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14 Jan 2021 03:31

Using ¹⁸²W researchers find earth did not experience full speed mantle convection until 3 billion years ago, when modern plate tectonics is believed to have fully operated
https://portal.uni-koeln.de/en/universitaet/aktuell/press-releases/single-news/slow-start-of-plate-tectonics-despite-a-hot-early-earth

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14 Jan 2021 01:31

New research finds that using clear, unambiguous language when recommending HPV vaccination both increases vaccine acceptance and increases conversation efficiency while preserving patient satisfaction.
https://www.bmc.org/news/press-releases/2021/01/12/study-higher-vaccine-rates-associated-indicative-language-provider

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13 Jan 2021 23:31

Seems like working too hard might be less beneficial than you think. Mental and physical health issues more likely to affect workaholics.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/nruh-wlt011321.php

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13 Jan 2021 21:31

Shortening the workweek reduces smoking and obesity, improves overall health, study of French reform shows
https://academictimes.com/shortening-workweek-reduces-smoking-and-bmi-study-of-french-reform-shows/

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13 Jan 2021 19:31

Even 50-year-old climate models correctly predicted global warming
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/even-50-year-old-climate-models-correctly-predicted-global-warming

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13 Jan 2021 17:31

A rare mineral that has allowed Roman concrete marine barriers to survive for more than 2,000 years has been found in the thick concrete walls of a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Japan. The finding could help scientists develop stronger and more eco-friendly concrete.
http://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/activities/news/2021/01/do-as-the-romans-power-plant-concrete-strengthens-with-time.html

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13 Jan 2021 15:31

Disagreeing takes up a lot of brain real estate. When two people agree, their brains exhibit a calm synchronicity of activity focused on sensory areas of the brain. When they disagree, however, many other regions of the brain involved in higher cognitive functions become mobilized...
https://news.yale.edu/2021/01/13/disagreeing-takes-lot-brain-real-estate

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13 Jan 2021 13:31

Upper ocean temperatures hit record high in 2020. A new study, authored by 20 scientists from 13 institutes around the world, reported the highest ocean temperatures since 1955 from surface level to a depth of 2,000 meters.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/ioap-uot011021.php

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13 Jan 2021 11:31

Mothers with multiple children report more fragmented sleep than mothers of a single child, but the number of children in a family doesn't seem to affect the quality of sleep for fathers.
https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/mothers-not-fathers-multiple-children-report-more-fragmented-sleep-327613

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13 Jan 2021 09:31

The planet is facing a “ghastly future of mass extinction, declining health and climate-disruption upheavals” that threaten human survival because of ignorance and inaction, according to an international group of scientists
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2020.615419/full

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13 Jan 2021 07:31

The platypus almost shouldn’t exist, but its genes are revealing how it got so weird
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/platypus-genes-are-revealing-how-it-got-so-weird

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13 Jan 2021 05:31

Astronomers have discovered the most distant quasar yet found — a cosmic monster more than 13 billion light-years from Earth powered by a supermassive black hole more than 1.6 billion times more massive than the Sun and more than 1,000 times brighter than our entire Milky Way Galaxy.
https://public.nrao.edu/news/quasar-new-distance-record/

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13 Jan 2021 03:31

Low fitness linked to higher psoriasis risk later in life.
https://www.gu.se/en/news/low-fitness-linked-to-higher-psoriasis-risk-later-in-life

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13 Jan 2021 01:31

Cats may help increase empathy while reducing symptoms of separation anxiety in children with autism. “Some children with autism may have sensory issues or be sensitive to loud noises, so a cat may be an appropriate, comforting pet for some families due to their calming presence.”
https://showme.missouri.edu/2021/cats-may-help-increase-empathy-decrease-anxiety-for-kids-with-autism/

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12 Jan 2021 23:31

There may be a link between political corruption and dividend payouts. Companies headquartered in U.S. states with higher levels of political corruption pay out more to investors through dividends and stock buybacks, according to new research.
https://academictimes.com/us-companies-in-more-corrupt-states-pay-higher-dividends-buy-back-more-stocks/

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14 Jan 2021 02:31

One of the oldest known cave paintings has been found in Indonesia. Pig art on the island of Sulawesi dates to at least 45,500 years ago.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/oldest-known-cave-painting-art-pig-found-indonesia

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14 Jan 2021 00:31

Regions where more young adults live with their parents have experienced significantly higher rates of COVID-19 deaths, according to a new study using data from the U.S. and Europe
https://academictimes.com/intergenerational-living-linked-to-increased-covid-19-deaths/

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13 Jan 2021 22:31

Researchers analyze genomes for dire wolves (Canis dirus), find that rather than sharing close genetic ties with the gray wolf (Canis lupus), as was expected from their resemblance, the dire wolves were evolutionarily distant cousins, long isolated in the Americas.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2021/01/dire-wolf-dna-study-reveals-surprises/

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13 Jan 2021 20:31

Chemical that makes chilli peppers spicy boosts solar panel cells
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264683-chemical-that-makes-chilli-peppers-spicy-boosts-solar-panel-cells/

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13 Jan 2021 18:31

Legalizing weed leads to increased sales of ice cream, cookies and chips, according to a first-of-its-kind study establishing a causal relationship between legal cannabis and junk food consumption.
https://academictimes.com/legalizing-marijuana-boosts-junk-food-sales/

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13 Jan 2021 16:31

Research has found carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by U.S. wildfires accounts for about half of harmful pollution released in the Western U.S., in addition to composing 25 percent of total carbon air pollution throughout the entire country.
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/2/e2011048118

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13 Jan 2021 14:31

Biomarkers in fathers’ sperm linked to offspring autism - These biomarkers are epigenetic, and can be passed down to future generations. In a set of blind tests, researchers were able to use these to determine whether other men had fathered autistic children with 90% accuracy.
https://news.wsu.edu/2021/01/11/biomarkers-fathers-sperm-linked-offspring-autism/

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13 Jan 2021 12:31

We can’t live without insects. They’re in trouble. Eight simple actions that individuals can take to save insects from global declines.
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/how-to-help-reverse-insect-declines/

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13 Jan 2021 10:31

Excess body weight is an independent risk factor for severe forms of COVID-19
https://www.metabolismjournal.com/article/S0026-0495(21)00003-2/fulltext

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13 Jan 2021 08:31

Targeting herpes virus with CRISPR cures herpetic stromal keratitis in mice
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-020-00781-8

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13 Jan 2021 06:31

Baby sharks emerge from egg cases earlier and weaker in oceans warmed by climate crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/12/baby-sharks-emerge-from-egg-cases-earlier-and-weaker-in-oceans-warmed-by-climate-crisis?utm_campaign=Hot%20News&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=106235422&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--CVWPxquOJDYWqt03fW20skmNvOYLWjEmgPDJ0h4zZotRQlumW_woonvFYna-JdG-uA7mcx7s_2WrE6ZkAUBLJvy814g&utm_content=106235422&utm_source=hs_email

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13 Jan 2021 04:31

Perseverance Arrives at Mars: Feb. 18, 2021 (Mission Trailer) – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program
https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25473/perseverance-arrives-at-mars-feb-18-2021-mission-trailer/#.X_5SyZLq_Fk.reddit

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13 Jan 2021 02:31

Flooding has caused hundreds of billions of dollars in damage in the U.S. over the past three decades. Researchers found that 36 percent of the costs of flooding in the U.S. from 1988 to 2017 were a result of intensifying precipitation, consistent with predictions of global warming.
https://news.stanford.edu/2021/01/11/climate-change-caused-one-third-historical-flood-damages/

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13 Jan 2021 00:31

A new study suggests more than half of doctors, nurses, and emergency responders involved in COVID-19 care could be at risk for one or more mental health problems, including acute traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, problematic alcohol use, and insomnia.
https://healthcare.utah.edu/publicaffairs/news/2021/01/covid-mental-health.php

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12 Jan 2021 22:31

An international group of astronomists has discovered an extra-galactic “Old Faithful” – an eruption of light flashing about once every 114 days on a nearly predictable schedule. The researchers think it is a tidal disruption event, a phenomenon that happens when a star gets close to a black hole.
https://news.osu.edu/old-faithful-cosmic-eruption-shows-black-hole-ripping-at-star

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