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- Extinction of Steam Locomotives Derails Assumptions about Biological Evolution http://today.ku.edu/2023/03/21/study-extinction-steam-locomotives-might-spike-assumptions-about-biological-evolution 30 comments
- New research has shown how a complex component of milk that can be added to infant formula has been shown to confer long-term cognitive benefits, including measures of intelligence and executive function in children https://today.ku.edu/2023/08/31/study-demonstrates-adding-complex-component-milk-infant-formula-confers-long-term 25 comments science
- Global Study Details Microplastics Contamination In Lakes And Reservoirs. Concentrations of plastic found in freshwater environments are actually higher than those found in so-called "garbage patches" in the ocean. http://today.ku.edu/2023/07/12/global-study-details-microplastics-contamination-lakes-and-reservoirs 9 comments science
- Study has analyzed more than 1,000 AI-generated ads from across the web and found that they are only labeled as ads about half the time — and that they intentionally appeal to consumers in positive ways to influence them https://today.ku.edu/2023/02/14/study-finds-only-about-half-ai-generated-ads-labeled-unknowingly-driving-consumer 5 comments science
- The discovery of an 80-million-year-old fossil plant in California pushes back the known origins of lamiids to the Cretaceous, extending the record of nearly 40,000 species of flowering plants including coffee, tomatoes, potatoes and mint that survived cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs https://today.ku.edu/2023/02/07/fossil-fruit-california-shows-ancestors-coffee-and-potatoes-survived-cataclysm-killed 20 comments science
- Kansas University team develops virtual reality therapy system that aids clients, therapists with real-time brain data https://today.ku.edu/2023/02/06/ku-team-develops-virtual-reality-therapy-system-aids-clients-therapists-real-time-brain 5 comments technology
- Study shows students felt more engaged by augmented reality but learned less than those viewing video https://today.ku.edu/2023/02/01/study-shows-students-felt-more-engaged-augmented-reality-learned-less-those-viewing-video 7 comments technology
- Conversing with a friend just once during the day to catch up, joke around or tell them you’re thinking of them can increase your happiness and lower your stress level by day’s end https://today.ku.edu/2023/02/01/just-one-quality-conversation-friend-boosts-daily-well-being-0 518 comments science
- Using fungi, researchers convert ocean plastic into ingredients for drug industry https://today.ku.edu/2023/01/17/using-fungi-researchers-convert-ocean-plastic-ingredients-drug-industry 4 comments science
- Environmentalists who wish to charge fossil fuel companies with “greenwashing” should use corporations’ own statements against them, highlighting the gap between their public relations puffery and their paucity of concrete action to forestall global warming. https://today.ku.edu/2022/11/14/dont-take-greenwashing-face-value-authors-argue 20 comments science
- People tend to have more memories associated with older songs and movie clips than newer ones, and they tend to be happier memories as well. People also tend to appreciate content that triggers a memory more https://today.ku.edu/2022/10/25/study-sheds-light-how-songs-movies-and-memories-shape-how-people-enjoy-lighthearted 50 comments science
- New study shows newspaper images from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 continued patterns of presenting people of color as victims and white people as rescuers bringing order back to the chaos, this may not have been conscious or ill-intentioned decisions, but reflect patterns in journalism and cultural https://today.ku.edu/2022/10/10/media-coverage-hurricanes-reinforces-images-minorities-victims-racial-hierarchies-study 81 comments science
- Researcher say that In-person socialization is down, but social media isn’t to blame. This because social media time is likely borrowing from time spent watching TV, time at work or doing household chores. Authors say that reduced socialization time may reflect growing rates of loneliness https://today.ku.edu/2022/05/05/person-socialization-down-social-media-isnt-to-blame 38 comments science
- A study has found men view traditional symptoms of depression as more severe than other types of symptoms, and men with traditional depressive symptoms are perceived as more feminine and less masculine. This has major implications for stigma and help-seeking https://today.ku.edu/2020/04/08/studies-show-men-view-traditional-depression-more-severe-those-suffering-less-masculine 918 comments science
- Philosophy Classes Can Affect Real-World Behavior, Study Finds http://today.ku.edu/2019/07/11/study-finds-philosophy-classes-can-affect-real-world-behavior-2 247 comments philosophy
- Remarkable spider with a tail found preserved in amber after 100 million years http://today.ku.edu/2018/02/01/remarkable-spider-tail-found-conserved-amber-after-100-million-years 578 comments science