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“We spent seven years putting the puzzle together,” Dutch researchers said.

A recent study measuring the effects of legalizing marijuana found that even though there may be some economic benefits, there are also economic and social costs like rising homelessness, increases in substance use disorders and lower labor force participation. The working paper was published on Sept. 28 by researchers from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Researchers explored state-level data from the 23 U.S. states that have legalized marijuana across several categories like economic activity, crime, public health and substance use rates.

The largest Marsquake detected by NASA's Mars Insight mission was likely caused by tectonic activity and not a meteor impact like many tremors on the Red Plant, according to a new study.

In a scientific first, U.K. researchers used gene editing technology to create poultry that's partially resistant to bird flu infection.

Far more people are in harm's way as they move into high flood zones across the globe, adding to an increase in watery disasters from climate change, a new study said. Since 1985, the number of the world’s settlements in the riskiest flood zones has increased 122%, compared to 80% for the safest areas, according to a study in Wednesday’s journal Nature by researchers at The World Bank. The authors looked at settlement extent and expansion using satellites instead of population, with the world’s built-up regions growing 85% overall from 1985 to 2015.