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Alterations in the gut microbiome composition may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease. A new study found growth of two types of microbes in the gut microbiome may impact cognitive performance via epigenetic changes in Alzheimer’s-related genes in the brain of mice.

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Warmer temperatures are associated with lower worker productivity. Climate change could make things worse. There is more than 2% drop in annualized output for each 1 degree Celsius increase in temperature, according to a new study using data from manufacturers in India.

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Google search results feed misinformation on cancer treatments, suggests study - In a Google search for cancer supplement advice, only about 1/4 of the results considered relevant by Google algorithms were vetted by a team of nutrition professionals as actually containing high-quality information.

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COVID-19 pandemic likely had an effect on outcome of 2020 US presidential election, lowering Trump support among Democrats, while (marginally) raising it among independents. Some Republicans reported higher Trump support in early stages, but this reversed when economy started reopening. (n=1,763)

COVID-19 pandemic likely had an effect on outcome of 2020 US...

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Plastic bottles holding 2.3 litres are least harmful to the planet

Plastic bottles holding 2.3 litres are least harmful to the ...

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Whales and dolphins can resist cancer and their DNA reveals why

Whales and dolphins can resist cancer and their DNA reveals ...

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Google uses underwater fibre-optic cable to detect earthquakes

Google uses underwater fibre-optic cable to detect earthquak...

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Massive expansion of human gut bacteriophage diversity

Massive expansion of human gut bacteriophage diversity

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Amazing gecko photos captured using X-rays from a particle accelerator

Amazing gecko photos captured using X-rays from a particle a...

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The influence of juvenile dinosaurs on community structure and diversity

The influence of juvenile dinosaurs on community structure a...

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Potentially harmful chemicals found in plastic toys. New research suggests that more than 100 chemicals found in plastic toy materials may pose possible health risks to children. The study provides findings that may lead to stricter international regulations.

Potentially harmful chemicals found in plastic toys. New res...

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Trump appears to have benefited from a rally-round-the-flag effect among Republicans concerned with COVID-19 during the early stages of the novel coronavirus outbreak in the United States. But this effect had reversed itself just a few months later

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Life sciences industries will make a breakthrough in the year 2021.

Life sciences industries will make a breakthrough in the yea...

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Revealing the role of the human blood plasma proteome in obesity using genetic drivers (Feb 2021)

Revealing the role of the human blood plasma proteome in obe...

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Fathers who are more involved in early infant parenting show reduced depressive symptoms

Fathers who are more involved in early infant parenting show...

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Extra stress in the COVID-19 pandemic caused by income loss, and lack of ability to pay for housing and food has exacerbated the often silent epidemic of intimate partner violence, suggests a new University of California, Davis, study.

Extra stress in the COVID-19 pandemic caused by income loss,...

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Specially developed cameras were used to record the new David Attenborough series, "Life in Colour", starting tonight at 7pm on BBC1. By overlaying polarised and UV optics onto 'human vision' footage we get a first glimpse at how the world is viewed through the eyes of Nature's wildlife.

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Recent studies over at University of Oslo has found that the Black Death was not, indeed, spread by rats, but instead, the patterns of the plague, and the speed of infections, checked out the fact that the plague was spread by humans.

Recent studies over at University of Oslo has found that the...

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Missing for almost 100 years: the rare and potentially threatened bee, Pharohylaeus lactiferus (Hymenoptera, Colletidae)

Missing for almost 100 years: the rare and potentially threa...

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Therapy may help you find a job. In a new study, 41% of unemployed or underemployed people undergoing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) found a new job or went from part- to full-time work by the end of the 16-week treatment for depression.

Therapy may help you find a job. In a new study, 41% of unem...

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When teachers offer positive encouragement to disruptive students, rather than focus on the negative behavior, which is what they typically do, it not only reduces disruptive classroom behavior, but improves academic and social outcomes, suggests new randomized controlled trial (n=1,450).

When teachers offer positive encouragement to disruptive stu...

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Cross‐sex shifts in two brain imaging phenotypes and their relation to polygenic scores for same‐sex sexual behavior: A study of 18,645 individuals from the UK Biobank

Cross‐sex shifts in two brain imaging phenotypes and their r...

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Dr Russel Barkley concludes 1/3 of inattentive ADHD people actually have a different attention disorder

Dr Russel Barkley concludes 1/3 of inattentive ADHD people a...

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Research finds that being kind makes us happy, can help to lower our blood pressure, and encourages stronger social connections. Now, a new study suggests that we can access some of these benefits simply by recalling acts of kindness we did in the past—making kindness a gift that keeps on giving.

Research finds that being kind makes us happy, can help to l...

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Tree rings map a half-century of volcanic eruptions suppressing tropical cyclones

Tree rings map a half-century of volcanic eruptions suppress...

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A 'Lamborghini' Of Chariots Is Discovered At Pompeii. Archaeologists Are Wowed

A 'Lamborghini' Of Chariots Is Discovered At Pompeii. Archae...

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Dust From Asteroid That Ended Dinosaur Reign Closes Case on Impact Extinction Theory

Dust From Asteroid That Ended Dinosaur Reign Closes Case on ...

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Nature's power to induce awe might also reduce political polarization, study suggests

Nature's power to induce awe might also reduce political pol...

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Evidence of Three-Dimensional Asymmetries Seeded by High-Density Carbon-Ablator Nonuniformity in Experiments at the National Ignition Facility

Evidence of Three-Dimensional Asymmetries Seeded by High-Den...

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Direct imaging and electronic structure modulation of moiré superlattices at the 2D/3D interface | Nature Communications

Direct imaging and electronic structure modulation of moiré ...

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There Are Giant Plasma Tubes Floating Above Earth

There Are Giant Plasma Tubes Floating Above Earth

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Australia pumped out an extra six months' worth of emissions than previously recorded

Australia pumped out an extra six months' worth of emissions...

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Photochemistry beyond the red limit in chlorophyll f–containing photosystems | Science

Photochemistry beyond the red limit in chlorophyll f–contain...

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Scientists Talked To People In Their Dreams. They Answered

Scientists Talked To People In Their Dreams. They Answered

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Perception of time slowing may influence the suicidal process

Perception of time slowing may influence the suicidal proces...

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A new laser-based random number generator is the fastest of its kind

A new laser-based random number generator is the fastest of ...

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Solar storms can wreak havoc. We need better space weather forecasts

Solar storms can wreak havoc. We need better space weather f...

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Perception of time slowing may influence the suicidal process - A new study, published in European Neuropsychopharmacology, found that many patients who recently attempted suicide had an altered sense of time, which may have exacerbated their distress.

Perception of time slowing may influence the suicidal proces...

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Scientists Are Casually Building Earth's Twin

Scientists Are Casually Building Earth's Twin

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Oxford University is working with Canadian researchers on a first-of-its-kind project that will engage citizen volunteers to help advance knowledge about polar bear behaviour in a changing environment by analysing a decade’s worth of images captured by trail cameras

Oxford University is working with Canadian researchers on a ...

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