Microplastic pollution in oceans vastly underestimated - study: Particles may outnumber zooplankton, which underpin marine life and regulate climate
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Scientists say social distancing has worked really well to reduce coronavirus's spread: new study finds measures saved thirty-five million Americans from contracting the virus
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Should tomatoes go in the fridge? Apparently, it doesn't matter much: the variety of tomato is much more important.
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Llama antibodies could help fight coronavirus, study finds
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Vitamin D levels appear to play role in COVID-19 mortality rates: Patients with severe deficiency are twice as likely to experience major complications
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Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing – first major study of scheme comes as economic toll of coronavirus prompts fresh interest in idea
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New coronavirus spread swiftly around world from late 2019, study finds
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Analysis of treatment with hydroxychloroquine for 368 patients in US veterans hospitals shows more deaths, no benefit
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Researchers offer caution on cough syrup and COVID-19
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Predictability: Can the turning point and end of an expanding epidemic be precisely forecast?
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CDC study indicates that a small number of people in front of vents can infect entire buildings through the AC system
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Scientists confirm dramatic melting of Greenland ice sheet – loss largely due to high pressure zone not taken into account by climate models
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Read about a new COVID-19 treatment study? It probably won't work
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Physical force alone spurs gene expression, study reveals
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How many jobs can be done at home? UChicago study
PDF: https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/BFI_White-Paper_Dingel_Neiman_3.2020.pdf
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Do we suffer ‘behavioural fatigue’ for pandemic prevention measures?
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Smarter individuals engage in more prosocial behavior in daily life, study finds
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New England Journal of Medicine study shows SARS-CoV-2 is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces
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Greenland glacier collapse – a new study combining historical photos with evidence from ocean sediments suggests climate change was already at work in the 1930s
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"Both studies ... sought to pin down how many times the human brain oscillates in and out of focus per minute."
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Twenty-two studies, across ideological differences, agree: Medicare for All saves money
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Why six hours of sleep is as bad as none at all
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An examination of over 4700 clinical trials found that less than 45% of them reported their results on time, despite it being a legal requirement
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Research identifies new route for tackling drug resistance in skin cancer cells
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New studies help to explain how microbes in the gut can shape a host’s fear responses
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NIST study evaluates effects of race, age, sex on face recognition software - Findings included that many algorithms had false positive rates 10 to 100 times higher for non-Caucasians
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A new study shows an animal’s lifespan is written in the DNA. For humans, it’s thirty-eight years
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Ultrasound destroys eighty percent of prostate cancers in one-year study
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Three studies describe different parts of the 2018 Kīlauea caldera collapse
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Teacher effects on student achievement and height: A cautionary tale
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The Vietnam draft lotteries functioned as a randomized experiment—which has allowed social scientists to study its life-changing effects
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Cows wearing VR headsets might produce better milk
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The smell of old books could actually help experts preserve them
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Free Internet access should be a basic human right: Study
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Effects of one year of Vitamin D and marine Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on biomarkers of systemic inflammation in older US adults
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Companion dog acquisition may reduce loneliness among community dog owners
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Can tattoos make you healthier?
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Why do women fake orgasms – and is it anti-feminist? We asked five women
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Study shows Venus may have once enjoyed a temperate climate
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GM mosquito progeny not dying in Brazil: study
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Iceland makes the top of the list when it comes to online news consumption, a study conducted by the OECD revealed
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Massive study of nearly 500,000 people shows there's no 'gay gene', but genetics and environmental factors are linked to same-sex behavior
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Global sea level rise began accelerating ‘thirty years earlier’ than previously thought
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Why everyone should read Harry Potter: Tales of the young wizard instill empathy, a study finds
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Can face-to-face discussions improve societal cohesion?
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How life sciences actually work
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Climate deniers get more media play than scientists: study
News article: Climate deniers get more media play than scientists: study Study: Discrepancy in scientific authority and media visibility of climate change scientists and contrarians
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Community size matters when people create a new language
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Suicide rate for girls has been rising faster than for boys, study finds
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Self-blinding microdosing study, open to participation
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