Social ScienceArtists who win major Grammy awards subsequently tend to release albums that are more creatively unique. However, artists who were nominated but did not win a Grammy tend to produce music more similar to other artists than they were before the nomination. (journals.sagepub.com)
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Social ScienceIn the US, federal judges tend to arrange to retire under presidents of the same political party as the president who first appointed them. This tendency is stronger for Republican appointees than for Democratic appointees. [Data covering 1920–2018] (journals.sagepub.com)
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EnvironmentA study on underwater noise pollution from seabed mining operations found that noise from one mine alone could travel approximately 500 kilometers (roughly 311 miles) in gentle weather conditions, which could affect the understudied species that live in the deep sea (hawaii.edu)
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NeuroscienceThe size of our primary visual cortex and the amount of brain tissue we have dedicated to processing visual information can predict how well we can see. Study shows people with a large visual cortex had better overall contrast sensitivity than did those with a small (nyu.edu)
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PhysicsResearchers observed “electron whirlpools” for the first time. The bizarre behavior arises when electricity flows as a fluid, which could make for more efficient electronics.Electron vortices have long been predicted in theory where electrons behave as a fluid, not as individual particles. (newatlas.com)
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PsychologyA new model of wisdom suggests wisdom has both cognitive and noncognitive components. And the effect of cognitive components (knowledge, metacognitive capacities, and self-reflection) on wise actions are moderated by noncognitive components (emotion regulation, curiosity, concern for people). (psychologytoday.com)
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MedicineResearchers describe how they have improved the ability of a protein to repair oxidative DNA damage and created a new protein function. Could lead to improved drugs for cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and lung diseases, but the researchers believe it has even greater potential. (news.ki.se)
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BiologyExamining the brains of 50 humans and 29 chimpanzees, researchers found pattern of connections so unique for humans and quite different from those of the chimpanzee brain which suggests that it may be a crucial aspect of brain organization enabling our distinctive language abilities (pnas.org)
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NeuroscienceResearchers showed that adults over the age of 65 with hypothyroidism were 80% more likely to develop dementia than those of the same age who did not have thyroid issues after adjusting for other factors that could impact the risk of dementia, such as sex, age, high blood pressure, and diabetes. (n.neurology.org)
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Social ScienceBoth gun owners and non-gun owners trust kids’ doctors in gun safety talks (digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu)
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PsychologyAnxious and avoidant attachment are related to cognitive functioning in older couples (psypost.org)
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PsychologyAnalysis on 134 people, found that gritty people didn’t demonstrate enhanced executive functioning, they exhibited a different pattern of performance. These findings converge with idea that high grit people do not necessarily have a greater cognitive capacity. Rather, they use it in a different way (journals.plos.org)
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NeuroscienceImmature Excitatory Neurons in the Amygdala Come of Age During Puberty (sciencedirect.com)
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HealthAn international study has established a clear link between mice fed a high-fat diet for 30 weeks, resulting in diabetes, and a subsequent deterioration in their cognitive abilities, including developing anxiety, depression, worsening Alzheimer’s and poor metabolism caused by brain changes (unisa.edu.au)
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