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How quantum computing might go mainstream
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Science Communication 101
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The First Reused Spacecraft, 56 Years Ago
A record-breaking altitude and a few minutes of weightlessness in an extraordinary vehicle — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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For patients with diabetes, ticagrelor reduced heart attacks, strokes
In late-breaking clinical trial results presented in a Hot Line Session today at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2019, investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Greater Paris University Hospitals — AP-HP/Université de Paris presented the results from The Effect of Ticagrelor on Health Outcomes in Diabetes Mellitus Patients Intervention Study (THEMIS).
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Preserved heart failure trial misses endpoint, but drug may benefit some patients
The team reports that, overall, the drug sacubitril-valsartan did not significantly reduce heart failure hospitalizations and cardiovascular death compared to valsartan alone, but the data suggest benefit for patients in the lower ejection fraction range, for which there currently exists no approved therapies.
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Screening for genetic high cholesterol could help patients and families avoid heart attack
Genetic high cholesterol is underdiagnosed and undertreated, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology. Screening could identify patients and family members affected by the condition so that lifestyle changes and treatments can be started to prevent heart attack and stroke.
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Symptoms of depression in caregivers may predict future health problems
Caregivers of stroke survivors who show signs of depression may have a higher risk of suffering their own health challenges down the line, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
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Preventative artery repair provides major benefit after serious heart attack
The new study, a collaboration of 130 hospitals in 31 countries, has shown that opening all the blockages is better than treating only the one blockage causing the heart attack. This led to a 26% reduction in the patient's risk of dying or having a recurrent heart attack.
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Anabolic-androgenic steroid use associated with decreased heart function in weightlifters
Illicit performance-enhancing steroids can cause the heart to thicken and reduce its ability to function, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
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Testing and family screening lacking among young victims of sudden cardiac arrest
Less than 4% of relatives of young cardiac arrest victims receive information on family screening that could prevent further deaths, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
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Humans and Neanderthals Kept Breeding—and Breeding—for Ages
Modern humans and Neanderthals commingled at many points in history, raising the possibility that the ancient hominins were just another version of us.
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8 Best Labor Day 2019 Mattress Sales That WIRED Recommends
All of our favorite bed-in-a-box mattresses are on sale for Labor Day weekend, including some by Helix, Leesa, and Casper.
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Bell's Self-Flying APT 70 Cargo Drone Hauls a Heavy Load
The all-electric flier can tote up to 70 pounds, cruise at 75 mph, and cover 35 miles with a fully charged battery.
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Driverless trucks debated ahead of proposed regulations – FreightWaves
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How to Balance Marketing Automation and Personalization
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How Cognitive Computing Will Transform The Finance Industry
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Hunger for concrete eats away at mountains. Concrete consumption has tripled over the past 20 years and with the global population expected to grow by two billion by 2050, demand can only go up, the UN says.
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The Next Hot Job: Pretending to Be a Robot
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Robot pole dancers to debut at French nightclub | World News
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Matchmaking Robots Shake Up Global Bond Sales on Trading Desks
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Lip-Reading Drones, Emotion Detecting Cameras: How AI Is Changing The World
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Facial Recognition Becoming Commonplace in North Dakota
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Combining Artificial Intelligence With Urban Farming Can Be A Game Changer for Developing Countries
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Here’s who will build and integrate the first hypersonic weapon system prototype
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Quantum X-Ray machine can take sharper images with less radiation
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What Color Really Evolved For – Facts So Romantic
The finding that melanosomes are so common inside animals’ bodies may overhaul our very understanding of the function of melanin, the pigment responsible for color in feathers and other external features. Photograph by Aline Dassel / Pixabay What color were the dinosaurs? If you have a picture in your head, fresh studies suggest you may need to revise it. New fossil research also suggests that pi
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CRISPR could lead to gene-editing fix for a form of male infertility
Infertile male mice have fathered offspring after their condition was fixed by CRISPR – an approach that could help many couples with fertility problems
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This Is How Nuclear Winter Would Affect Every Single One of Us Across The Planet
The blast itself is just a small part of the problem.
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Optimists For The Win: Finding The Bright Side Might Help You Live Longer
Pessimists may suspect this finding, but researchers who tracked the health outcomes of thousands of adults across many years found optimists were much more likely to reach 85. Optimism is teachable. (Image credit: Roy Scott/Ikon Images via Getty Images)
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Rewriting the ‘Boy Genius’
Last year, the indie rock singers Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus formed a supergroup called boygenius. In a Billboard interview , Dacus traced the name to the combined frustration and envy the three women felt toward “hyper-confident” male performers too convinced of their own talent to take criticism or share the stage. While recording, she said, “we’d just tell each other, ‘Every
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Family Reunions: Not Just for Grandparents
One of Jordan Roberts’s latest graphic designs is bizarre and a little spooky: a skeletal creature dubbed “The Rhiney,” surrounded by strange iconography. Around the circle, Roberts, a graphic designer based in Phoenix, added the words “TO HUNT. TO HAUNT. TO EMBODY HORROR,” followed by “THE MAYNARD MONSTER CULT ETERNAL.” courtesy of Jordan Roberts The emblem only means something to an exclusive g
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Arrival of refugees in Eastern German communities has no effect on voting behavior, attitudes on immigration
The arrival of refugees in eastern German communities has had no effect on local residents' voting behavior or on their attitudes toward immigration, finds a new study of citizens in more than …
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Astronomers Detect a Mammoth Planet With The Most Extreme Orbit We've Ever Seen
"Unlike any other exoplanets we have discovered so far."
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We Just Learned Manta Rays May Have Surprisingly Close 'Friends' They See Regularly
Not quite so reclusive after all.
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Before You Blame Screen Time For Teen Mental Health Issues, Read This
It might be time to shift the focus.
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Is Russia Getting Ready to Build Robot 'Drone' Tanks?
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College students may soon encounter food delivery robots
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Paris is testing 'noise radar' that will automatically ticket loud cars
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants custom software that can unearth fakes hidden among more than 500,000 stories, photos, video and audio clips. If successful, the system after four years of trials may expand to detect malicious intent and prevent viral fake news from polarizing soc
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Cyberpoliti slår til mod farlig virus: Redder næsten en million computere i storaktion
850.000 computere verden over har tjent penge til ukendte bagmænd.
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Research finds extreme elitism, social hierarchy among Gab users
Despite its portrayal as a network that 'champions free speech,' users of the social media platform Gab display more extreme social hierarchy and elitism when compared to Twitter users, according to a new study published in the September edition of the online journal First Monday. Researchers found a small number of Gab users hold a large amount of influence, sharing more homogeneous content than
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Tang er på vej op ad værdistigen
PLUS. Gennem trinvis ekstraktion kan en række værdifulde stoffer udvindes af samme batch tang. Metoden er udviklet i Teknologisk Instituts laboratorium og skal nu afprøves hos firmaet Nordisk Tang i Grenaa.
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Brazil's Amazon basin fires keep surging
The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon basin is still on the rise, even though the government has banned burning, officials said Saturday.
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When I Took My Zipcar Into the Wilderness
The Zipcar door would not open. My brother and then my sister held the card over the reader and waited for it to unlock. I held the card over the reader and tried to do the same. The baby fussed. The ocean crashed. The sun burned through the fog. Nothing happened. Here is the Public Service Announcement part of the story: If you take a vehicle loaned out by Zipcar—a rental service where drivers u
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When Faith Comes Up, Students Avert Their Eyes
I had hardly finished my lecture when the student came bounding down the auditorium’s stairs. “You’re just like all the others,” he said, fuming. “You don’t really take religion seriously.” This happened a few years ago, when I was teaching a college course on virtue and vice. I had just finished talking about the Catholic thinker Thomas Aquinas. My sin? According to my student, I had “intellectu
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From Asia’s Finest to Hong Kong’s Most Hated
HONG KONG—Moments after a gasoline bomb arced over a police-station wall, officers began shooting rounds of rubber bullets at protesters here. One struck a young woman in the eye, leaving her with a bloody orb . Elsewhere, police stormed a subway station, blocked its exits, and launched tear gas inside as demonstrators fled onto trains. At another metro stop, officers in gas masks fired at close
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Pole caught in customs web with tarantula haul
Customs officials caught a Polish man was after trying to smuggle nearly 100 tarantula spiders in his luggage, at Cayenne airport, French Guiana, regional officials told AFP Saturday.
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Pole caught in customs web with tarantula haul
Customs officials caught a Polish man was after trying to smuggle nearly 100 tarantula spiders in his luggage, at Cayenne airport, French Guiana, regional officials told AFP Saturday.
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Hunger for concrete eats away at mountains
Soon, Jamal's voice will no longer ring out over the mountain slopes he's roamed for years with his herd in northern Cyprus.
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Northern Bahamas hunkers down as Hurricane Dorian closes in
A dangerous Hurricane Dorian closed in on the northern Bahamas early Sunday, threatening to batter islands with 150 mph (240 kph) winds, pounding waves and torrential rain as people hunkered down in schools, churches and other shelters.
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Arrival of refugees in Eastern German communities has no effect on voting behavior, attitudes on immigration
The arrival of refugees in eastern German communities has had no effect on local residents' voting behavior or on their attitudes toward immigration, finds a new study of citizens in more than 200 regional municipalities.
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Home-based education reduces hospitalizations in patients with atrial fibrillation
Home-based and personalized education keeps patients with atrial fibrillation out of hospital, according to late breaking results from the HELP-AF study presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
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Childhood cholesterol, blood pressure, weight and smoking predict adult heart disease
The first reliable evidence of a link between major cardiovascular risk factors in children — serum cholesterol, blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), and smoking — with cardiovascular disease in adults is presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology. The study highlights the need to lay the foundations for heart health early in life.
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Flu vaccination linked with lower risk of death in patients with high blood pressure
Influenza vaccination in patients with high blood pressure is associated with an 18% reduced risk of death during flu season, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
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What an urban spaceman tells us about the human condition
An unusual astronaut is at the centre of a new exhibition of art and scientific artefacts designed to make us think about everything from our personal lives to the fate of humanity itself “It’s hard to think of a greater challenge to our future health than environmental breakdown,” says Clare Barlow, project curator of Wellcome Collection’s newest gallery. Opening on Thursday 5 September, Being H
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‘Extreme Larks’ Share Their (Very) Early Morning Routines
The Life of a Person Who Wakes Up Really, Really Early New research suggests that extreme early risers—people who wake up before 5:30 a.m.—might be more common than anyone expected, Olga Khazan reported this month . I used to work on the space-shuttle program and, as a crew leadman, I would roll down NASA Causeway often before 3:30 in the morning, even though my work shift began at 6:30. If I was
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Walmart’s robot army has arrived
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Cardiovascular disease patients benefit more from exercise than healthy people
A study of nearly half a million people has found for the first time that those with heart or blood vessel problems benefit more from having a physically active lifestyle than do healthy people without cardiovascular disease. The research will be published in the European Heart Journal and presented at the ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
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En undskyldning vil være på sin plads
Hvad to regioner kunne sige omkring Sundhedsplatformen
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Giant virus has evolved its own kind of CRISPR to destroy invaders
The massive mimivirus is so big it has its own kind of CRISPR-like immune system to defend against the tiny viruses that attack it
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Eldrevet gigant fragter 65 ton sten, sparer 50.000 liter diesel om året og skal knap oplades
Edumperen tager regenerering til et nyt niveau.
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Have You Seen Any Nazi Uranium? These Researchers Want To Know
When a small cube of uranium metal turned up in Tim Koeth's life, it launched an epic search for a lost piece of nuclear history. (Image credit: John T. Consoli/University of Maryland)
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Virtual reality batting practice head-set is Dodgers’ real-life preparation tool
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Union pushes back against self-checkouts at libraries | CBC News
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Quantum X-ray machine takes razor sharp pictures with less radiation
By shining an X-ray beam through a diamond, scientists have made X-rays with unique quantum properties that let them make sharper images using less radiation
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Malcolm Gladwell: ‘I’m just trying to get people to take psychology seriously’
The Canadian writer made his name bringing intellectual sparkle to everyday subjects, and his new book – about how strangers interact with each other – is no exception In the flesh, Malcolm Gladwell is exactly as I imagined him to be: engaging, polite, dauntingly cerebral and supremely self-assured in that way that the exceptionally gifted often are. At 55, there is still something of the sporty,
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September 2019 Interactive Crossword
Try your hand at a sciency brain teaser.
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Book Excerpt from Pleased to Meet Me
In Chapter 6, author Bill Sullivan explains how irrational fears can be passed down through transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.
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Junkfood-skrald giver måske krager højere kolesterol
Krager i byer har mere kolesterol i kroppen end krager i landområder.
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The Observer view on Donald Trump’s plans to militarise space | Observer editorial
Countries must join forces and sign a peace treaty or space will become a war-fighting domain The thought of Donald Trump as space commander-in-chief, whizzing around the Milky Way, zapping alien invaders and conquering new worlds, is both comical and terrifying. Before they began exchanging love letters, the US president ridiculed his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong-un, as “little rocket man”
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The Joys of a Quiet Paris
August in Paris is over, and I miss it already. The deadest month, the most quiet, the month when Parisians leave on their endless holidays and the city empties out like a resort in the off-season, only less melancholy. Traffic thins; shops close, sometimes for the entire month; restaurants shut; there are seats to be found on the metro; and in the evening, stragglers (not everyone can afford to
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500m bees died in Brazil in the past three months – Just as the relaxation of forestry rules has led to more fires, so have loosened pesticide restrictions exposed more bees to lethal doses. Policies made by governments have huge impacts on the future of our environment.
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Colombians planted 200,000 trees today. They aim to plant another 180 million in the next 4 years.
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Interview: How computer modelling can be used to manage pandemics is "far beyond theorizing," says computer scientist in Australia
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Seeing More Matters in Scientific Research: Ultra High Resolution Ultrasound
Download this poster from FUJIFILM VisualSonics to learn more about ultra high resolution ultrasound, a silent hero in research!
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Tips for Collecting High Quality Data from Immunoassays
Download this eBook to learn about setting up and running immunoassays, including Western blotting, immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, ELISA, and more!
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Opinion: Greater Diversity Is Needed in Human Genomic Data
Researchers must ensure that the inequality seen in most of today’s genomic studies and databases is corrected.
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Infographic: How to Catch Cheating Athletes
Anti-doping agencies are tracking levels of various molecules in athletes’ blood and urine over time to increase their ability to detect drug misuse.
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Does Our DNA Makes Us All Unique or All the Same?
A better understanding of the genetic diversity among humans could motivate an appreciation of both our similarities and our differences.
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Contributors
Meet some of the people featured in the September 2019 issue of The Scientist.
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The Race to Nab Cheating Athletes
Anti-doping organizations are constantly developing new tests to catch athletes trying to boost their performance in increasingly sophisticated ways.
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Recent Trials for Fragile X Syndrome Offer Hope
Despite a solid understanding of the biological basis of fragile X syndrome, researchers have struggled to develop effective treatments.
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Fixing the Flaws in Animal Research
Many preclinical studies carried out in vivo are poorly designed and generate irreproducible data, but efforts to address the problem are on the rise.
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Neanderthal DNA in Modern Human Genomes Is Not Silent
From skin color to immunity, human biology is linked to our archaic ancestry.
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Genes that Are Harmless on Their Own Cause Disease When Combined
A case study of a family demonstrates that different genetic mutations from the two parents cause severe heart disease symptoms in the children.
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Exploding Stars Probably Didn't Spur Hominins to Walk Upright
The astronomical idea doesn't align well with the fossil record, anthropologists argue, but the origins of bipedalism are still difficult to determine.
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Därför ältar du mindre i grönområden
Risken för grubbel och negativa tankar om oss själva minskar när vi befinner oss i naturen. Det visar forskning från Stanford universitet. Se klippet för att få reda på mer om deras metoder och resultat.
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Forskare: Bättre att springa i skogen än på ett löpband
Det räcker att du tillbringar två timmar i naturen per vecka för att du ska känna dig friskare överlag. Det visar en stor brittisk studie där man har låtit nästan 20 000 människor göra självuppskattning av sitt välbefinnande.
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Infographic: History of Ancient Hominin Interbreeding
See when and where our ancestors may have interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans.
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Cigall Kadoch Unravels Chromatin’s Role in Cancer
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researcher is developing cancer therapeutics based on how the physical structure of DNA contributes to the disease.
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Infographic: Open and shut
Researchers devise a way to make plants' stomata open and close more quickly.
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Defining Rare Disorders: A Profile of Judith Hall
By bringing genetics into clinical medicine, the University of British Columbia medical geneticist helped to identify the gene mutations responsible for many rare diseases.
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Genetics Models Move Beyond Drosophila and the Humble Lab Mouse
Organisms with unique advantages unusual genomes are helping scientists investigate gene regulation, evolution, and development.
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How Evolution Made the Highveld Mole Rat Impervious to Ant Stings
Researchers identify changes to a pain receptor and to an ion channel that appear to enable the rodents to colonize otherwise inhospitable burrows.
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Ten Minute Sabbatical
Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.
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The Biology of Suicidal Thoughts in PTSD Patients
Researchers link levels of a receptor in the brain to suicidal ideation in people with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Infographic: The Genetics of Fragile X Syndrome
Variation in the number of CGG repeats in the FMR1 gene at the bottom of the X chromosome can lead to increased levels of mRNA or decreased levels of protein–both conditions that cause disease.
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Modern Synthesis Combined Darwin’s and Mendel’s Ideas
Theodosius Dobzhansky’s work in population genetics influenced how genetics and natural selection were combined in evolutionary biology.
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Researchers Discover New Family of Viruses
The redondoviruses, named for their circular DNA, inhabit the human respiratory tract and may be linked to disease.
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Light-Activated Nanodevices Control Cells
DNA-coated gold nanorods enable cells to be activated by light without genetic manipulation.
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A Synthetic Ion Channel Makes Plants Grow Faster
Arabidopsis with guard cells modified by a light-activated potassium ion channel can open and close stomata more quickly, conserving water.
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Can Genetics Explain Human Behavior?
The author of a new book about emerging concepts in human genetics considers the question.
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Saving the Hellbender, a Giant Salamander Under Threat
Populations of the two-foot-long amphibians are declining across North America. Scientists are struggling to find out why, before it's too late.
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Infographic: Optogenetics Without Genetic Engineering
DNA-loaded nanoparticles that respond to infrared light provide an alternative way to control cell behavior.
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In a recent article at Jalopnik, Jason Torchinsky explained how degraded but functional EV batteries could work great for school buses. In short, he suggests using low-cost conversion kits and reusing discarded batteries from other EVs …
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Israeli SpaceIL company’s Beresheet crashed on the moon. ‘Tardigrades on the Moon Is Not Good’
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Sedentary lifestyle for 20 years linked to doubled early mortality risk compared to being active
Two decades of a sedentary lifestyle is associated with a two times risk of premature death compared to being physically active, according to recent study results.
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European guidelines on lipid control advocate 'lower is better' for cholesterol levels
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels should be lowered as much as possible to prevent cardiovascular disease, especially in high and very high risk patients.
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Microbes may play a role in heart attack onset
Microorganisms in the body may contribute to destabilization of coronary plaques and subsequent heart attack, according to late breaking research.
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Aspirin should not be recommended for healthy people over 70
Low-dose aspirin does not prolong disability-free survival of healthy people over 70, even in those at the highest risk of cardiovascular disease.
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AI uncovers new details about Old Master paintings
Artificial intelligence can be used to analyse high-resolution digital X-ray images of paintings, providing more insight for conservators and those restoring classic works of art. A new algorithm was developed and used on the world famous Ghent Altarpiece, as part of an investigative project led by UCL. The finding is expected to improve our understanding of art masterpieces and provide new opport
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Suggested move to plant-based diets risks worsening brain health nutrient deficiency
The momentum behind a move to plant-based and vegan diets for the good of the planet is commendable, but risks worsening an already low intake of an essential nutrient involved in brain health, warns a nutritionist.
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Scientists explore aged paint in microscopic detail to inform preservation efforts
To learn more about the chemical processes in oil paints that can damage aging artwork, researchers conducted a range of studies that included 3D X-ray imaging of a paint sample.
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Commercial Pilots Oxygen Mask
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Robot pole dancers to debut at French nightclub
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[OPINION] Jack Ma Saves Us From Elon Musk's AI Dystopia
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A predicted superconductor might work at a record-breaking 200° Celsius
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Eating nuts linked with lower risk of fatal heart attack and stroke
Eating nuts at least twice a week is associated with a 17% lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease.
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Tiffany Francis-Baker: How forests shaped our literary heritage and inspired a nation
One-hundred years after the Forestry Commission was set up, a writer reflects on the creative power of trees.
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Is Earth the only living planet?
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When to give up on the food in your pantry
Your pantry either looks like this or like the place where expired food goes to die. Which one is it? (monicore via Pixabay/) There are basically two kinds of people in the world: those who fervently abide by expiration dates, and those who don’t. The pantries of the former usually look more like a grocery store—neat and tidy. Those of the latter, however, are filled with stuff that could be exhi
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Arrival of refugees in Eastern German communities has no effect on voting behavior, attitudes on immigration
The arrival of refugees in eastern German communities has had no effect on local residents' voting behavior or on their attitudes toward immigration, finds a new study of citizens in more than 200 regional municipalities.
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was hacked Friday. Here's how to safeguard your Twitter account
The hack of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account on Friday revealed a flaw in the social network's systems that could leave anyone vulnerable. And it raised a serious question as to how you can …
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Can We Live Forever? Immortology And Immortechnics
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A new kind of cybercrime uses AI and your voice against you
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Avast and French police take over malware botnet and disinfect 850,000 computers
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Evacuations begin in Bahamas as Category 4 Dorian bears down
Hurricane Dorian shut down most major resorts in the Bahamas and forced authorities to evacuate much of the northern shore and low-lying islands Saturday as the fierce Category 4 storm prepared to unleash torrents of rain but was projected to spin farther away from the coast of the Southeast U.S. next week.
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How forecasters track Hurricane Dorian
The path of Hurricane Dorian, which is currently over the Atlantic and heading for the state of Florida, is closely monitored by US weather services with powerful forecasting tools.
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Astronaut in Space Stares Into the Eye of Hurricane Dorian, a Category 4 Storm
Hurricane Dorian is now a Category 4 storm. See views of its eye from space by astronauts and satellites.
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Space hotel with artificial gravity will be in orbit by 2025
The Gateway Foundation is building a space hotel, based on the concepts of a Nazi and American rocket scientist Wernher von Braun . The space station will be operational by 2025. The company plans to assemble it in orbit, using robots and drones. None If Earthly destinations are not enough to quench your wanderlust, a trip to a space hotel might get on your radar within the next few years. The de
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The Mysterious Vaping Illness That’s ‘Becoming an Epidemic’
A surge of severe lung ailments has baffled doctors and public health experts.
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DNA methylation-based estimator of telomere length
Leukocyte DNAm TL is applicable across the entire age spectrum and is more strongly associated with age than measured leukocyte TL. Although both DNAm age and LTL are associated with chronological age, they exhibit only weak correlations with each other after adjusting for age, suggesting the distinct nature of their underlying mechanisms.They also validated the applicability of DNAm TL on a large
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Epigenome-wide association study of leukocyte telomere length
In this study, the research team conducted a large-scale epigenome-wide association study of LTL using seven large cohorts the Framingham Heart Study, the Jackson Heart Study, the Womens Health Initiative, the Bogalusa Heart Study, the Lothian Birth Cohorts of 1921 and 1936, and the Longitudinal Study of Aging Danish Twins.Previous studies have explored the association between DNAm and LTL, but th
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Friday News Roundup – International
We talk about the suspension of Britain's Parliament, the G7 Summit, a U.S. cyberattack on Iran and more.
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Socioøkonomisk status har betydning for henvisning til hjerterehabilitering
Fortsat stor forskel på, om lav- og højindkomst AMI-patienter informeres om hjerterehabilitering, viser undersøgelse fra Aalborg, som er præsenteret på ESC.
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Vær på vagt ved øget behov for vanddrivende medicin
Højere dødelighed blandt hjertesvigtpatienter med øget forbrug af vanddrivende medicin. Hjertesvigtpatienter, der følges hos egen læge, bør sendes videre til specialistudredning, hvis deres behov for behandling med vanddrivende medicin stiger signifikant, mener forskeren bag dansk undersøgelse præsenteret på ESC
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MIT engineers created a thread-like robot that can glide through the brain's blood vessels and could deliver clot-reducing drugs to treat strokes or aneurysms. The robotic thread could offer an alternative to open brain surgery, and it could be controlled by surgeons outside of the operating room.
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Elon Musk and Jack Ma agree that the biggest problem the world will face is population collapse
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Meditation can help create a positive peaceful future! Heres some info about benefits of meditation, mass meditation and merkaba meditation.
https://www.welovemassmeditation.com/p/dear-light-family-now-in-beginnings-of.html?m=1 It's no secret that TPTB want the masses to be as helpless and weak-minded as they can possibly be, lacking peace of mind and critical thinking skills so that it will be easier to control their sheep. So what if you found out that meditation could open your mind to peace and awareness you never before fathomed
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MMW: Genetic modification technology will absolutely NOT be restricted to the wealthy (for long). It will become cheap quickly, and there will be large-scale protests, segregation, and possibly even pogroms against GMPs (and those accused of being GMPs) by religious and anti-GMO groups.
Reposting from a /r/MarkMyWords thread that didn't take off. This is one thing I never understood in science fiction, why human genetic modification is always treated as the one thing in history the rich manipulate market forces over in order to not spread it to the proles. Or, at least, why people seem to run with this extrapolation the most despite sci-fi claiming previous technological innovat
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Turkey plans for record-breaking day in tree planting. The ministry said in a statement that Turkey was the third country in the world, after China and India, with highest tree planting rate and aimed to plant 7 billion saplings by 2023.
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Share of coal in UK's electricity system falls to record lows – Average of 0.7% of total second-quarter electricity generated came from most polluting power plants
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China's Lunar Rover Has Found Something Weird on the Far Side of the Moon – China's Chang'e-4 lunar rover has discovered an unusually colored, 'gel-like' substance during its exploration activities on the far side of the moon.
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Scholars Boycott Meeting, Citing Misconduct Accusations
The European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE) faces criticism after public allegations emerge that its president engaged in sexual harassment and bullying.
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The Gamma-Ray Moon
A reminder that there is more going on in the universe than we ordinarily perceive — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Apple Watch repair program acknowledges screen cracking flaw – CNET
The crack can appear on the rounded edge of the Apple Watch Series 2 or Series 3 screens, and the company said it'll replace the screen for free.
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If you want to get things done, pause
Taking time out is crucial. Don’t fill up your whole day and you can kickstart a new sense of rhythm Machines work well at a constant speed – and the faster the better. They are designed and built for it. Whether they are spinning cotton or crunching numbers, regular, repetitive actions are what they excel at. Increasingly, our world is designed by machines, for machines. Digital technology bring
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Ældre lægemidler giver mere alvorlig kranspulsåreforkalkning end nyere
Behandling med de ældre vitamin K-antagonister ser i modsætning til de nyere NOAK-midler ud til at være forbundet med mere alvorlig åreforkalkning, viser dansk undersøgelse præsenteret på ESC.
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As Hurricane Dorian bears down, researchers get ready
Projects in Florida and the Bahamas brace for impact and losses
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Albuminuri er markør for øget risiko for blodprop i hjerte og hjerne
Diabetespatienter uden hjertesygdom har også øget risiko for blodpropper, hvis de har mikro- eller makroalbuminuri, viser studie præsenteret på ESC.
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The greatest threat to life on Earth may come from space
Asteroids and space debris could wreak untold devastation on the planet Next year, Nasa will launch what all involved hope will be the most impactful space mission to date. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart) is designed to smash headlong into its target. It’s an attempt to deflect an asteroid as a test of what to do if we spot a similar space rock on a collision course with our planet. I
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Space Photos of the Week: Tune Into Neptune
Voyager 2 completed its historic flyby 30 years ago. No probe has been back since.
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through August 31)
COMPUTING A Carbon Nanotube Microprocessor Mature Enough to Say Hello Samuel K. Moore | IEEE Spectrum “It’s the most complex integration of carbon nanotube-based CMOS logic so far, with nearly 15,000 transistors, and it was done using technologies that have already been proven to work in a commercial chip-manufacturing facility. ‘Ten years ago, we hoped this was possible,’ says Shulaker. ‘Now we
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Weekend reads: PhD sues alma mater for alleged retaliation; an unexpected rejection; saying no to peer review requests
Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured a former postdoc who faked nearly 60 experiments; an apology … Continue reading
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Millioner af bøger er fyldt med stereotyper: Kvinder er sexede og mænd er modige
Litteraturen beskriver mænd og kvinder vidt forskelligt, viser computeranalyse.
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Robot Coffee, a Leica Camera, and Everything Else We Loved This Month
Pro tip: Prepare all your meals in a waffle maker—it will change your life.
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Netflix Cancelling 'The OA' Is a Tragedy
The sci-fi drama is one of the most unusual and daring shows in years.
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Dawn of the Stegosaurs
Bones found in Morocco underscore that many more dinosaurs await discovery. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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In Case You Missed It
Top news from around the world — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Biohackers are pirating a cheap version of a million-dollar gene therapy. The prototype gene therapy cost less than $7,000 to create, and will shared freely.
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Severe deforestation of intact Amazon forest, where canopy cover was reduced below 70%, increased daytime land surface temperatures by 0.44°C, with severely deforested areas warming as much as 1.5°C, providing further evidence that protecting intact forests is of utmost importance.
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UC Berkeley researchers describe latest version of water harvester, which can pull more than five cups of water (1.3 liters) from low-humidity air per day for each kilogram (2.2 pounds) of water-absorbing material, enough to stay alive. Field tests show it’s 10 times better than previous versions.
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Bear Robotics is raising big bucks for robots that deliver food to restaurant patrons – TechCrunch
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Left Hand Robotics raises $3.6M for mowing, plowing robot
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