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After sequencing Ata's genome, researchers found mutations in seven genes that separately or in combinations contribute to various bone deformities, facial malformations or skeletal dysplasia. (Emery Smith)

Skeleton Mystery Solved (It’s Not an Alien)

March 26, 2018

An odd looking and tiny mummified skeleton, nicknamed Ata, was found in a deserted town located in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The entire skeleton is said to be only 15.24 centimeters long. It’s described as having an elongated skull and sunken, slanted eye sockets and tiny bones. Shortly after its discovery, in 2003, the Internet […]

Time to lose weight - start diet today (Alan Cleaver/Creative Commons 2.0 via Flickr)

Low Fat Or Low Carb Diet Which Works Best?

February 21, 2018

You need to lose some weight, so you go on a diet. With so many approaches to slimming down, which direction should you take? One friend says you need to cut down carbohydrates, while another says no, the number of fats you eat each day should be reduced. So what approach will take off the […]

Ronald Levy (left) and Idit Sagiv-Barfi led the work on a possible cancer treatment that involves injecting two immune-stimulating agents directly into solid tumors. (Steve Fisch/Stanford University)

New Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise

February 5, 2018

AUDIO: TEXT: A new vaccine therapy developed by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers may someday provide hope for cancer patients. Working with mice, the scientists injected minute doses of two vaccines, they created, directly into solid tumors that had developed in the animals. Stanford University professor of oncology, Dr. Ronald Levy, MD, is the […]

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the "Marias Pass" area where a lower and older geological unit of mudstone -- the pale zone in the center of the image -- lies in contact with an overlying geological unit of sandstone. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

Curiosity Hits Silica Jackpot; Sleep Aid & Strokes; Freshwater Supply Threatened

December 18, 2015

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Finds Plenty of Silica As they reviewed data gathered by the Mars Rover, scientists found that some rocks in Gale Crater contained the chemical compound silica.  In fact they say it’s a very high amount of the compound. According to the researchers, silica is actually a combination of silicon and oxygen. […]

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