Even when accounting for gender-dependent mortality rates, age at death, and differences in lifespan, women still have twice the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. New research…
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Springtime, the season of new beginnings, ended the 165-million-year reign of dinosaurs and changed the course of evolution on Earth. Credit: Florida Atlantic University/Getty Images…
In 2021, in the U.S. alone, there have been more than 560,000 prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine. Last year, the 890,000 prescriptions were nine-fold greater than the…
There are more than 500 cichlid species in Africa’s Lake Malawi. They evolved from a few species that likely entered the lake about 3 million…
The whitespotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) break apart hard shells like clams, oysters and conch using their fortified jaws to access the prey’s soft tissues.…
Florida Atlantic University study shows how monarch butterfly caterpillars go from peaceful feeders to aggressive fighters in their quest for milkweed. Inspired by his own…
(Click image for full view.) Although face shields block the initial forward motion of the jet, the expelled droplets move around the visor with relative…
COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death in the United States. The U.S. accounts for about 25 percent of COVID-19 cases (4.4 million)…
With the stitched quilted cotton mask, droplets traveled 2.5 inches. Credit: Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science FAU College of Engineering and…
A schematic figure of plastic photo-dissolution and plastic dissolved organic carbon (DOC) biodegradation. Credit: Lee Ann DeLeo Trillions of plastic fragments are afloat at sea,…
Wild Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) swimming in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon. Credit: Brian Cousin, Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Antibiotic resistance is one…