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- Babies are full of microplastics, new research shows https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/10/01/babies-are-full-of-microplastics-new-research-shows 61 comments
- Researchers “Translate” Bat Talk (2016) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-translate-bat-talk-and-they-argue-lot-180961564/ 14 comments
- Roam Research reaches $1m ARR in 6 weeks https://www.indiehackers.com/post/roam-research-reaches-1m-arr-in-6-weeks-20faee74e6 38 comments
- Research accuses suspected China accounts of manipulating online opinion on Korean industries https://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=383290 12 comments china
- UMass Amherst and Georgia Tech Researchers 3D Print First High-Performance Nanostructured Alloy That’s Both Ultrastrong and Ductile | UMass Amherst https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-amherst-and-georgia-tech-researchers-3d-print-first-high-performance 9 comments technews
- Built solar assets are ‘chronically underperforming’ and modules degrading faster than expected, research finds - operational solar assets are continuing to experience higher than expected rates of degradation, with annual degradation in the field observed at around 1% https://www.pv-tech.org/built-solar-assets-are-chronically-underperforming-and-modules-degrading-faster-than-expected-research-finds/ 43 comments energy
- Police warn students to avoid science website. Police have warned students in the UK against using a website that they say lets users "illegally access" millions of scientific research papers. https://www.bbc.com/news/education-56462390 23 comments worldnews
- Decades of research reveals very little difference between male and female brains - once brain size is accounted for, any differences that remained were small and rarely consistent from one study to the next, finds three decades of data from MRI scans and postmortem brain tissue studies. https://academictimes.com/decades-of-research-reveals-very-little-difference-between-male-and-female-brains/?t=au 2786 comments science
- A non-hallucinogenic version of the psychedelic drug ibogaine, with potential for treating addiction, depression and other psychiatric disorders, has been developed by researchers at the University of California. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-3008-z 4 comments science
- researchers say pandemic may have contributed to rash of genital injuries on Vancouver Island https://bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/ubc-researchers-say-pandemic-may-have-contributed-to-rash-of-genital-injuries-on-vancouver-island-1.4990969 6 comments nottheonion
- Danny Murtaugh | Society for American Baseball Research Nice bio https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/d9cd13bd 5 comments baseball
- Analysing 30 previous studies researchers have found that social isolation could be linked to increased inflammation in the body. Inflammation is the body's way of signalling the immune system to heal and repair damaged tissue, as well as defending itself against viruses and bacteria https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/social-isolation-could-cause-physical-inflammation 29 comments science
- Conflicts of Interest in Nutrition research: Backlash over meat dietary recommendations raises questions about Corporate ties to Nutrition scientists https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2759201 155 comments science
- Animals in the wild often suffer a great deal. An interview with Persis Eskander, researcher at the Open Philanthropy Project on what, if anything we should do about it - 80,000 Hours Podcast https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/persis-eskander-wild-animal-welfare/ 24 comments philosophy
- Researchers at Rutgers University have identified a new factor that is essential for maintaining the stem cells in the brain and gut and whose loss may contribute to anxiety and cognitive disorders and to gastrointestinal diseases. https://www.cell.com/stem-cell-reports/fulltext/s2213-6711(19)30059-1?_returnurl=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2Fs2213671119300591%3Fshowall%3Dtrue 4 comments science
- A new study of ~1.8 million children in Sweden has found that the risks for autism and depression are significantly higher if your mother was hospitalized with an infection during pregnancy. However, researchers couldn't determine exactly how a maternal infection impacted a child's developing brain. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2727135 3 comments science
- New research shows T.rex's bite-force is less than a Galapagos Finch's when scaled for body mass https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1932 6 comments science
- This historian spent 10 years researching wartime presidents. Trump scares him the most. https://www.vox.com/2018/11/5/18056156/trump-michael-beschloss-presidents-of-war-book-interview 35 comments politics
- The Arctic is turning green as areas that have been frozen for tens of thousands of years are now thawing, warns new research. The study shows that shrubs are flourishing in the tundra and increasing the rate that layers of frozen ground – known as permafrost – are melting. https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/arctic-turning-green-as-areas-that-have-been-frozen-for-tens-of-thousands-of-years-begin-to-thaw/19/10/ 323 comments science
- Researchers discover planet Vulcan from Star Trek — sort of https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/exoplanet-vulcan-star-trek-1.4830111 9 comments worldnews
- Political and business leaders who change their moral stance are perceived not as brave, but hypocritical and ineffective, finds new research (total N=5,552). The results suggest that abandoning a moral position will almost certainly cost you. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/07/31/political-and-business-leaders-who-change-their-moral-stance-are-perceived-not-as-brave-but-hypocritical-and-ineffective/ 41 comments science
- Not only did a private US company pay for the research for the inexpensive "space pen" NASA uses, but the pen worked so well that the Soviets bought it, too. http://www.rootuer.com/2018/01/fact-or-fiction-nasa-spent-millions-to.html 85 comments space
- Researchers have figured out how to fake news video with AI https://qz.com/1031624/researchers-have-figured-out-how-to-fake-news-video-with-ai/ 6 comments technology
- Zakir Naik likely to face terror charges, his Islamic Research Foundation may be banned: The Islamic International Schools in Mumbai and Chennai, also part of his NGO, risk losing control of the administration http://scroll.in/latest/815055/zakir-naik-likely-to-face-terror-charges-his-islamic-research-foundation-may-be-banned 5 comments india
- Over 75% of drug trials only use male mice, which has consequences for the women who end up taking the drugs. Researchers reviewed 710 schizophrenia studies using mice. https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/where-are-the-female-mice-in-drug-testing 5 comments science
- Hillary Clinton: More 'research' needed on marijuana http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/25/hillary-clinton-more-research-needed-marijuana/ 662 comments politics
- One direction: Researchers grow nanocircuitry with semiconducting graphene nanoribbons http://phys.org/news/2015-10-nanocircuitry-semiconducting-graphene-nanoribbons.html 5 comments science
- Nanotube Electronics Could Replace Silicon - IBM Research Breakthrough https://hacked.com/nanotube-electronics-replace-silicon-ibm-research-breakthrough/ 6 comments technology
- The GOP budgets proposed in Congress would cut about $5 trillion over the next decade. The overwhelming burden would fall on programs that boost working families: education, Medicare and Medicaid, college aid, job training, medical research and rebuilding roads and bridges. http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/236658-stark-choices-peoples-budget-vs-republican-plan 321 comments politics
- Taking a Walk May Lead to More Creativity than Sitting, Study Finds: When the task at hand requires some imagination, taking a walk may lead to more creative thinking than sitting, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2014/04/creativity-walk.aspx 69 comments science
- Billionaires with Big Ideas are Privatizing American Science - As govt financing of basic science research has plunged, private donors have filled the void, raising questions about the future of research for the public good. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/science/billionaires-with-big-ideas-are-privatizing-american-science.html?partner=rss&emc=rss 76 comments science
- Researchers bypass Android encryption by exposing phones to freezing temperatures http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/03/07/researchers-bypass-android-encryption-by-exposing-phones-to-freezing-temperatures 3 comments technology
- Fragments of an ancient continent are buried beneath the floor of the Indian Ocean, a study suggests. Researchers have found evidence for a landmass that would have existed between 2,000 and 85 million years ago. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21551149 42 comments science
- Our universe could be swallowed by an alternate one, Higgs research suggests http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/20/4008054/higgs-boson-doomsday-scenario-would-happen-at-light-speed 4 comments space
- History as Science - Researcher says he can see cycles in history http://www.nature.com/news/human-cycles-history-as-science-1.11078 255 comments science
- Three researchers behind the discovery that our Universe's expansion is accelerating have been awarded this year's Nobel prize for physics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15165371 87 comments science
- Congressional Research Service Confirms Big Banks Borrowed Cash For Next To Nothing, Then Lent It Back to the Federal Government at Much Higher Rates http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/06/congressional-research-service-confirms.html 3 comments politics
- Massage is no more effective at cutting anxiety than deep breathing and soothing music, say US researchers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8563078.stm 10 comments science
- Check this Reddit, the "Media Research Center" www.mrc.org, a media watchdog org and "Evergreen Freedom Foudation" www.effwa.org, a right wing nut org both Have the SAME physical address but try to hide using a p.o. box instead. Scandal? I hope so! http://www.google.com/search?q=113+s.+west+street++2nd+floor+va&aq=f&oq=&aqi= 4 comments reddit.com
- Scientific Red Cards - Research Students Launch Online Registry Of Fraudulent Science Papers http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/scientific_red_cards_french_students_launch_online_registry_fraudulent_science_papers?rss 6 comments science