Immunity to COVID-19 may wane just two to three months after infection, study suggests ~health Article 748 words 13 votes
A pair of new studies chart a dramatic increase in stress, anxiety, depression and overall poor mental wellbeing in Australia linked to the COVID-19 lockdown ~health.mental Article 682 words 5 votes
Past stressful experiences do not create resilience to future trauma, new study finds ~health.mental Article 667 words 22 votes
Where’s airborne plastic? Everywhere, scientists find ~enviro plastics.micro pollution.air Article 970 words 3 votes
Study shows erosion of ozone layer responsible for mass extinction event ~enviro Article 1135 words 8 votes
13% of museums worldwide may close permanently due to COVID-19, studies say ~arts Article 523 words, published May 20 2020 10 votes
Microplastic pollution in oceans vastly underestimated - study: Particles may outnumber zooplankton, which underpin marine life and regulate climate ~enviro climate change plastics.micro pollution.water Article 741 words 6 votes
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 ~health medicine Article 603 words 6 votes
Should tomatoes go in the fridge? Apparently, it doesn't matter much: the variety of tomato is much more important. ~food Link 7 votes
Llama antibodies could help fight coronavirus, study finds ~health medicine Article 646 words 5 votes
Vitamin D levels appear to play role in COVID-19 mortality rates: Patients with severe deficiency are twice as likely to experience major complications ~health medicine Article 754 words 12 votes
Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing – first major study of scheme comes as economic toll of coronavirus prompts fresh interest in idea ~life work Article 761 words 13 votes
Analysis of treatment with hydroxychloroquine for 368 patients in US veterans hospitals shows more deaths, no benefit ~health Article 417 words 24 votes
Predictability: Can the turning point and end of an expanding epidemic be precisely forecast? ~science mathematics Article 7 votes
CDC study indicates that a small number of people in front of vents can infect entire buildings through the AC system ~health Article 949 words 16 votes
Scientists confirm dramatic melting of Greenland ice sheet – loss largely due to high pressure zone not taken into account by climate models ~enviro climate change Article 659 words 5 votes
How many jobs can be done at home? UChicago study ~finance Text 12 words PDF: https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/BFI_White-Paper_Dingel_Neiman_3.2020.pdf 8 votes
Do we suffer ‘behavioural fatigue’ for pandemic prevention measures? ~health mental health Article 1151 words, published Mar 20 2020 5 votes
Smarter individuals engage in more prosocial behavior in daily life, study finds ~science psychology Article 344 words 3 votes
New England Journal of Medicine study shows SARS-CoV-2 is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces ~health Article 782 words 8 votes
Greenland glacier collapse – a new study combining historical photos with evidence from ocean sediments suggests climate change was already at work in the 1930s ~enviro climate change Article 548 words 8 votes
"Both studies ... sought to pin down how many times the human brain oscillates in and out of focus per minute." ~science biology Article 1217 words, published Aug 22 2018 6 votes
Twenty-two studies, across ideological differences, agree: Medicare for All saves money ~news usa politics.usa Article 780 words 37 votes
Why six hours of sleep is as bad as none at all ~health Article 970 words, published Mar 7 2016 5 votes
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 ~science medicine Article 2392 words 7 votes
Research identifies new route for tackling drug resistance in skin cancer cells ~science medicine Article 881 words 4 votes
New studies help to explain how microbes in the gut can shape a host’s fear responses ~science biology.micro Article 848 words 7 votes
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 ~tech privacy Article 1079 words 7 votes
A new study shows an animal’s lifespan is written in the DNA. For humans, it’s thirty-eight years ~science biology.molecular Article 737 words 20 votes
Ultrasound destroys eighty percent of prostate cancers in one-year study ~health medicine Article 551 words, published Dec 4 2019 8 votes
Three studies describe different parts of the 2018 Kīlauea caldera collapse ~science Article 556 words 6 votes
The Vietnam draft lotteries functioned as a randomized experiment—which has allowed social scientists to study its life-changing effects ~science psychology Article 2281 words 7 votes
Effects of one year of Vitamin D and marine Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on biomarkers of systemic inflammation in older US adults ~science biology Article 316 words, published Jan 1 2019 11 votes
Companion dog acquisition may reduce loneliness among community dog owners ~life.pets Article 5107 words, published Nov 5 2019 6 votes
Why do women fake orgasms – and is it anti-feminist? We asked five women ~life Article 1232 words 10 votes
Iceland makes the top of the list when it comes to online news consumption, a study conducted by the OECD revealed ~news iceland journalism Article 299 words 5 votes
Massive study of nearly 500,000 people shows there's no 'gay gene', but genetics and environmental factors are linked to same-sex behavior ~lgbt Article 866 words 14 votes
Global sea level rise began accelerating ‘thirty years earlier’ than previously thought ~enviro climate change Article 1173 words, published Aug 5 2019 6 votes