Shows AI Could Enable Accurate, Inexpensive Screening for Atrial Fibrillation
A new Mayo Clinic research study shows that artificial intelligence (AI) can detect the signs of an irregular heart rhythm — atrial fibrillation (AF) — in an EKG, even if the heart is in normal rhythm at the time of a test.