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“Over 92 million prescriptions for benzodiazepines are dispensed in the United States annually,” note Vanderbilt University psychiatrist Alistair J. Reid Finlayson and four colleagues in…

Small plesiosaur fossils, long-necked marine reptiles from the dinosaur era, were discovered in the Sahara Desert of Morocco, a 100 million year old river system.…

Although the devastating and incurable Mad Cow disease and its human counterpart Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease have been absent from the news for years, scientists have not…

The neurodegenerative disease scrapie can serve as a model for other diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s caused by the buildup of proteins that induce tissue…

A discovery revealed by medical experts at the University of Alberta may help to understand how prion illnesses, such as mad cow disease and chronic…

The public’s interest in and understanding surrounding personality and relationships are increasing tremendously as the taboo surrounding mental illness is lifted and with each new…

Telluric acid is a chemical compound with the formula Te(OH)6. It is a very weak acid that is a good oxidizing agent and can be…

The importance of Ukraine’s agriculture sector in the global food supply chain has been underlined by the country’s six-month war, but worries are growing about…

Farmers who are preparing for their crop needs in 2023 are still struggling with high input costs, and as fall approaches, nitrogen prices are once…

In 2022, Japan’s agricultural industry generated 32.3 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions, or 2.8% of all emissions in the nation. That comes from enteric…

Everyone loves octopuses because they are intelligent, eight-armed, and have complex brains. However, the way they move is equally haphazard, and at times their eight…

In the cloud jungle of Northern Ecuador, a stunning new species of orchid was found. Maxillaria anacatalina-portillae, the plant’s scientific name, was described by Polish…