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- Listening to music 'significantly impairs' creativity https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/lu-hlt022619.php 57 comments
- Local renewable energy employment can fully replace U.S. coal jobs nationwide https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/news-releases/961458 15 comments science
- Research: High fat foods can increase CBD absorption into the body. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-08/uom-rbh081319.php 35 comments science
- Researchers create worldwide solar energy model. Danish researchers have just set up an historically accurate model, and all the data has been made available for anyone who wants to use it. https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/au-drc070119.php 3 comments science
- A person's body composition could influence the difference between the amount of energy they spend while sitting versus standing. These findings lend new support to the idea that a simple way for a person to increase their energy expenditure is by increasing their time spend standing. https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/p-bcs060619.php 16 comments science
- Evidence that breathing in tiny particles of black carbon, typically a result of burning diesel, is linked to an increased volume of peripheral, smaller blood vessels in the lungs has been observed for the first time https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/elf-bib060419.php 36 comments science
- People turn to consumerism to confront problems, grief and feelings. Research reveals a new consumption trend - the important role of marketplaces in enabling consumers to confront their problems. https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/lu-ptt041119.php 6 comments science
- Asian-Americans graduate from university at far higher rates than white Americans, but despite this are no more likely to hold professional or managerial jobs, according to a new study. https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/tfg-aad031819.php 11 comments science
- Air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide. Air pollution causes more extra deaths a year than tobacco smoking, which the World Health Organization estimates was responsible for an extra 7.2 million deaths in 2015 https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/esoc-apc030819.php 6 comments science
- How listening to music 'significantly impairs' creativity. The popular view that music enhances creativity has been challenged by researchers who say it has the opposite effect. https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/lu-hlt022619.php 442 comments science
- Research in 14 countries shows link between rise of European populism and vaccine hesitancy. Even where programmes objectively improve the health of targeted populations, they can be viewed with suspicion by communities that do not trust elites and experts https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/qmuo-rsl030119.php 3 comments science
- Thirty years of fast food: Study demonstrates that fast-food entrees, sides, and desserts increased significantly in calories and sodium and entrees and desserts in portion size over time. It also shows that while the variety of entree, sides, and dessert options soared by 226 percent https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/e-tyo022719.php 7 comments science
- Children who are maltreated often develop problems complying with directions and expectations of parents and other authority figures. Lack of compliance can lead to other problems, including difficulty regulating anger and academic troubles https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/sfri-iwa022119.php 6 comments science
- Scientists discovered a previously unknown trigger that turns run-of-the-mill strep infections into the flesh-eating disease childbed fever, which strikes postpartum moms and newborns, often leaving victims without limbs. https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/hm-rft021419.php 5 comments science
- Research has found an estimated 7.7 million children in the United States (16.5 percent) have at least one mental health disorder and about half didn't receive treatment from a mental health professional. https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/jn-hca020719.php 23 comments science
- Future changes in human well-being to depend more on social factors than economic factors. The results highlight the critical role of non-material factors such as social supports, freedoms, and fairness in determining the future of human well-being https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/uadb-fci012819.php 3 comments science
- There is a strong link between depression and anxiety disorders and autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT), a chronic thyroid condition affecting approximately 10 percent of the population https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/uoe-nhf051418.php 5 comments science