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NASA satellites reveal abrupt drop in global freshwater levels

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The Earth's total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since. The shift could indicate Earth's continents have entered a persistently drier phase.

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Perspectives of Infectious Disease Physicians on Bartonella quintana Cases, United States, 2014–2024

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Perspectives of Infectious Disease Physicians on Bartonella quintana Cases, United States, 2014–2024

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Interstellar signal linked to aliens was actually just a truck

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Sound waves thought to be from a 2014 meteor fireball north of Papua New Guinea were almost certainly vibrations from a truck rumbling along a nearby road, new research shows. The findings raise doubts that materials pulled last year from the ocean are alien materials from that meteor, as was widely reported.

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Chikungunya Outbreak Risks after the 2014 Outbreak, Dominican Republic

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Five Nobel Prize winners publish scientific article collection for children

Frontiers

” May-Britt Moser, awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014, said, “I’m honored to contribute to the journal Frontiers for Young Minds. Grid cells in the brain , written by May-Britt Moser , awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014.

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Infographic: How grid cells in the brain help us navigate the world

Frontiers

Helping us answer that question, Prof May-Britt Moser won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2014 for the discovery of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. Have you ever asked yourself what is it in our brains that actually helps us navigate in the world? Is it the well-known GPS system in your cellphone?

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Celebrating 10 million views of kid-friendly science!

Frontiers

Even before its first 50 articles had been published, the American Library Association recognized it as one of the Great Websites for Kids in 2014. From its launch in autumn 2013 with just a handful of articles, Frontiers for Young Minds started to grow steadily.

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