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science
Anti-amyloid drug shows signs of preventing Alzheimer's dementia
An experimental drug appears to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's-related dementia in people destined to develop the disease in their 30s, 40s or 50s,...
sciencedaily.com
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nature / science
Curious dolphins welcomed NASA astronauts back to Earth after their 9-month saga stuck in space
Shortly after a SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, a pod of dolphins swarmed the spaceship. Two...
businessinsider.com
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books / science
An Introduction to The Garden of Earthly Delights & Hieronymus Bosch’s Wildly Creative Vision
Hieronymus Bosch’s masterpiece of grotesquerie, The Garden of Earthly Delights, contains a young God, Adam and Eve, oversized fruits and musical...
openculture.com
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nature / science / space
Daily briefing: About 1% of children have genetic paternity other than that recorded by history
A proposed green energy plant in the Chilean desert threatens the dark skies over some of the world’s most powerful telescopes. Plus, around 1%...
nature.com
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innovation / science
Can Sleep Unlock Innovation?
How a night's rest sparked Otto Loewi's Nobel-winning idea. In previous posts, we described the first clear visualization of neurons by Camillo Golgi...
psychologytoday.com
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science
Early-Life Adversity Reshapes Brain Development and Behavior
Early- life adversity affects over half of children worldwide, increasing the risk of cognitive and mental health issues later in life. A new review...
neurosciencenews.com
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innovation / science / nature
Japanese Researchers Develop Recyclable Plastic That Fully Dissolves in the Ocean
Japanese researchers have created a new type of plastic that is strong, recyclable, and completely dissolves in seawater, helping to reduce ocean...
mossandfog.com
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nature / science / space
The far side of the moon was once a vast magma ocean, Chinese lunar lander confirms
New findings from lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution. Recent findings from samples collected by...
space.com
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science
Sugary sodas cause deadly diseases. Coca-Cola worked to discredit the science.
Decades of health campaigns and scientific research about the risks of sugary soft drinks are a big reason that Americans have been drinking less soda...
businessinsider.com
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science / space
New cosmic 'baby pictures' reveal our universe taking its 1st steps towards stars and galaxies
The new images come from the now-retired Atacama Cosmology Telescope which shuttered its cosmic eye in 2022. New images of the infant universe...
space.com
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science
Fraud, thief, cold-blooded killer: Why the famous naturalist and British spy who inspired James Bond was not all he seemed
Discover the man who lied and cheated his way to birding fame During his life Richard Meinertzhagen, a soldier, spy and naturalist, was admired by...
discoverwildlife.com
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science
Frequent, Long-Term Blood Donation Could Reduce Risk for Blood Cancers
Scientists compared blood from frequent, long-term donors to that of more seldom ones and saw some key genetic differences in cell types. We give...
discovermagazine.com
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science
500,000 barrels of DDT in the sea: Interview with documentary directors on California coast crisis
Half a million barrels of toxic waste lurking beneath the waves just miles from California’s coastline sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller....
mongabay.com
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science
NASA's 2 stuck astronauts take their first spacewalk together
NASA's two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in....
phys.org
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science
The Immunity Engineer - 3 Quarks Daily
Veronique Greenwood in Harvard Magazine: One story David Mooney tells starts with a slug. “This slug does a really good job of creating a mucus...
3quarksdaily.com
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science
Understanding Why Your Cat Meows and What It Means
Cats are known for their expressive nature, often using a variety of sounds to communicate. Meowing can some time s leave humans puzzled or even...
onegreenplanet.org
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science
David Robbe challenges conventional notions of time and memory
David Robbe makes the case that we don’t have clocks in our brains, rather that our interactions with the world underlie our perception of...
thetransmitter.org
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science
The most dangerous misconceptions about public health
Success is invisible. False assumptions can be deadly. In the year 2024, nobody in New York City died of cholera. But from the 1830s to 1850s,...
popsci.com
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science / space
Stunning conjunction of venus, crescent moon will be visible above Colorado Saturday
A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent...
summitdaily.com
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science
A Man Was Taking A Walk Along A Cliff. He Found ‘The World’s Most Famous Piece of Puke Ever.’
Technically “regurgitate” if you want to be polite. A self-appointed fossil hunter in Denmark discovered fossilized vomit from 66 million years ago. • The chalky find contains...
popularmechanics.com
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science
Quiz: Can You Guess the Animal Based on an Early Description?
These descriptions are as wild as the animals they talk about. Can you figure out which creatures they refer to? When explorer Dr. John Francis...
mentalfloss.com
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science / space
New Bedford Art Museum’s ‘Nebulae’ shows off beauty of the universe - The New Bedford Light
In the summer of 2024, the Art Museum received an extraordinarily stunning gift from Jonathan and Elizabeth Howland, ardent and long-standing...
newbedfordlight.org
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science
Fluctuating cholesterol linked to dementia in older adults
Tracking lipid variability may be a reliable method of predicting dementia and cognitive decline among community-dwelling older adults, according to...
healio.com
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science
Indian scientists are saving a rare bird — by getting them to mate with dummies
The great Indian bustard is critically endangered, but the Indian government has found a clever way of breeding the species in captivity. With his slender...
nationalgeographic.com
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learning / science
The Future Foreseen: Can Generative AI Unlock Human Foresight?
As we enter 2025, the world stands at an uneasy juncture where rapid technological advancements intersect with mounting social challenges. Political landscapes in Europe and the...
forbes.com
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science / space
The listening gift
Listening is the dark matter of conversation, a mysterious activity that shapes the cosmos of any society or relationship. A friend who is a good...
aeon.co
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nutrition / science
Creatine shows promise for treating depression
A daily dose of creatine alongside talking therapy seems to ease depression, with minimal side effects. Creatine is a compound that is naturally...
newscientist.com
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health / science
Leading Cause of Death in US Claims A Life Every 34 Seconds
Someone dies of heart disease about every 34 seconds in the US, according to a new report, confirming the often preventable condition as the nation's...
sciencealert.com
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science / technology
OpenAI puts AI models on Los Alamos supercomputer
OpenAI will put its models on a supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory and make them available to researchers at other U.S. national...
axios.com
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science
Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs may lower risk of 42 health conditions, but also pose risks
There is clearly broad therapeutic potential, but are experts throwing caution to the wind for them? Several years ago, a little-known drug named...
inverse.com
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science
Tracking 32,000 Bees with QR Codes. Turns Out, Bee Foraging Is Weirder Than You Think
Scientists unfold the secret lives of bees using QR codes. Here's all the secrets they found....
zmescience.com
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science
RFK Jr.'s confirmation hearings, MASH drugs, and a controversial obesity ad
Why have drugs to treat the liver disease MASH reached a tipping point? How did Hims & Hers convince Childish Gambino to license his song “...
statnews.com
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science
General Atomics sees an end to the long road toward nuclear fusion
In August last year the control room at General Atomics had something to celebrate. A room full of scientists stood by their computers, took cell...
kpbs.org
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science
Molecular Phenotyping With Proteomics
A proteome is the entire set of proteins produced in a biological system and proteomics is the area of biochemistry dedicated to characterizing...
jamanetwork.com
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science
Scratching an itch is so good, and so bad
The motion kicks off inflammation but may also combat harmful bacteria...
sciencenews.org
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science
Mind’s ear: Investigating the sounds in your head
Some people can’t imagine a dog barking or a police siren. Songs can’t get stuck in their heads. They have no inner voices. ‘...
eurekalert.org
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science
The bitter truth: Science reveals why coffee tastes different to everyone
Our genetic differences determine coffee flavor preferences In a nutshell Scientists discovered that a common coffee compound called mozambioside...
studyfinds.org
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science
Right There At the Electrode
I've said it before (and I am an odds-on favorite to say it again), but one of the things that impresses me about the state...
science.org
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science / space
Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (HT 2025)
Week 1 (23 January): Jenny Bryan (Manchester) [Heraclitus’ Epistemic Pessimism’ Chair: Marion Durand [RESCHEDULED to Week 5] Abstract: Heraclitus is...
ox.ac.uk
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science
Turtles in Saudi Arabia just led scientists to a gigantic carbon sink
Fitted with satellite tags, the green turtles helped researchers discover 34 new seagrass meadows in the Red Sea Researchers have found a surprising...
discoverwildlife.com
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health / science
Abortion drug Mifepristone is safer than Viagra or Penicillin. So why do Republicans want to ban it?
The fight over mifepristone isn't about safety—it's about control. RFK Jr. and conservative groups continue pushing misinformation to restrict access....
zmescience.com
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science / space
The Building Blocks for Life Found in Asteroid Bennu Samples
The study of asteroid samples is a highly lucrative area of research and one of the best ways to determine how the Solar System came...
universetoday.com
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science
5.6 magnitude earthquake shakes buildings in Taiwan, series of temblors hits island
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly...
abcnews.go.com
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science
The Facts Behind Claims RFK Jr. Said COVID-19 Was Targeted to 'Spare' Jewish, Chinese People
Sen. Michael Bennet accused Kennedy of making the statement during his Senate confirmation hearing to become the nation's top health official. During...
snopes.com
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science / space
A balloon mission that could explore Venus indefinitely
Some time s, the best innovative ideas come from synthesizing two previous ones. We've reported before on the idea of having a balloon explore the...
phys.org
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health / learning / science
1-minute video game distinguishes autistic from neurotypical kids
A low-cost tool accurately distinguishes neurotypical children from children with autism just by watching them copy the dance moves of an on-screen...
newatlas.com
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science
Six Of The Biggest Science Hoaxes Of All time
As any good scientist will tell you, there is always good cause to be wary when it comes to dealing with new scientific discoveries, and...
iflscience.com
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science
Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg’s posthumously published memoir details a swashbuckling life in physics - 3 Quarks Daily
Graham Farmelo in Nature: ‘Big Steve,’ his students called him. Steven Weinberg was not physically imposing, but was an intellectually dominant and...
3quarksdaily.com
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science
Earthquake Hit Texas Near San Antonio, Says USGS
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has rattled southern Texas in the vicinity of San Antonio, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The quake struck at...
newsweek.com
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learning / science
If You Think Anyone in the AI Industry Has Any Idea What They're Doing, It Appears That DeepSeek Just Accidentally Leaked Its Users' Chats
"The service is not mature [enough] to be used with any sensitive data at all." Deep Trouble DeepSeek has already changed the AI game in...
futurism.com
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