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Pain-Sensing Neurons Can Protect the Gut From Damage - A Harvard study has shown that pain neurons in mice shield the gut by stimulating nearby cells to produce protective mucus and maintain the gut barrier in response to microbes and inflammation.
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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
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Scientists have proved goldfish do have good memories and are able to navigate their surroundings. A team from Oxford University trained nine fish to travel 70cm (2.3ft) and back, receiving a food reward at the end. The study disproves the long-held belief goldfish have little or no memory.
bbc.co.ukSubmitted by Tardigradelegs t3_y30ixz
Climate change is shrinking the difference between the daily high temperature and the daily low in many parts of the world, this has a significant effect on growing seasons, crop yields, residential energy consumption and human health issues related to heat stress
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Hybrid songbirds found more often in human-altered environments. It's the first study to positively correlate hybridization in any species with landscape changes caused by humans, and the first to examine this relationship across an entire species’ range—spanning almost all of western North America.
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Ancient ocean methane not an immediate climate change threat - New research has directly shown that large reservoirs of natural ocean methane in mid-latitude regions will not be catastrophically released to the atmosphere under warming conditions.
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Study finds brain changes associated with ADHD remission. As the brains of those with ADHD mature, some individuals may repetitively engage in strategies that compensate for symptoms. These repetitive behaviors may result in the brain changes seen in those who went into remission.
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