Burning a small patch of tissue lining the upper portion of the stomach could one day be a treatment for obesity, results from a small study suggest.

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An iron-milk substance can break down alcohol fast and protect against liver damage in mice. Scientists hope to test the gel in people next.

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'T. rex' had millions to billions of neurons — what the dino did with them is still not clear.

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Could AI technology be racing ahead of respect for the dead? To get a handle on this, Science News spoke with ethicist Katarzyna Nowaczyk-Basińska.

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A Williston's tiger beetle ('Cicindela willistoni') takes flight in the laboratory, tethered in place. When bats are near, some of its nocturnal relatives create ultrasonic clicks as the hindwings strike the hard, shell-like forewings.

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By 6 months old, young orangutans are experimenting with construction materials, and by 6 years old, they are building platforms 20 meters in the air.

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By 2050, an additional 246 million adults age 69+ could experience temperature extremes that exceed 37.5° Celsius. The projection suggests that more than 23% of the global population of these older adults will encounter this intense heat.

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A recent ancient shark parasite finding is “very hard to explain because there are not a lot of sharks living in trees,” jokes paleontologist Kenneth De Baets of the University of Warsaw in Poland. “It’s like winning the lottery — one in a million.”

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New studies are digging deeper into how the heart, and other organs, influence the brain.

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Calculating how many neurons dinosaurs like 'T. rex' had helps scientists think about the ancient reptile's lifestyle.

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Acute heat exposures are expected to increase as temperatures and aging populations rise.

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A tiger beetle flies on a tether in the laboratory. Researchers play a buzz from a bat feeding. When the beetle hears the bat echolocation, it responds by producing ultrasonic clicks in time with the wing beats.

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Mice who ate an iron-milk substance gel before alcohol intoxication showed much lower blood alcohol levels and performed just as well as sober mice in a water maze.

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The success of the recent bird flu replicating in cattle may be more happenstance than thanks to any special properties of the virus.

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The anatomy of a 99-million-year-old flatworm encased in amber is strikingly similar to modern flatworms found in shark intestines, researchers say. How the purported marine parasite ended up in a tree remains a mystery.

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Digital replicas of the dead “create an illusion that a dead person is still alive and can interact with the world as if nothing actually happened, as if death didn't occur.”

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she was onto something

Cows might be able to host both human and bird flu viruses at once — setting the stage for the emergence of a new type of influenza if those viruses start swapping parts.

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The cosmos may have something in common with a doughnut.

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Unearthed in northern Myanmar, a newfound parasitic worm ended up preserved in amber and fossilized tree resin. It has several features that closely resemble those of modern tapeworms in shark intestines, paleontologist Cihang Luo and colleagues report.

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