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Providing Workplace Wellness Centers Could Backfire
May 8, 2013 People who signed up for a workplace wellness center but then used it infrequently experienced declines in their mental quality-of-life, finds a new ... > full story -
Save the Parrots: Macaw Genome Sequenced
May 8, 2013 In a groundbreaking move that provides new insight into avian evolution, biology and conservation, researchers have successfully sequenced the complete genome of a Scarlet macaw for the first ... > full story -
Scientists Identify Early Predictors of Disease Progression Which Could Speed Huntington's Disease Drug Trials
May 8, 2013 Scientists have identified a set of tests that could help identify whether and how Huntington’s disease (HD) is progressing in groups of people who are not yet showing ... > full story -
PCBs Are Everywhere: Problem Exists in Industrial City and Rural Community
May 8, 2013 Despite the expectation of a large environmental exposure difference, researchers report that mothers and children in East Chicago, Ind., and residents in a rural area in Iowa have the same PCB ... > full story -
Biologist Maps the Family Tree of All Known Snake and Lizard Groups
May 8, 2013 Biologists have created the first large-scale evolutionary family tree for every snake and lizard around the ... > full story -
Exotic Atoms Hold Clues to Unsolved Physics Puzzle at the Dawn of the Universe
May 8, 2013 An international team of physicists has found the first direct evidence of pear shaped nuclei in exotic atoms. The findings could advance the search for a new fundamental force in nature that could ... > full storyMore: -
Human Impacts on Natural World Underestimated
May 8, 2013 A comprehensive five-year study by ecologists -- which included monitoring the activity of wolves, elks, cattle and humans -- indicates that two accepted principles of how ecosystems naturally ... > full story -
Four New Dinosaur Species Identified
May 8, 2013 Just when dinosaur researchers thought they had a thorough knowledge of ankylosaurs, a family of squat, armor-plated, plant-eaters, along comes a graduate student with some other ... > full story -
New Red List Developed for Threatened Ecosystems
May 8, 2013 Scientists have developed a new Red List system for identifying ecosystems at high risk of degradation, similar to the influential Red List for the world's threatened ... > full story -
Brain, Not Eye Mechanisms Keep Color Vision Constant Across Lifespan
May 8, 2013 Cone receptors in the human eye lose their color sensitivity with age, but our subjective experience of color remains largely unchanged over the years. This ability to compensate for age-related ... > full story
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