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Regular consumption of walnuts may be beneficial for digestive health by increasing the amount of good probiotic-type bacteria in the gut, according to a new study in rats from Louisiana State University and published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. A diet with walnuts leads to an overall significant increase …

Underwater archaeologists using a new state-of-the-art technology are mapping out the submerged portion of the 17th-century town of Port Royal in Jamaica. Underwater archaeologists explore the submerged portion of Port Royal. Image credit: Texas AM University. Port Royal was the English mercantile capital of the New World, and as such, …

A team of researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the University of Colorado Boulder and NASA has used a world-class computer model to paint a rich picture of how Earth’s conditions might have looked during the K-Pg extinction. This painting depicts an asteroid slamming into tropical, shallow seas …

A research team led by Pratt Institute researcher Eleonora Del Federico has used a novel imaging technique, called high-resolution portable Macro-XRF scanning, to study a highly degraded portrait of an ancient Roman woman, still on site in its original setting — at the ‘House of the Mosaic Atrium’ in the …

A new study led by a Scripps Institution of Oceanography researcher contradicts a recently published paper, which suggested the interior of Earth’s only permanent natural satellite is wet. The Rusty Rock (bottom left) was chipped from a small boulder (center). Image credit: NASA. “It’s been a big question whether the …

Have you ever wondered how data and communication signals get from spacecraft to NASA mission control on Earth? It’s not as simple as pointing an antenna at NASA and hitting “send.” Earth rotates, so you might not always have direct line of sight to mission control. That’s why NASA started …

A new experiment at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory reveals how large diamonds may be formed from just hydrogen and carbon in the deep interior of ice giant planets such as Neptune and Uranus. A cutaway depicts the interior of Neptune (left). In the new experiment, Kraus et al studied a …

A relatively large near-Earth asteroid will safely fly by pur planet on September 1, 2017, according to NASA. (3122) Florence will pass safely by Earth on September 1, at a distance of about 4.4 million miles. Image credit: University of Colorado. Florence [full name (3122) Florence] is among the largest …

Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B-Streptococcus, or GBS) is a type of bacteria that can cause invasive infections in people of all ages. A research team led by Vanderbilt University scientists has found that although GBS bacteria can be transmitted to infants through breastfeeding, some mothers produce complex sugars, also called oligosaccharides, …

Citrus fruits such as citrons and lemons were clear status symbols for the ancient Roman ruling elite, according to new research from Tel Aviv University. Still life with glass bowl of fruit and vases. Roman painting from the House of Julia Felix in Pompeii, 63-79 CE. “Today, citrus orchards are …