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- Life on Earth didn’t arise as described in textbooks https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/life-on-earth-didnt-arise-as-described-in-textbooks/ 168 comments
- Woman In Paris Loses Life During Cryotherapy Session, Safety Question Arises https://reddit.boredpanda.com/woman-loses-life-from-cryotherapy-session-sparking-concerns-about-dangers-of-treatment--europe/ 0 comments europe
- Symptoms of complex PTSD predict the appearance of psychotic symptoms in daily life, study finds | Complex posttraumatic stress disorder (complex PTSD) is a mental health condition that arises from prolonged or repeated exposure to traumatic events. https://www.psypost.org/symptoms-of-complex-ptsd-predict-the-appearance-of-psychotic-symptoms-in-daily-life-study-finds/ 34 comments science
- To Nietzsche, nihilism arises from suppressed desires and the failure to reconcile our animal and human natures. Overcoming nihilism demands embracing our primal instincts and adopting a life-affirming perspective that unites these dual aspects of our being. https://iai.tv/articles/endorsing-desires-is-the-answer-to-nihilism-auid-2856?_auid=2020 66 comments philosophy
- A study of more than 1.4 million adults found those diagnosed with depression were more than twice as likely to get dementia later in life. The research further underscores the importance of managing depression clinically when it arises because it may have echoes throughout the life course https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/article-abstract/2807208 37 comments science
- The Rare Earth Hypothesis (which was spawned by a conversation about Star Wars' cantina scene) argues that the very unique conditions that allowed complex life to arise and flourish on Earth are exceptionally uncommon — and they’re unlikely to widely occur throughout the universe. https://astronomy.com/news/2022/07/rare-earth-hypothesis-why-we-might-really-be-alone-in-the-universe 2042 comments space
- Three studies show religious fundamentalism positively contributes to the experience of meaning in life, and that the link between right-wing authoritarianism and meaning in life arises from their mutual overlap with religious fundamentalism. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jopy.12665 601 comments science
- Self-consciousness arises because of Social life and Mutual recognition. World's most-cited Neuroscientist corroborates Hegel's view of self-consciousness https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00579/full 13 comments science
- Self-consciousness arises because of Social life and Mutual recognition. World's most-cited Neuroscientist corroborates Hegel's view of self-consciousness https://youtu.be/nwzuiby5kus?t=4845 8 comments cogsci
- 70% of the red dwarfs have no flares and life could easily arise around them https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-red-dwarfs-have-unpredictable-solar-flares-Does-this-make-a-red-dwarf-difficult-to-support-life-on-a-planet-in-its-habitable-zone/answer/Alberto-Caballero-6 13 comments space
- To me this is not a cesspool. It is a primordial soup, from which new life can arise (for Bitcoin) https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/5wywdo/to_me_this_is_not_a_cesspool_it_is_a_primordial/ 12 comments btc
- A Surprise for Evolution in Giant Tree of Life: Researchers build the world’s largest evolutionary tree and conclude that species arise because of chance mutations — not natural selection. https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150505-a-surprise-for-evolution-in-giant-tree-of-life/ 53 comments science
- When the brain's primary "learning center" is damaged, complex new neural circuits arise to compensate for the lost function, say life scientists from UCLA and Australia who have pinpointed the regions of the brain involved in creating those alternate pathways — often far from the damaged site http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/brain-re-wires-itself-after-damage-246049.aspx 6 comments science
- Life scientists unlock mystery of how 'handedness' arises - The overwhelming majority of proteins and other functional molecules in our bodies can exist in two distinct forms that are mirror images of each other. Surprisingly, each of our bodies prefers only one of these molecular forms. http://phys.org/news/2012-05-life-scientists-mystery-handedness.html 4 comments science
- Multicellular life arises in a test tube http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331789/title/multicellular_life_arises_in_a_test_tube 8 comments science