Researchers at Queen Mary University of London helped identify a planet’s backward orbit, which could offer clues to how planetary systems form and evolve. When a star and its planets form from the same spinning disk of gas and dust, the planets are expected to orbit in the direction the star rotates. Astronomers have now […]
Losing the Same Weight Didn’t Produce the Same Health Benefits
Among several diets tested in a clinical trial, a ketogenic diet produced the greatest improvements in liver and metabolic health. Losing the same amount of weight does not necessarily produce the same metabolic benefits. In a randomized clinical trial, three very different diets helped adults with obesity lose about 10% of their starting weight, but […]
Losing the Same Weight Didn’t Produce the Same Health Benefits
Among several diets tested in a clinical trial, a ketogenic diet produced the greatest improvements in liver and metabolic health. Losing the same amount of weight does not necessarily produce the same metabolic benefits. In a randomized clinical trial, three very different diets helped adults with obesity lose about 10% of their starting weight, but […]
Feeling Lonely Could Take Nearly 6 Years From Your Healthy Lifespan
Healthy habits may reduce some of the health burden associated with social isolation, but loneliness appears to be more resistant to lifestyle changes. Living longer is only part of the health equation. Another question is how many of those years are spent free from major physical and mental illnesses. New research suggests that the quality […]
Hidden Artery Plaque Found in 1 in 13 Adults Before Age 30
Atherosclerosis may begin shockingly early, with artery scans revealing hidden plaque in about one in 13 adults before age 30. An international study of 16,808 adults found that silent atherosclerosis is far more common than symptoms or routine risk assessments suggest. Advanced scans detected plaque in 57.1% of participants with no known cardiovascular disease, revealing […]
Can Species Evolve Fast Enough To Survive Climate Change?
A new study suggests that black-browed albatrosses may not evolve fast enough to keep pace with climate change. Cutting greenhouse gas emissions could give them a better chance of survival. Black-browed albatrosses, long-lived seabirds of the Southern Ocean and surrounding seas, may need more time to adapt to climate change than a warming world allows. […]
Can Species Evolve Fast Enough To Survive Climate Change?
A new study suggests that black-browed albatrosses may not evolve fast enough to keep pace with climate change. Cutting greenhouse gas emissions could give them a better chance of survival. Black-browed albatrosses, long-lived seabirds of the Southern Ocean and surrounding seas, may need more time to adapt to climate change than a warming world allows. […]
Can Species Evolve Fast Enough To Survive Climate Change?
A new study suggests that black-browed albatrosses may not evolve fast enough to keep pace with climate change. Cutting greenhouse gas emissions could give them a better chance of survival. Black-browed albatrosses, long-lived seabirds of the Southern Ocean and surrounding seas, may need more time to adapt to climate change than a warming world allows. […]
Can Species Evolve Fast Enough To Survive Climate Change?
A new study suggests that black-browed albatrosses may not evolve fast enough to keep pace with climate change. Cutting greenhouse gas emissions could give them a better chance of survival. Black-browed albatrosses, long-lived seabirds of the Southern Ocean and surrounding seas, may need more time to adapt to climate change than a warming world allows. […]
3-Million-Year-Old Bones Reveal an Unexpected Chapter in Human Evolution
By comparing the strength of fossilized limb bones, a research team led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC found new evidence about how early human ancestors moved. For Australopithecus, an early human ancestor that lived roughly 2 million to 4 million years ago, walking upright did not necessarily mean leaving the trees behind. […]