Cause of the Great Salt Lake to shrink in 2022 found: Lower streamflows only accounted for about two-thirds of the total decline in lake volume. The rest primarily came from an increase in lake evaporation due to warmer temperatures, which will only get worse as temperatures continue to rise.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1071231
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Muscular strength and good physical fitness could halve the risk of cancer patients dying from their disease. Combination of strength and fitness was associated with an 8-46% lower risk of death in patients with stage 3 or 4 cancer, and a 19-41% lower risk of death in lung or digestive cancers.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/22/fitness-and-muscle-strength-could-halve-cancer-patient-deaths-study-suggests
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Insect-eye-inspired camera capturing 9,120 frames per second. Researchers have successfully developed a low-cost, high-speed, less than one millimeter thick camera that overcomes the limitations of frame rate and sensitivity faced by conventional high-speed cameras.
https://news.kaist.ac.kr/newsen/html/news/?mode=V&mng_no=43450
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Mass shootings increase alcohol sales, study finds: Data from 35,000 alcohol retailers, covering more than half of American grocery and drug-stores from 2006–2019, found that public mass shootings predict a 3.5%–5.5% increase in weekly alcohol sales for at least two years
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1070914
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World’s smallest biomedical robot could pave way for minimally invasive surgeries | At just 0.95 millimeters, it’s 60 percent smaller than any existing model.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-55199-6
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More than three-quarters of U.S. older adults with dementia may be unaware of their diagnosis. That number is even higher — up to 85% — among Mexican Americans, who make up the largest share of the U.S. Hispanic and Latino population.
https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/85-mexican-americans-dementia-unaware-diagnosis-outpacing-overall-rate
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Peeing is contagious among chimpanzees, suggesting deep evolutionary roots for humans peeing together
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/peeing-is-contagious-among-chimps/
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Air pollution and brain damage: what the science says
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00053-y?utm_source=ecomail&utm_campaign=wired_science_hub_36&utm_medium=email&utm_term=9570&ecmid=3645
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Ancient viral DNA shapes early embryo development | Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements. Once dismissed as the "dark side" of the genome, researchers have now revealed their crucial role in early embryo development.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1070829
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Cycle of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef now at ‘catastrophic’ levels - Study of 2023-2024 global marine heatwave found 66% of colonies were bleached by February 2024 and 80% by April. By July, 44% of bleached colonies had died, with some coral experiencing a staggering 95% mortality rate.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/cycle-of-coral-bleaching-on-the-great-barrier-reef-now-at-catastrophic-levels
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Scientists Discover Bacteria Trapped in Endless Evolutionary Time Loop in Wisconsin's Lake Mendota
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-bacteria-trapped-in-endless-evolutionary-time-loop?utm_source=reddit_post
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The threat of avian influenza H5N1 looms over global biodiversity
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44358-024-00008-7
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The 2017 tax cuts, the key legislative achievement in the first year of the Donald Trump administration, cut taxes for “pass-through” business income. This boosted incomes for affected businesses by 3-4%, but had no broader economic effects (no impact on investment, wages or employment).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047272724002299
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Evidence of hominin activity in Romania suggests humans were in Eurasia 1.95 million years ago - 200k years earlier than previously thought.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56154-9
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Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Right-leaning and conservative political orientation are negatively associated with trust in scientists in several European and North American countries.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
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The sexy and formidable male body: Study found with improvements in living conditions, men’s gains in height and weight are more than double those of women’s, increasing sexual size dimorphism, which confers on them advantages related to female choice and during physical competition with other men.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0565
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For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical galaxy — an unprecedented home for a phenomenon previously associated with much younger galaxies.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/01/first-fast-radio-burst-traced-to-old-dead-elliptical-galaxy/
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A new catalyst can turn methane into something useful: « MIT chemical engineers have devised a way to capture methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and convert it into polymers. »
https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-catalyst-can-turn-methane-into-something-useful-1204
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A large study of adults with ADHD found that 60% of these individuals reported some type of sleep disorder. Specifically, 36% reported having problems falling asleep (delayed sleep onset), 31% reported insomnia, and 29% reported restless legs syndrome/periodic limb movement disorder
https://www.psypost.org/sleep-problems-surprisingly-common-in-adults-with-adhd-study-reveals/#google_vignette
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Unexpected finding from analysis of more than 130 million people was an association between antibiotics, antivirals and vaccines, and a reduced risk of dementia. The finding supports the hypothesis that some cases of the disease may be triggered by viral or bacterial infections.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/21/antibiotics-antivirals-and-vaccines-could-help-tackle-dementia-study-suggests
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A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals | Critical CO2 stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating, report shows
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/21/third-of-arctic-carbon-sink-now-a-source-of-emissions-study
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More than 40% of postdoctoral researchers leave academia, finds study of 45,500 researchers. Those who stayed and landed a coveted faculty position were more likely to have a highly cited paper, changed their research topic between PhD and postdoc, or moved abroad after receiving their doctorate.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00142-y
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Magnesium depletion has been found to be significantly correlated with a higher risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in diabetic patients.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0314298
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People who are autistic and transgender/gender diverse have poorer health and health care | Compared to non-autistic cisgender individuals, autistic TGD people were three to 11 times more likely to report anxiety, shutdowns, and meltdowns related to common healthcare experiences.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1070890
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The most comprehensive study of its kind showed that psychotic disorders, infections and dementia were among conditions found to be less likely to occur when using GLP-1RAs, which are found in the medications Saxenda, Wegovy and Mounjaro.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/20/weight-loss-jabs-linked-to-reduced-risk-of-42-conditions-including-dementia
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Landmark photosynthesis gene discovery boosts plant height, advances crop science: « A team of scientists discovered a naturally occurring gene in the poplar tree that enhances photosynthetic activity and significantly boosts plant growth. »
https://www.ornl.gov/news/landmark-photosynthesis-gene-discovery-boosts-plant-height-advances-crop-science
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Life is thriving in the subsurface depths of Earth: New research has unearthed communities of underground microbes that are almost as—and sometimes more—diverse than even reefs and rainforests.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/life-is-thriving-in-the-subsurface-depths-of-earth/
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Short video applications like TikTok have gained prominence. New research from China indicate that the more elementary school students use short videos, the lower their academic performance, with attention mediating in this relationship.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0309899
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Researchers have demonstrated new wearable technologies that both generate electricity from human movement and improve the comfort of the technology for the people wearing them
https://research.ncsu.edu/researchers-make-comfortable-materials-that-generate-power-when-worn/
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New study links early exposure to violent content in childhood to antisocial behaviour in adolescence
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1070965
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