(University of Manchester) A rare 200 million-year-old ichthyosaur specimen has been discovered in a private collection 22 years after it was originally found.The fossil is only the second example of Wahlisaurus massarae, a new species of ichthyosaur discovered by The University of Manchester palaeontologist, Dean Lomax. This fossil was originally found in 1996 and has now been donated to a museum.

White adults with mental illness were significantly more likely than those of other ethnicities to report having insufficient money for mental health care or facing delays in care, a Mount Sinai study found. Whites were 50 percent more likely than blacks to experience delays in care, and 20 percent more likely than blacks to lack enough money for treatments such as doctor visits and prescription drugs, the researchers found.

(Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan) A powerful protein inside the body helps naturally repair bone injuries. Increasing it in some patients could jump-start the process, a new rodent study finds.

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) White adults with mental illness were significantly more likely than those of other ethnicities to report having insufficient money for mental health care or facing delays in care, a Mount Sinai study found. Whites were 50 percent more likely than blacks to experience delays in care, and 20 percent more likely than blacks to lack enough money for treatments such as doctor visits and prescription drugs, the researchers found.

(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) Together with their colleagues from the Senckenberg Nature Research Society, scientists of Technical University of Munich (TUM) were able to show that currently widespread insects are threatened with a serious decline in species diversity in the near future. The research team lists fragmentation of habitats and intensification of agriculture as reasons for the decline of these ‘generalists.’

(University of Connecticut) University of Connecticut researchers have found that when one member of a couple commits to losing weight, the chances are good their partner will lose some weight too, even if they are not actively participating in a weight loss intervention.

As the nation continues to fight the flu, some families are sharing their stories in hopes of preventing others from facing similar tragedies.

Injecting minute amounts of two immune-stimulating agents directly into solid tumors in mice can eliminate all traces of cancer in the animals, including distant, untreated metastases, according to a new study.

You might want to read this on your feet. A new study found that standing instead of sitting for six hours a day could prevent weight gain and help people to actually lose weight.

Welcome to the sixth edition of MapLab. Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox here.

Compass points: The perils of data-sharing

Fitness apps: all fun and games, until someone’s spy base is outed by a 20-year-old Australian university student.

So goes the story of Strava, the social network and app that traces the jogs, walks, and bike rides of millions of users, aggregating and mapping some three trillion GPS points on a semi-anonymized “Global Heatmap.” Reports emerged over the weekend t…

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Standing instead of sitting for six hours a day could help people lose weight over the long term, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Permanecer de pie, en lugar de sentado, durante seis o mas horas diarias puede con el tiempo ayudar a la gente a bajar de peso, segun un estudio de Mayo Clinic publicado en European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (Revista europea de cardiologia preventiva).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Two hours before Donald Trump stood before the nation to deliver the State of the Union address, former CNN and TV One news commentator Roland Martin perched at the altar of Shiloh Baptist Church, a historic African-American church in Washington, D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood, with bright panel lights surrounding him as people giddily took seats in the pews.

They were minutes away from going live for what Martin had dubbed the “Real State of the Union,” and he told the crowd that he n…

New research by the University of Delaware and other institutions reveals that water over continental shelves is shouldering more atmospheric carbon dioxide, which may have implications for scientists studying how much carbon dioxide can be released into the atmosphere while keeping warming limited.

A new Baylor study published in the Journal of Business Ethics reveals that ethical leadership compounded by job-hindrance stress and supervisor-induced stress can lead to employee deviance and turnover. The research reflects the thoughts of 609 employees who were surveyed across two studies.

An Indiana family tells Fox 59 News they believe their son committed suicide less than 24-hours after he took Tamiflu following a flu diagnoses.

Researcher find that some mechanosensitive genes are suppressed when subjected to audible sound.

Pregnant mothers aged 40 and over may have an increased risk for preterm birth, regardless of confounding factors, according to a new study.

The study’s findings will help train artificial intelligence to diagnose diseases