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Physician Antipsychotic Overprescribing Letters and Outcomes Among People With Dementia
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Poverty tops smoking as a major death risk in the US : A study found that Black and white people who earned less than $15,000 a year died, on average, more than 10 years earlier than those whose annual income exceeded $50,000.
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Study suggests hero label may lead to exploitation of nurses, teachers, and military. Heroization intends to honor and motivate, highlighting altruism and sacrifice. However, when people view them as inherently self-sacrificing, they may be less responsive to exploitation faced by these individuals.
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New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars - Manganese-rich sandstones indicate there were once habitable conditions in the Gale Crater
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Intel researchers demonstrated a cryogenic probing technique for automated characterization of silicon qubit cells enabling significantly faster feedback leading to higher yields and lower process variation
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Trade-Offs between Avoidance of Noxious Electric Shock and Avoidance of Bright Light in Shore Crabs Are Consistent with Predictions of Pain - [The] results fulfil three key behavioural criteria for pain and, thus, are consistent with the idea that decapods can experience pain
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Belugas may communicate by warping a blob of forehead fat
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People who reject other religions are also more likely to reject science. This psychological process is common in regions with low religious diversity, and therefore, high religious intolerance. Regions with religious tolerance have higher trust in science than regions with religious intolerance.
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In a first, an orangutan was seen treating his wound with a medicinal plant
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Americans tend to underestimate the material benefits associated with unionization. When they are informed about the actual benefits associated with unionization (e.g. the income premium, health and dental insurance, retirement benefits, paid leave), they express greater interest in joining a union
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Scientists work out the effects of exercise at the cellular level: Prolonged physical activity in rats results in profound changes to RNA, proteins, and metabolites in nearly all tissues, providing clues to many human health conditions
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New study reveals that the use of photobiomodulation — a technique based on the use of low-intensity laser light or LED light — applied to the brain-gut axis is effective in recovering some cognitive alterations and sequelae caused by chronic stress and for treatment-resistant subtype of depression
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An improved method for generating human spinal cord neural stem cells
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Archaeological and molecular evidence for ancient chickens in Central Asia
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Men are six times more open to polygynous relationships than women, study finds | Among the least desired relationship types was two-timing, where one person has two partners who are unaware of each other.
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Canadian study has explored the patterns that lead to Intimate Partner Homicide. It found that, on avg, offenders commit 2 incidents against partner and 7 other criminal events, with the first event occurring in their early 30s. The likelihood of an IPH is stable throughout their criminal career
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A Tantalizing ‘Hint’ That Astronomers Got Dark Energy All Wrong
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Cranberry extracts appear to improve intestinal microbiota and help prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The study reported beneficial effects after only four days of use. Cranberries have high content of polyphenols, and oligosaccharides small fibres.
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Misophonia, a sound intolerance disorder characterized by intense negative emotional and physiological responses to ordinary sounds such as chewing, breathing, or keyboard typing, is linked to higher stress and hyperarousal — a symptom associated with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Researchers succeeded in conducting an almost perfect quantum teleportation despite the presence of noise that usually disrupts the transfer of quantum state. The new approach exploits the hybrid entanglement between the photons’ polarisation and frequency overcoming the disruptive effect of noise.
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Experimental antibody drug prevents and even reverses diabetes onset | The experimental monoclonal antibody drug acts like a shield to protect insulin-producing cells from damage, even extending lifespan in some cases.
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A decade-long decline in the number of cigarettes a person who smokes has per day is at risk. People are increasingly opting to use cheaper hand-rolled tobacco over more expensive manufactured cigarettes, proving that consistency in the taxation and regulation across all cigarette types is key
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An amazing work investigating how the paternal microbiome perturbations impact offspring fitness
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GPT-4 passes Moral Turing Test after a representative sample of 299 U.S. adults rated the AI’s moral reasoning as superior in quality to humans’ along almost all dimensions, including virtuousness, intelligence, and trustworthiness
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A proposed experiment could bring scientists closer to answering the long-standing question of whether gravity is a classical or a quantum phenomenon. If gravity is intrinsically quantum, the mutual gravitational attraction between the two objects could cause them to become entangled.
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Dogs’ keen sense of smell could be an advantage for sniffing out rare fungi. A study reports that a wildlife detection dog outperformed a top human surveyor in a hunt for the critically endangered Australian fungus tea-tree fingers (Hypocreopsis amplectens).
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