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Scientists have successfully used a drug to prolong the lifespan of several species of animals, in some cases by more than 25%. The study, published in Aging Cell, found strong evidence that activating a protein that governs energy levels may help organisms live significantly longer.
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Children ages 3 and 4 take a median of 18,542 steps a day, but their daily step counts vary widely, according to the first international reference values for daily step counts in preschool-age children, published in the journal The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
This year, members of Seattle Mountain Rescue have been setting off into the wilds of the U.S. Pacific Northwest wearing an unusual piece of equipment.
It is far easier than one might expect to access the illegal wildlife trade in Canada. Chris Shepherd, a senior conservation advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity, knows this firsthand.
A silent, long-running competition has been taking place in Swiss alpine lakes for millions of years, killing trillions of organisms every day without anyone noticing.
Many cities around the world are sinking because too much water is extracted from the groundwater reservoirs beneath them.
Nikolai Rybakov, chairman of the Yabloko Party, wrote to Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev demanding an urgent investigation into reports of violence against political scientist Alexander Kynev, who is in pretrial detention.
