Author: Dangist
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Forgetfulness might depend on time of day
Summary Researchers have identified a gene in mice that seems to influence memory recall at different times of day and tracked how it causes mice to be more forgetful just before they normally wake up. Can’t remember something? Try waiting until later in the day. Researchers identified a gene in mice that seems to…
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Cancer mortality continues steady decline, driven by progress against lung cancer
Drop of 2.2% from 2016 to 2017 is largest ever reported Summary The cancer death rate declined by 29% from 1991 to 2017, including a 2.2% drop from 2016 to 2017, the largest single-year drop in cancer mortality ever reported. FULL STORY The cancer death rate declined by 29% from 1991 to 2017, including…
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What is Solar Wind?
Charged particles are continually given off by the sun. They are known as the Solar Wind and are strongest when sunspot activity is at its height. Sun spots are the darker areas on the surface of the sun. These areas of cooler gas occur when the Sun’s magnetic field blocks the flow of heat…
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Why do flies rub their legs together ?
When you see a fly rubbing its legs together, it is cleaning itself, and scraping off some of the material that has gathered here. A fly is an insect with a pair of well developed wings. The common housefly is one of the best – known kinds of flies; a scavenger, it does not bite…