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More intelligent individuals are more likely to enjoy instrumental music, suggests a new study (n=467), which found that higher scores on the intelligence test were associated with a preference for instrumental music, including ambient/chill out electronica, big band jazz, and classical music.

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Planetologists at the University of Münster have been able to show, for the first time, that water came to Earth with the formation of the Moon some 4.4 billion years ago

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Is There Any Scale Where The Distribution Of Electric Charge Within A Neutron Is Relevant?

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Adults with low exposure to nature as children had significantly worse mental health (increased nervousness and depression) compared to adults who grew up with high exposure to natural environments. (n=3,585)

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Researchers found nearly 70 percent of the students who interviewed someone with a vaccine-preventable disease moved from vaccine hesitant to pro-vaccine— even when they had NO vaccine curriculum. The results conclude that it is more than possible for Anti-vaxxers to alter their perspective.

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Plastic makes up nearly 70% of all ocean litter. Scientists have discovered that microscopic marine microbes are able to eat away at plastic, causing it to slowly break down. Two types of plastic, polyethylene and polystyrene, lost a significant amount of weight after being exposed to the microbes.

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At what altitude do compasses cease to work?

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If bit flips are a huge concern as the technology used in consumer electronics gets smaller and smaller, what measures are being used to protect against them?

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Lego will make this International Space Station set if it wins the fan vote! Vote now!

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How do you calculate drag coefficients?

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What are the first specialized cells created in an human embryo, and what is the mechanism for proper relative positioning of different types of specialized cells?

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NASA is sending us back to the moon in 2024. Another total solar eclipse crosses the USA in 2024. For the first time in history there could be humans on the moon as it eclipses the sun.

65 points 28 comments

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Will urban areas be considerably quieter when all vehicles become electric?

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Improved air quality leads to fewer L.A.-area kids developing asthma. Scientists have linked nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter reductions to a decrease in new asthma cases, reinforcing the health detriments of air pollution.

75 points 4 comments

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AI was 94 percent accurate in screening for lung cancer on 6,716 CT scans, reports a new paper in Nature, and when pitted against six expert radiologists, when no prior scan was available, the deep learning model beat the doctors: It had fewer false positives and false negatives.

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Project Artemis: NASA's Plans To Return To The Moon By 2024

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Bonobo mothers pressure their children into having grandkids, just like humans. They do so overtly, sometimes fighting off rival males, bringing their sons into close range of fertile females, and using social rank to boost their sons' status.

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In 2020, NASA Will Send Living Things to Deep Space for First Time Since Apollo

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Testifying while black: experimental study of court reporter transcription of African American English finds accuracy below required levels, with potentially dramatic legal repercussions for AAE speakers

43 points 45 comments

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Early life exposure to nicotine alters neurons, predisposes brain to addiction later

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Cannabidiol (CBD) reduced craving and anxiety in individuals with a history of heroin abuse, suggesting a potential role for it in helping to break the cycle of addiction, according to new double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

412 points 71 comments

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10h

How is the spin of elementary particles without charge determined?

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Amazon's Jeff Bezos is enamored with the idea of O'Neill colonies: spinning space cities that might sustain future humans. “If we move out into the solar system, for all practical purposes, we have unlimited resources,” Bezos said. “We could have a trillion people out in the solar system.”

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Does the amount of chewing and final mush of food affect in any significant way the speed of digestion and metabolism of said food?

9 points 2 comments

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10h

What is the smallest known organism that has a multi-chambered heart?

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