Bee Pollen as a Natural Supplement Could be the Next Superfood

Sprinkling nature’s dust, or bee pollen, on food as a supplement is a recent hot topic for ‘superfoods.’ The mixture of flower pollen, nectar, bee secretions, honey, and enzymes is thought to provide a source of amino acids, antioxidants, vitamins, and other health compounds. Historically, various ancient civilizations used bee pollen medicinally worldwide. Starting …

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What is Alaskapox? The disease has claimed its first fatality

Public health officials in Alaska have disclosed the first known human death from Alaskapox, a virus typically found in small mammals. No human-to-human transmission of Alaskapox has been detected so far, and there have been no known cases outside the state for which the virus is named. California health officials confirmed there’ve been no …

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New Species of Anaconda Discovered in Orinoco Basin

An international team of herpetologists led by New Mexico Highlands University and University of Queensland scientists has described a cryptic new species of anaconda from the remote Amazon. Eunectes akayima. Image credit: Rivas et al., doi: 10.3390/d16020127. Anacondas (genus Eunectes) are a group of aquatic snakes endemic to the east of the Andes in …

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3D-Printed Cosmic Clouds Unravel the Mysteries of Star Formation

Is it a flying elephant? A gingerbread man? When I was little, I used to search the clouds for amusing shapes as they drifted across the sky and imagine stories about their patterns. Now I’m a professional stargazer, and things haven’t changed much. These days I search for patterns in molecular clouds, the birthplaces …

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NASA seeks participants for second year-long Mars mission simulation

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When Eyes in the Sky Start Looking Right at You

For decades, privacy experts have been wary of snooping from space. They feared satellites powerful enough to zoom in on individuals, capturing close-ups that might differentiate adults from children or suited sunbathers from those in a state of nature. Now, quite suddenly, analysts say, a startup is building a new class of satellite whose …

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Mysterious Pattern in a Cave Is Oldest Rock Art Found in Patagonia

In the stark inland desert of Patagonia in Argentina, there is a remote cave decorated with nearly 900 paintings of human figures, animals and abstract designs. Until recently, archaeologists had assumed that the rock art at this site, known as Cueva Huenul 1, was created within the past few thousand years. But in a …

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