Very rare pathogenic genetic variants detected by SNP-chips are usually false positives: implications for direct-to-consumer genetic testing
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Snowball the dancing cockatoo has wide range of killer moves, new study finds
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How people want to feel determines whether others can influence their emotions, Stanford psychologists find
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The researcher behind the smartphone “horns” study sells posture pillows
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Are there potential downsides of going to 100% renewable energy?
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The invisible gorilla strikes again: Sustained inattentional blindness in expert observers
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Non-prescription mouthwash (SmartMouth) found to be as effective as prescription Chlorhexidine in fighting all degrees of halitosis
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Two-hour ‘dose’ of nature significantly boosts health – study
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Unlike men, women’s cognitive performance may improve at higher room temperature
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Amazon is 3D-scanning people's bodies in exchange for gift cards
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Ravens spread negative emotions to their friends, study finds
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Coca-Cola's contracts with researchers reserved the right to kill studies
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Bad evidence: Ten years after a landmark study blew the whistle on junk science, the fight over forensics rages on
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Meal kits have smaller carbon footprint than grocery shopping, study says
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Giant pandas are macronutritional carnivores - A new study shows that the nutrient profile of the bear’s all-bamboo diet is much closer to that of a typical meat eater
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Coronary atherosclerosis in indigenous South American Tsimane: A cross-sectional cohort study
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Gender dysphoria isn’t a “social contagion,” according to a new study
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Meal kit delivery services like Blue Apron have an overall smaller carbon footprint than grocery shopping because of less food waste and a more streamlined supply chain
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Instead of ‘finding your passion,’ try developing it, Stanford scholars say
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Can food choices reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
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LGBT people a 'fundamental part of the fabric of rural American communities'
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The internet's hidden rules: An empirical study of Reddit norm violations at micro, meso, and macro scales
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Big gods came after the rise of civilisations, not before, finds study using huge historical database
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Apple and Stanford’s Apple Watch study identified irregular heartbeats in over 2,000 patients
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Solar geo-engineering: It won’t hurt a bit!
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Halving warming with idealized solar geoengineering moderates key climate hazards
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Sleeping more on weekends does not make up for past sleep loss
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Google pay study finds it underpaid men for some jobs
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Long-term measles vaccine study shows no link with autism — again
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CO2 emissions fall in eighteen countries with strong policies, study finds (in the journal Nature Climate Change)
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A $300 billion business tax break meant to raise wages is instead helping companies replace workers with machines, study says
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Adblockers Performance Study - A detailed analysis of the performance of some of the most popular content-blocker engines
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Chimpanzees’ gestural communication follows same laws as human language
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Study shows that "beer before wine" makes no difference to a hangover
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Pew study: 74% of Facebook users did not know Facebook was maintaining a list of their interests/traits, 51% were uncomfortable with it, and 27% felt the list was inaccurate
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Americans are dangerously sleep deprived
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Films with heroines make more money
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"Mischievous responders" have been tainting the data about health disparities between LGBT youth and their peers
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What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness | Robert Waldinger
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New study shows Medicare-For-All savings likely 2.5x previous estimates
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Children's screen time has little effect on sleep, says study
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Dinosaurs had birdlike lungs
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Association of frequency of organic food consumption with cancer risk - Findings from the NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort study
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Study of Puerto Rico rainforest shows massive, climate-driven decline in population of insects and insect-eating animals
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An optical illusion that resembles "looming googly eyes" scares some types of birds, and is being used to keep them away from an airport
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How to study abusers: Should reading lists come with a content warning?
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Researchers think they know why nice guys finish last
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Growing up in a house full of books is major boost to literacy and numeracy, study finds
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Academic grievance studies and the corruption of scholarship
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Disinformation, ‘fake news’ and influence campaigns on Twitter
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