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Children who suffer violence or trauma age faster, study finds. Researchers discover links with earlier puberty and signs of more rapid cellular ageing

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What Do Alien Civilizations Look Like? The Kardashev Scale - (Kurzgesagt)

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How old could the average rock be, how young? Are most very old? How old? How long does it take to make an average round rock? How does it happen?

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Rewatching the original Cosmos from 1980. Carl Sagan is the science Mr. Rogers.

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Children Often Carry More Coronavirus than Adults Do. Younger children harbored between 10 times and 100 times more virus than the older children, and adults, according to a study. But it’s not clear if their high viral load makes kids more likely to infect others.

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Why do we use CO2 for sparkling drinks rather than any other gas?

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Abstract art evokes a sense of "psychological distance," compared to representational art. That psychological distance shifts our mindset towards larger ideas and away from details, and suggests that abstract art can change our state of mind.

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SpaceX just won an epic, high-stakes game of capture the flag that Barack Obama started 9 years ago

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Narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and a sense of entitlement predict authoritarian political correctness and alt-right attitudes

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A new MRI study revealed possible disruption to micro-structural and functional brain integrity in the recovery stages of COVID-19, suggesting long-term consequences of SARS-CoV-2 (3 August 2020). Neurological symptoms were present in 55% of COVID-19 patients in the study.

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Rising temperatures will cause more deaths than all infectious diseases – study

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Baby boomers show concerning decline in cognitive functioning, study of 30,000 Americans shows. Trend reverses progress over several generations.

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New study shows how infrared lasers destroy harmful protein aggregates in Alzheimer's. The findings open doors to novel therapeutic possibilities for amyloid plaque-related neurodegenerative diseases that have thus far been incurable.

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If humans did not burn fossil fuels and return some CO2 into the atmosphere, would the Earth reach a point of collapse where plants would not have any carbon to build with?

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SARS-CoV-2 presents with at least 6 strains. Despite its mutations, the virus shows little variability, and this is good news for researchers working on a viable vaccine, finds the most extensive study ever carried out on SARS-CoV-2 sequencing of 48,635 coronavirus genomes.

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New study finds healthcare workers in the United States are struggling with a suite of mental-health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. On average, healthcare professionals reported enough symptoms of depression to be diagnosed with clinical depression

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When donating blood do they test it for anything, what and why?

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In examining ancient underwater sediment cores, paleomicrobiologists on Earth have managed to resurrect 100 million year old bacteria, offering new hope that Perseverance, or future Mars rovers, might find something similar

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Rising temperatures will cause more deaths than all infectious diseases

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Experiencing Childhood Trauma or Abuse Makes Body and Brain Age Faster. The study examined three different signs of biological aging -- early puberty, cellular aging and changes in brain structure -- and found that trauma exposure was associated with all three.

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Children who suffer violence or trauma age faster, study finds links with earlier puberty and signs of more rapid cellular ageing

94 points 5 comments

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Doctors diagnose advanced cancer—in a dinosaur

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NASA astronauts say they made prank calls from SpaceX Crew Dragon once it splashed down in the water

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Beetle species can survive being eaten by frogs by inducing "predator defection." First-ever findings suggest more insects may adapt to survive predator digestive tracts.

273 points 24 comments

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Hurricanes reduce fishing and help ecosystems recover after storms

538 points 11 comments