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5 years ago

#Environment Carbon dioxide levels are higher than they've been at any point in the last 3.6 million years cbsnews.com/news/climate-c…

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#Neuroscience First modern day, placebo-controlled study investigating claims that psychedelics enhance creativity. Psilocybin acutely decreased measures of task-based creativity, while increasing feelings of spontaneous creative insight. 7 days later, ... nature.com/articles/s4139…

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#Health One in three COVID-19 survivors in a study of more than 230,000 mostly American patients were diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months reuters.com/article/us-hea…

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#Psychology Manipulative language can serve as a tool for misleading the public, doing so not with falsehoods but rather the strategic use of language, such as replacing a disagreeable term (torture) with another (enhanced interrogation). People judged ... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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#Paleontology Europe’s oldest known humans mated with Neandertals surprisingly often. Genetic sequencing of human remains dating back 45,000 years has revealed a previously unknown migration into Europe and showed intermixing with Neanderthals in that p... sciencealert.com/a-previously-u…

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#Environment Narwhal tusks reveal mercury exposure related to climate change - Like rings in a tree trunk, a narwhal’s tusk provides a window into changing conditions in the Arctic mcgill.ca/newsroom/chann…

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#Chemistry A new type of battery that can charge 10 times faster than a lithium-ion battery, that is safer in terms of potential fire hazards and has a lower environmental impact, using polymer based on the nickel-salen complex (NiSalen). eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2…

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#Psychology A series of problem-solving experiments reveal that people are more likely to consider solutions that add features than solutions that remove them, even when removing features is more efficient. nature.com/articles/d4158…

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#Physics Muon magnetism could hint at a breakdown of physics' standard model. A new measurement of the subatomic particles hints that new fundamental particles may be lurking undiscovered. sciencenews.org/article/muon-p…

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#Health Fasting to jump-start a diet could be useful for treating metabolic syndrome and other complex diseases - A new study looked at the effects of fasting briefly before starting a diet and found people with hard-to-treat metabolic problems saw heal... inverse.com/mind-body/fast…

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#Health Two thirds of New Zealanders believed there were ‘silver linings’ to the country’s COVID-19 lockdown last year, positive experiences such as pride in the country’s response, more free time to exercise and take up hobbies, flexibility working fro... otago.ac.nz/news/news/rele…

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#Psychology Nature is a natural antidepressant. Scientists found that an overwhelming amount of evidence points to dramatic improvements in both mental and physical health when a person is exposed to the sounds of nature. pnas.org/content/118/14…

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#Biology The CDC relaxed its rules on cleaning to prevent COVID-19, saying intense disinfectants are likely doing us more harm than good businessinsider.com/cdc-relaxed-cl…

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#Environment Researchers pin point single toxic chemical in tires as cause of mass salmon mortality washington.edu/news/2020/12/0…

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#Engineering Diamond battery powered by nuclear waste runs for 28,000 years zmescience.com/science/diamon…

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#Health About 1 in 3 patients were diagnosed with psychiatric or neurological illnesses in the 6 months following COVID-19 diagnosis (n=236379). An even greater proportion (46%) of patients who were hospitalized received such diagnoses. thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

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#Environment Study argues principles of Mario Kart can serve as a guide to create more equitable social and economic programs to better serve farmers in low-resource, rural regions. Because even when doing horribly, like flying off the side of Rainbow R... bu.edu/articles/2021/…

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#Environment Sea level rise is killing trees along the Atlantic coast, creating 'ghost forests' that are visible from space. Seawater is raising salt levels in coastal woodlands along the entire Atlantic Coastal Plain, from Maine to Florida. Huge swaths... theconversation.com/sea-level-rise…

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#Economics Trump oversaw an economic boom for large parts of his tenure as President. A study using the synthetic control method (a comparison to a synthetic doppelgänger economy) finds that his presidency had no substantial impact on the economy. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

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#Environment Warming waters have driven thousands of ocean species poleward from the equator, threatening marine ecosystems and the livelihoods of people who depend on them. Fossil records show that the same thing happened 140,000 years ago, the last ti... pnas.org/content/118/15…