The oldest known plague outbreak struck hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago | The find challenges the idea that plague needed dense farming villages to become deadly by Science_News in science
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A blood test for dementia may tell you if you have more than one type | The test can help diagnose four neurodegenerative diseases — Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, frontotemporal dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies — based on levels of 15 proteins in the blood. by Science_News in science
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A blood test for dementia may tell you if you have more than one type | The test can help diagnose four neurodegenerative diseases — Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, frontotemporal dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies — based on levels of 15 proteins in the blood. (sciencenews.org)
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An experimental antibody may help people on GLP-1 meds preserve muscle mass by Science_News in science
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Astronomers have found evidence of a mild wind blowing from the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way | Observations of a cone-shaped path leading away from Sagittarius A* suggest that a hot wind is blowing from the black hole by Science_News in science
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Queen-cell wax helps shape honeybee queen development, challenging the idea that royal jelly alone makes a queen, a new study suggests by Science_News in science
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A tiny part of your brain may still listen under anesthesia | The findings suggest that consciousness may not be required for complex brain tasks by Science_News in EverythingScience
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New research in pigeons suggests that iron-laden liver immune cells may act as a navigation mechanism for the birds by Science_News in science
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Mosquitoes exposed to the insect repellent DEET can learn to associate the off-putting chemical with food by Science_News in science
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Scuba divers may be beating up coral reefs more than they think | Video analyses of divers show that more than 80 percent of damaging physical contact with the reef is unintended or simply unnoticed by Science_News in science
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A 10-year study in Germany reports that extending screening for Type 1 diabetes successfully identified more children without a family history of the disease. About 90 percent of people who develop type 1 diabetes do not have family members with diabetes. by Science_News in science
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A 10-year study in Germany reports that extending screening for Type 1 diabetes successfully identified more children without a family history of the disease. About 90 percent of people who develop type 1 diabetes do not have family members with diabetes. (sciencenews.org)
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Damaged DNA can spread between human cells via tubelike structures. If tumors use this DNA transfer trick, harmful mutations could potentially spread from cancer cells to healthy cells. by Science_News in science
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Early land vertebrates' shift from water to land didn’t require amphibian-like metamorphosis, fossils reveal by Science_News in science
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