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education
Separating science and the humanities is hurting us
Remember the story about the elephant seen from different perspectives? Here’s a twist. A biologist with a telescope peered at the animal and said,...
newsday.com
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science
20,000-Year-Old Tools Show How Paleolithic Humans Learned From Each Other
Similarities in fabrication techniques suggest that Paleolithic people passed on their methods — and may have shared them with other groups. Thousands...
discovermagazine.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Swarm of Black Holes Found Lurking in The Heart of a Giant Star Cluster
The plot has just thickened in the mystery tale about the unseen mass skulking inside the largest cluster of stars in the Milky Way galaxy....
sciencealert.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
The Body Keeps the Score. Should We?
Cells of the body retain surprisingly complex information. Should we be worried? If time travelers from a past era ever visited our time , they would...
psychologytoday.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Man of Science, Man of God
In The Water-Babies, Charles Kingsley parodied the dogmatic belief held by many in Victorian England that faith and reason are incompatible. In 1860,...
jstor.org
- 30+ days ago
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science
Undergrads uncover ancient secrets of human immunity
Three Husker students under the mentorship of Luwen Zhang, a leading University of Nebraska-Lincoln virologist, have achieved a rare feat for...
phys.org
- 30+ days ago
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fitness
I created the Japanese walking workout on my Apple Watch — here's how to do it
The Japanese walking method made headlines recently as a science-backed way to lower your blood pressure and burn more fat. The interval walking...
tomsguide.com
- 18 days ago
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science
New Form of Ancient Ritual Sacrifice Involving Close Relatives Revealed
Archaeologists have revealed a previously undocumented form of ritual sacrifice involving close relatives among the elites of an ancient culture. For...
newsweek.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
How did the ancient Egyptians celebrate the new year?
The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year in a variety of ways, including having feasts, giving gifts, and exposing statues of gods to sunlight...
livescience.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Unlike: Brazil Facebook groups give poachers safe space to flex their kills
Note: This article contains graphic images of dead animals that might be upsetting. Between 2018 and 2020, users of Facebook groups in Brazil shared...
mongabay.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Mystery woman’s DNA reveals close family ties between Europe’s earliest people
In 1950, researchers found a skull and spine fragments at the bottom of a Czech cave called Zlatý kůň. Stone tools and mammal fossils found nearby...
science.org
- 30+ days ago
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architecture
Green roofs shown to capture nearly all microplastics from rainwater
A small team of researchers at Tongji University, working with a colleague from the Shanghai Academy of Landscape Architecture Science and Planning,...
phys.org
- 17 days ago
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education
‘Not Going To Teach Science?’: Furious Parents Rip School Board For Letting Male Athlete Compete On Girls Team
California parents are starting to rebel! The Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) in California has been getting a lot of attention recently...
dailycaller.com
- 30+ days ago
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cool stuff
A Therapeutic Robotic Hand Exoskeleton That Increases an Expert Pianist’s Speed and Dexterity
Researcher Shinichi Furuya and his team at Sony Computer Science Laboratories in Tokyo, discovered that a therapeutic robotic hand exoskeleton that...
laughingsquid.com
- 30+ days ago
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how-to / science
How to delete your 23andMe data after the company filed for bankruptcy
The genetic testing company 23andMe, best known for allowing people to trace their ancestry with an at-home kit, has been struggling financially for...
kpbs.org
- 30+ days ago
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self improvement
These Small Changes to Your Weekend Routine Will Super-Charge Your Week, According to Brain Science
They’ll make your weekends more fun, too. If making small changes to your weekend routine could improve your productivity and mood through the coming...
inc.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Squirrels were filmed feasting on tiny rodents. Scientists are perplexed.
Researchers said in a new study that they were stunned to witness California ground squirrels, who mostly eat nuts and seeds, hunting and eating voles....
washingtonpost.com
- 30+ days ago
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science / health
Space Study Reveals Accelerated Growth of Human Brain Cells - Neuroscience News
Gene expression analysis revealed higher levels of genes linked to neuron maturity and lower levels of stress-related inflammation, challenging...
neurosciencenews.com
- 30+ days ago
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health
The Science of Tripping Comes to Town
Last week, thousands of scientists, practitioners, entrepreneurs, and members of the curious public converged on Denver for the annual Psychedelic...
nautil.us
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science
The World's Most Famous Mausoleums
Mausoleums are large, free-standing burial sites that entomb one or more people. Most mausoleums are associated with royalty and/or heads of state....
splashtravels.com
- 30+ days ago
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learning / science
Computer models are vital for studying everything from climate change to disease – here’s how AI could make them even better
Here’s one definition of science: it’s essentially an iterative process of building models with ever-greater explanatory power. A model is just an...
theconversation.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Wave to submit Duchenne drug for approval after Phase 2 success
Wave Life Sciences’ experimental treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy hit the mark in a mid-stage study, setting the stage for a new therapeutic...
statnews.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Wave to seek approval of Duchenne drug after mid-stage study data
Dive Brief:• Wave Life Sciences is preparing to seek Food and Drug Administration approval of its therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy after...
biopharmadive.com
- 30+ days ago
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nature
How to rebuild trust in science: NIH director nominee fields questions
US senators grilled Monica Bertagnolli during a hearing over her plans for the National Institutes of Health, including how she will repair the...
nature.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Parkinson's Disease Reversed by Brain-Stimulating Nanoparticles
Injections of nanoparticles into the brain could reverse the symptoms of Parkinson's disease in a less invasive manner than existing treatments,...
newsweek.com
- 30+ days ago
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science
Slow-Wave Sleep Optimizes Memory Formation
New research shows that slow-wave sleep strengthens synaptic connections in the neocortex, making it more receptive to long-term memory formation....
neurosciencenews.com
- 30+ days ago
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