HealthWomen tend to live longer than men but typically have higher rates of illness. Now, new research suggests these higher rates of illness can be improved by a better diet, one that is high in pigmented carotenoids such as yams, kale, spinach, watermelon, bell peppers, tomatoes, oranges and carrots. (news.uga.edu)
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HealthAir pollution caused 2,780 deaths, illnesses, and IQ loss in children in Massachusetts. Air-pollution-related disease, death and IQ loss occur in every city regardless of demographics or income level. Highest rates were in the most economically disadvantaged cities and towns. (eurekalert.org)
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EnvironmentIncreased demand for water will be the No. 1 threat to food security in the next 20 years, followed closely by heat waves, droughts, income inequality and political instability, according to a new study which calls for increased collaboration to build a more resilient global food supply. (colorado.edu)
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PaleontologyPterosaurs Were Likely Vibrantly Colored and Possessed Advanced Feathers (sciencenews.org)
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PsychologyPolitical correctness can lead to cognitive exhaustion, according to new research (psypost.org)
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CancerScientists, through genetic data analysis on 421,738 people, discovered 14 inherited genetic changes which significantly increase the risk of a person developing a symptomless blood disorder associated with the onset of some types of cancer/leukemia and heart disease (bristol.ac.uk)
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CancerElephant genes could hold the key to avoiding cancers: scientists modelling the cancer-suppressing p53 gene identify how the 20 molecules unique to elephants get activated for increased sensitivity and response against carcinogenic conditions – with implications for cancer treatments in humans (ox.ac.uk)
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MedicineSARS-CoV-2 infection shows significant loss of replication following influenza A infection. This suggests that co-circulation of SARS-CoV-2 and IAV is unlikely to result in increased severity of disease. (journals.asm.org)
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EpidemiologyWHO and UNICEF report: COVID-19 pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades (unicef.org)
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MedicineMenstrual Cycle Changes Associated With COVID-19 Vaccines, New Study Shows (technologynetworks.com)
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NeuroscienceCaffeine might affect the tactical decision-making of soccer players (psypost.org)
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PsychologyAnti-science beliefs are built on four foundations: thinking scientific sources lack credibility; identifying with groups that have anti-science attitudes; a scientific message that contradicts a person’s beliefs; and a mismatch between how a message is presented and a person’s style of thinking (news.osu.edu)
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NeuroscienceBrain Ripples May Help Bind Information across the Human Cortex (ucsdnews.ucsd.edu)
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PhysicsTime-reversal-based quantum metrology with many-body entangled states (nature.com)
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