A small group of plants known as “resurrection plants” can survive months or even years without water.
Drying Without Dying: How Resurrection Plants Survive Without Water
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Chemical Pollutants in the Home Degrade Fertility in Both Men and Dogs, Study Finds
New research by scientists at the University of Nottingham suggests that environmental contaminants found in the home and diet have the same adverse effects on male fertility in both humans and in domestic dogs.
Smokers Often Misunderstand Health Risks of Smokeless Tobacco Product, Rutgers Study Finds
American smokers mistakenly think that using snus, a type of moist snuff smokeless tobacco product, is as dangerous as smoking tobacco, according to a Rutgers study.
New Scientific Statement on Blood Pressure Measurement in People
The accurate measurement of blood pressure is essential for the diagnosis and management of hypertension, a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke, according to an updated American Heart Association scientific statement on blood pressure measurement in humans, published in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.
Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Asteroids are Stronger, Harder to Destroy Than Previously Thought
A popular theme in the movies is that of an incoming asteroid that could extinguish life on the planet, and our heroes are launched into space to blow it up.
Long-Lived Parents Produce Better Quality Offspring
Genetic manipulation that more than doubles lifespan also leads to better offspring – according to new collaborative research from the University of East Anglia and Uppsala University.
