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Aging Breakthrough? GlyNac research into PWH, Premature Aging
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Democracy: Millennials are the most disillusioned generation ‘in living memory’ – global study
Young people’s faith in democratic politics is lower than any other age group, and millennials across the world are more disillusioned with democracy than Generation X or baby boomers were at the same stage of life. This is according to… Read More ›
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Only 7% of US school districts in poorer, ethnic minority populations to reopen this fall
US schools in poor districts with large non-white student populations are less likely to reopen fully this academic year, according to a major new study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of School Choice. The data suggests race and deprivation are significant… Read More ›
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Forty percent of renters can’t afford essentials as a result of COVID-19
40% of tenant households across Australia indicated that after paying rent there was not enough money left over to buy essentials due to COVID lockdowns One third of renters surveyed were ignored or unable to negotiate a rent reduction with… Read More ›
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Green light therapy shown to reduce migraine frequency, intensity
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Candidates who lie more likely to win elections – new study
The public may have grown tired of candidates who say one thing on the election trail then do another when in office, but a new study suggests truthful candidates might be less likely to make it through to elected office…. Read More ›
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Media trust correlated with COVID-19 prevention behaviors
Whether someone wears a mask, practices physical distancing or performs other behaviors to prevent COVID-19 infection may be linked to what media outlets they trust. In 2020, individuals’ behavior in response to the pandemic has closely correlated with the kinds… Read More ›
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Vitamin D may be more effective than masks and distancing combined for COVID ?
Vitamin D may be more effective than masks and distancing combined for COVID ? In patients older than 40 years they observed that those patients who were vitamin D sufficient were 51.5 percent less likely to die from the infection… Read More ›
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Venus might be habitable today, if not for Jupiter
Venus might not be a sweltering, waterless hellscape today, if Jupiter hadn’t altered its orbit around the sun, according to new UC Riverside research. Jupiter has a mass that is two-and-a-half times that of all other planets in our solar… Read More ›
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COVID-19 pandemic has created flood of potentially substandard research
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a flood of potentially substandard research amid the rush to publish, with a string of papers retracted or under a cloud and a surge in submissions to pre-print servers where fewer quality checks are made,… Read More ›
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Turmeric supplement more effective than placebo for osteoarthritis knee pain
Turmeric supplement more effective than placebo for osteoarthritis knee pain An extract of Curcuma longa (CL), commonly known as turmeric, was found to be more effective than placebo for reducing knee pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis. #arthritis #pain #turmeric… Read More ›
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Young physicist ‘squares the numbers’ on time travel
Paradox-free time travel is theoretically possible, according to the mathematical modelling of a prodigious University of Queensland undergraduate student. Fourth-year Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) student Germain Tobar has been investigating the possibility of time travel, under the supervision of… Read More ›
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Amid pandemic and protests, Americans know much more about their rights
In a period defined by an impeachment inquiry, a pandemic, nationwide protests over racial injustice, and a contentious presidential campaign, Americans’ knowledge of their First Amendment rights and their ability to name all three branches of the federal government have… Read More ›
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Possible marker of life spotted on venus
“When we got the first hints of phosphine in Venus’s spectrum, it was a shock!”, says team leader Jane Greaves of Cardiff University in the UK, who first spotted signs of phosphine in observations from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), operated… Read More ›
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Do-it-yourself COVID-19 vaccines fraught with public health problems
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Well-intentioned “citizen scientists” developing homemade COVID-19 vaccines may believe they’re inoculating themselves against the ongoing pandemic, but the practice of self-experimentation with do-it-yourself medical innovations is fraught with important legal, ethical and public health issues, according to… Read More ›
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Momentum of unprecedented Chilean uprising stalled by COVID-19 pandemic
The uprising that erupted in fall 2019 in Chile against the post-dictatorship government may be diminished by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Despite a reputation for equitable development… Read More ›
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Pandemic Over? COVID-19 World data Amateur Python Analysis
From an educational perspective, we review current COVID-19 data and arrive look at lockdowns and population density appears to have no numerical effect currently on COVID-19. In any case, this is more about exploring the code from a beginner’s standpoint… Read More ›
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Vitamin D twice a day may keep vertigo away
Those in the intervention group who took the supplements had a lower recurrence rate for vertigo episodes after an average of one year than those in the observation group. People taking supplements had an average recurrence rate of 0.83 times… Read More ›
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Hints of life on Venus
An international team of astronomers, led by Professor Jane Greaves of Cardiff University, today announced the discovery of a rare molecule – phosphine – in the clouds of Venus. On Earth, this gas is only made industrially, or by microbes… Read More ›
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Terahertz receiver for 6G wireless communications
Future wireless networks of the 6th generation (6G) will consist of a multitude of small radio cells that need to be connected by broadband communication links. In this context, wireless transmission at THz frequencies represents a particularly attractive and flexible… Read More ›
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Study suggests unconscious learning underlies belief in God
WASHINGTON — Individuals who can unconsciously predict complex patterns, an ability called implicit pattern learning, are likely to hold stronger beliefs that there is a god who creates patterns of events in the universe, according to neuroscientists at Georgetown University…. Read More ›
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Humans, not climate, have driven rapidly rising mammal extinction rate
Human impact can explain ninety-six percent of all mammal species extinctions of the last hundred thousand years, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Science Advances. Over the last 126,000 years, there has been a 1600-fold increase in… Read More ›
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Body cameras may have little effect on police and citizen behaviors
E-MAIL A recent analysis published in Campbell Systematic Reviews indicates that body cameras worn by police do not have clear or consistent effects on officers’ use of force, arrests, or other activities. Nor do they have significant effects on citizens’ calls to… Read More ›
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Weak to No Correlation in Positive COVID-19 Test Increases and Hospitalization Increases
We use Data from covidtracking (Entire U.S. )to 12 SEP 2020 and run correlation models with a few various methods to see if any correlation exists between Positive COVId-19 test increases and Increases in Hospitalizations. Utilizing Kendal, we arrive at… Read More ›
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Honeybee Venom Induced 100% Cancer Cell Death in Lab studies
A specific concentration of honeybee venom can induce 100% cancer cell death, while having minimal effects on normal cells. “We found that melittin can completely destroy cancer cell membranes within 60 minutes.” #melittin #honeybeevenom #cancer Ciara Duffy, Anabel Sorolla, Edina… Read More ›
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Warning: Epidemics are often followed by unrest
If you have not been hearing much of the French Gilets Jaunes or of the Italian Sardines in the last few months, it’s because “the social and psychological unrest arising from the epidemic tends to crowd-out the conflicts of the… Read More ›
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Political ads have little persuasive power
Every four years, US presidential campaigns collectively spend billions of dollars flooding TV screens across the country with political ads. But a new study co-authored by Yale political scientist Alexander Coppock shows that, regardless of content, context, or audience, those… Read More ›
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Common sunscreen ingredients prove dangerous for freshwater ecosystems
The results show that long-term exposure to ultraviolet (UV) filters–including avobenzone, oxybenzone, and octocrylene–is lethal for some organisms living in freshwater environments. One of the largest sources of UV-filter contamination in both marine and freshwater environments is from sunscreen leaching… Read More ›
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COVID-19 and the threat to American voting rights
The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated three main pathologies of American voting rights. The pandemic has revealed the lack of systematic and uniform protection of voting rights in the United States. Source: COVID-19 and the threat to American voting rights
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Battery-free Game Boy runs forever
Researchers develop first-ever battery-free, energy-harvesting, interactive device. And it looks and feels like a retro 8-bit Nintendo Game Boy. Source: Battery-free Game Boy runs forever
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COVID-19 Tracking Data API and Data Anomalies (No Correlations? Cases to Hospitalizations Increases)
Is there a correlation between Positive cases and Hospitalizations? Below is the API for python access, open to all who desire to filter the data. I want to just give easy access to all the beginner students data scientists out… Read More ›
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AKG may increase Lifespan and DRAMATICALLY Increase Healthy Years
AKG may increase Lifespan and DRAMATICALLY Increase Healthy Years Noting that some of the mice did experience moderate lifespan extension (the average was around 12%), measures of healthspan increased more than 40 percent. Lithgow says the goal is always to… Read More ›
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Lockdowns have economic and social costs for world’s poorest families
Low socioeconomic families – and particularly women – experienced increased financial hardship, food insecurity, domestic violence and mental health challenges during COVID-19 lockdown measures in Bangladesh, a new research study shows. In the first study of its kind, Australian and… Read More ›
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Bacteria could survive travel between Earth and Mars when forming aggregates
Imagine microscopic life-forms, such as bacteria, transported through space, and landing on another planet. The bacteria finding suitable conditions for its survival could then start multiplying again, sparking life at the other side of the universe. This theory, called “panspermia”,… Read More ›
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Cosmic rays may soon stymie quantum computing
The practicality of quantum computing hangs on the integrity of the quantum bit, or qubit. Qubits, the logic elements of quantum computers, are coherent two-level systems that represent quantum information. Each qubit has the strange ability to be in a… Read More ›
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Russian scientists predicted increased unrest in the United States back in 2010
Beginning in May 2020, after the police killing of George Floyd, a Black American man, ‘Black Lives Matter’ demonstrations and riots engulfed the United States, the United Kingdom, and several European countries. Though Mr. Floyd’s killing served as the immediate… Read More ›
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Adenosine Helps Regrow Cartilage in Osteoarthritis
Injections of a natural ‘energy’ molecule prompted regrowth of almost half of the cartilage lost with aging in knees, a new study in rodents shows. #arthritis #osteoarthritis #adenosine Carmen Corciulo, Cristina M. Castro, Thomas Coughlin, Samson Jacob, Zhu Li, David… Read More ›
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Media’s pivotal pandemic power
The mass media’s coverage of the pandemic health crisis carries an important responsibility to offer balanced messaging about COVID-19 and public behaviour, Flinders University public health researchers says. While freely available, trustworthy news is vital – in particular when conveying… Read More ›
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Hydrogen vehicles might soon become the global norm
Roughly one billion cars and trucks zoom about the world’s roadways. Only a few run on hydrogen. This could change after a breakthrough achieved by researchers at the University of Copenhagen. The breakthrough? A new catalyst that can be used… Read More ›
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Smartphones are lowering student’s grades, study finds
The ease of finding information on the internet is hurting students’ long-term retention and resulting in lower grades on exams, according to a Rutgers University-New Brunswick study. Source: Smartphones are lowering student’s grades, study finds
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Analysis shows that political speeches now use simpler language, express more sentiments
Research by Kansas State University shows how politicians from both major parties have changed their political speech from previous centuries. Source: Analysis shows that political speeches now use simpler language, express more sentiments
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People who feel their lives are threatened are more likely to experience miracles
People who experience threats to their existence — including economic and political instability — are more likely to experience miracles, according to a Baylor University study. Source: People who feel their lives are threatened are more likely to experience miracles
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Defiance and low trust in medical doctors related to vaccine scepticism
A new study shows that individuals who react negatively to rules and recommendations and have lower trust in doctors more often use complementary and alternative medicine, that is, treatments or substances that are not included in the care offered or… Read More ›
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Rogue planets could outnumber the stars
An upcoming NASA mission could find that there are more rogue planets – planets that float in space without orbiting a sun – than there are stars in the Milky Way, a new study theorizes. Source: Rogue planets could outnumber… Read More ›
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Why obeying orders can make us do terrible things
War atrocities are sometimes committed by ‘normal’ people obeying orders. Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience measured brain activity while participants inflicted pain and found that obeying orders reduced empathy and guilt related brain activity for the inflicted pain…. Read More ›
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Cashew shell compound may mend damaged nerves
Cashew shell compound may mend damaged nerves In laboratory experiments, a chemical compound found in the shell of the cashew nut promotes the repair of myelin, a team reports today. #anacardicacid #nerverepair #cashews Åsa Ljunggren-Rose, Chandramohan Natarajan, Pranathi Matta, Akansha… Read More ›
Featured Categories
Behavior Modification ›
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TSRI anti-heroin vaccine found effective in non-human primates
June 6, 2017
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Study: ‘Moral enhancement’ technologies are neither feasible nor wise
May 16, 2017
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Conducting the Milgram experiment in Poland, psychologists show people still obey
March 14, 2017
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Psychological ‘vaccine’ could help immunize public against ‘fake news’ on climate change
January 23, 2017
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The current state of psychobiotics
October 25, 2016
Current Affairs ›
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Families with college kids more likely to lose their home during recessions
August 7, 2018
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Researchers offer new information warfare model
November 10, 2017
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Trump’s leakers: McMaster, Petraeus, Dina Powell?
June 1, 2017
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Italian Officials Call For Investigation Of Soros-Supported NGO Migrant Fleet
March 27, 2017
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Erdoğan’s calls on all Turks in Europe to have 5 children, so they will be the “future of Europe.”
March 20, 2017
Escalation / Destabilization Conflict ›
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This is the message published by the Venezuelan military, an official of the Special Action Brigade identified by local media as Óscar Pérez, who apparently flew over the headquarters of the TSJ in Caracas on Tuesday, and from the air launched two grenades of fragmentation against the building.
June 27, 2017
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Chinese government killed or jailed up to 20 American intelligence sources over three years
May 20, 2017
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Typhoon jets intercept Russian bombers off Scotland
February 10, 2017
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Turkey’s ruling AKP deputy to Greece: Don’t mess with us or we’ll shoot you
February 2, 2017
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Why Turkey-Greece islands confrontation is more than it seems
February 2, 2017
Societal ›
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Could e-voting machines in Election 2012 be hacked? Yes. RE_POST at request 2012
August 31, 2022
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US Elections: Voting Machine Irregularities reported across the country _Repost at Request (2016)
August 31, 2022
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Celebrity Twitter accounts display ‘bot-like’ behavior – 40 and 60% of all Twitter accounts are bots (Re-Posted at Request 1 AUG 2017)
May 13, 2022
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Health costs of ageism calculated at $63 billion annually, study finds
November 14, 2018
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Tomorrow’s population will be larger, heavier and eat more
November 12, 2018
Vaccine ›
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Researchers engineer dual vaccine against anthrax and plague
October 16, 2018
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Study predicts 2018 flu vaccine will have 20 percent efficacy
April 20, 2018
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Why has mumps reemerged in the United States?
March 23, 2018
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Chicken pox vaccine linked with shingles at the vaccination site in some children
February 10, 2018
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Children Who Get Flu Vaccine Have Three Times Risk Of Hospitalization For Flu, Study Suggests (2009 Requested Repost)
January 24, 2018
Engineering Evil 