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15 Jan 2021 09:31

Gene Involved in Breast Cancer Growth May Speed Precision Medicine
https://healthitanalytics.com/news/gene-involved-in-breast-cancer-growth-may-speed-precision-medicine

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15 Jan 2021 07:31

Exercise can help treat depression. Newly published observational data shows physical activity may help prevent depression as well.
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/01/12/bjsports-2020-103140?rss=1

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15 Jan 2021 05:31

Lightning striking the Arctic more than ever before, possibly caused by GlobalWarming.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03561-1

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15 Jan 2021 03:31

No Gender Bias in Peer Review: Study
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/no-gender-bias-in-peer-review-study-68320

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15 Jan 2021 01:31

Unexplained 7-fold variation in euthanasia rates across the Netherlands. Higher rates of euthanasia were associated with higher household income and good self-reported mental and physical health, possibly because the well off and the healthy may be more inclined to ask for assistance in dying
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/b-u7v011321.php

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14 Jan 2021 23:31

Study finds early gender-affirming therapy vastly improves teens’ psychological well-being and body image.
https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/early-gender-affirming-therapy-for-transgender-teens-sexual-development

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14 Jan 2021 21:31

Study: The higher a person’s income, the more likely they were to protect themselves at the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States. Furthermore, lower-income respondents faced increased chances of job and income losses due to the pandemic and limited access to remote work.
https://releases.jhu.edu/2021/01/14/the-richer-you-are-the-more-likely-youll-social-distance-study-finds/

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14 Jan 2021 19:31

COVID-19 is not influenza: In-hospital mortality was 16,9% with COVID-19 and 5,8% with influenza. Mortality was ten-times higher in children aged 11–17 years with COVID-19 than in patients in the same age group with influenza.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30577-4/fulltext

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14 Jan 2021 17:31

Water fluoridation improves dental health, has no impact on cognitive ability, and improves labor incomes. The impact on labor incomes is foremost driven by individuals from a lower socioeconomic background.
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/711915

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14 Jan 2021 15:31

Parasite found in cat poop linked to higher brain cancer risk in humans
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.33443

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14 Jan 2021 13:31

A new study led by National Institute for Environmental Studies researchers, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, revealed that the record-warm sea surface temperature over the northwestern Pacific in August 2020 could not be expected to occur without human-induced climate changes
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020GL090956

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14 Jan 2021 11:31

Conservatives are more likely to see empirical (e.g., scientific) and experiential (e.g., anecdotal) perspectives as more equal in legitimacy. Liberals think empirical evidence is better at approximating reality, conservatives are more likely to say that both research and anecdotes are legitimate.
https://www.psypost.org/2021/01/conservatives-see-scientific-and-nonscientific-viewpoints-as-closer-in-legitimacy-study-finds-59122

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14 Jan 2021 09:31

Depression and Stress Could Dampen Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccines: Interventions and Health Behavior Changes Could Boost Immunity
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/2021-jan-depression-covid-vaccines.html

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14 Jan 2021 07:31

Earth to reach temperature tipping point in next 20 to 30 years, new NAU study finds
http://news.nau.edu/duffy-tipping-point/#.X_9PBuBOmu4

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14 Jan 2021 05:31

Just a single dose of psilocybin is associated with lasting changes in personality and mood. A new study looking at the underlying molecular mechanism found that 1 week after a single psilocybin exposure an immunology-related genetic response was seen in the prefrontal cortex of the brains of pigs.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924977X20309603

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15 Jan 2021 08:31

Researchers have developed a DNA test to quickly identify secondary infections in COVID-19 patients, who have double the risk of developing pneumonia while on ventilation than non-COVID-19 patients. The test uses multiple polymerase chain reaction, can be done in around four hours
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/uoc-dtc011421.php

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15 Jan 2021 06:31

2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record, NASA Analysis Shows
https://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/news/20210114/

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15 Jan 2021 04:31

By the end of this century, people living along the Indus and Ganges rivers will not have enough water for their needs, even though water flow into the rivers will be larger than it is now.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00058-3

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15 Jan 2021 02:31

Earth’s oceans are storing record-breaking amounts of heat
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/earth-oceans-storing-heat-record-breaking-amounts/amp

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15 Jan 2021 00:31

Study: People who consume high levels of vitamin C and E in their diet may have a lower risk of Parkinson’s disease than people who get only small amounts of these nutrients. The possibility of being able to reduce the risk of Parkinson’s disease simply with the foods we eat is encouraging news.
https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/3848

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14 Jan 2021 22:31

Volta's electric eels, long assumed to be solitary predators, were observed hunting in groups of 100, herding prey into shallow water and coordinating electric attacks in small groups.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/biology-volta-electric-eels-coordinate-attacks-prey?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r_science

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14 Jan 2021 20:31

Lego sets are good investments, providing annual returns comparable to those of fine art, wine and stamps, according to a new study using data from 95 countries
https://academictimes.com/lego-investment-returns-match-art-wine-economists/

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14 Jan 2021 18:31

Bringing piped water closer to remote households in Zambia dramatically improved lives of women and girls, while also improving economic opportunities, food security and well-being for entire households. Governments & NGOs could carefully evaluate costs and benefits of piped water as an alternative.
https://news.stanford.edu/2021/01/14/linking-piped-water-health-gender-equality/

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14 Jan 2021 16:31

Psilocybin the psychedelic substance — which is found in “magic” mushrooms — might produce lasting changes to the expression of a few immune-related genes in the brain
https://www.psypost.org/2021/01/psilocybin-produces-an-immunology-related-genetic-response-in-the-prefrontal-cortex-of-pig-brains-59115

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14 Jan 2021 14:31

A new bat was discovered in Africa — and it’s orange and black like Halloween
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/01/13/new-orange-bat/

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14 Jan 2021 12:31

Scientists announced the discovery of the most distant quasar ever observed, dating back to 670 million years after the Big Bang. The quasar was accompanied by the oldest supermassive black hole ever observed. They can't explain how it reached its extreme size.
https://www.inverse.com/science/oldest-supermassive-black-hole-just-too-big

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14 Jan 2021 10:31

Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2020.615419/full

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14 Jan 2021 08:31

Antarctic icebergs reorganize ocean circulation during Pleistocene glacials | Nature
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14 Jan 2021 06:31

Facial recognition technology can expose political orientation from naturalistic facial images
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-79310-1

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14 Jan 2021 04:31

Dire Wolves Were Not Really Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dire-wolves-were-not-really-wolves-new-genetic-clues-reveal/

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