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Research shows animals are key to restoring the world’s forests. The unique long-term data set revealed that animals, by carrying a wide variety of seeds into deforested areas, are key to the recovery of tree species richness and abundance to old-growth levels after only 40 to 70 years of regrowth.

mpg.de

Submitted by Wagamaga t3_z7o9bm on November 29, 2022 at 8:45 AM

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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.

today.ku.edu

Submitted by Gallionella t3_yw4tpg on November 15, 2022 at 6:01 PM

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Research shows land that often lies fallow or is poor in soil quality — across the United States would provide enough biomass feedstock to meet the liquid fuel demands of the U.S. aviation sector fully from biofuels, an amount expected to reach 30 billion gallons per year by 2040.

news.asu.edu

Submitted by Wagamaga t3_yw3cot on November 15, 2022 at 5:10 PM

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Three currently circulating omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 – including two that currently make up almost 50% of reported COVID-19 infections in the U.S. – are better at evading vaccine- and infection-generated neutralizing antibodies than earlier versions of omicron, new research suggests.

news.osu.edu

Submitted by memorialmonorail t3_z22fjv on November 22, 2022 at 7:26 PM

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Computer chip made using mushroom skin could be easily recycled

newscientist.com

Submitted by NoseCommercial7714 t3_yvzc2u on November 15, 2022 at 2:48 PM

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Recycled wastewater is not only as safe to drink as conventional potable water, it may even be less toxic than many sources of water we already drink daily

engineering.stanford.edu

Submitted by giuliomagnifico t3_yvzb8u on November 15, 2022 at 2:47 PM

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Using AI to combat human trafficking raises ethical concerns including bias endemic in datasets, privacy risks stemming from data collection and reporting, and issues concerning potential misuse

dl.acm.org

Submitted by asbruckman t3_yvz9x9 on November 15, 2022 at 2:45 PM

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Vulnerable narcissism and body image self-consciousness contribute to sexual distress in men

psypost.org

Submitted by chrisdh79 t3_z6v2z8 on November 28, 2022 at 12:18 PM

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Listening to podcasts may help satisfy our psychological need for social connection, study finds

psypost.org

Submitted by mossadnik t3_z7sghp on November 29, 2022 at 12:16 PM

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Words for negative concepts (e.g. "bad") are replaced faster and mutate more than those for positive concepts (e.g. "good") across Indo-European languages. As a consequence, different languages have highly dissimilar words for negative concepts but not for positive concepts.

nature.com

Submitted by smurfyjenkins t3_z7qiri on November 29, 2022 at 10:42 AM

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An mRNA-based rabies vaccine induces strong protective immune responses in mice and dogs | Virology Journal

virologyj.biomedcentral.com

Submitted by BlitzOrion t3_yvr0dd on November 15, 2022 at 8:29 AM

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Cannabis use among pregnant women under different legalization frameworks in the United States

tandfonline.com

Submitted by Sofie-Forsberggg t3_z7oqdv on November 29, 2022 at 9:09 AM

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Half-lives for exotic isotopes approaching the neutron drip-line were measured at the new Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), and these first experimental results from the new linear accelerator are consistent with current theoretical models

theconversation.com

Submitted by bostonstrong781 t3_yvezha on November 14, 2022 at 10:38 PM

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A study found that "three years since legalization, Canadian cannabis consumers generally had increasingly favourable perceptions of legal vs. illegal products – except for price – with variation across the provinces and frequency of cannabis use."

bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com

Submitted by OregonTripleBeam t3_yvewlw on November 14, 2022 at 10:35 PM

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Researchers have developed new “intelligent compaction” technology, which integrates into a road roller and can assess in real-time the quality of road base compaction. Improved road construction can reduce potholes and maintenance costs, and lead to safer, more resilient roads

uts.edu.au

Submitted by giuliomagnifico t3_yv9ckb on November 14, 2022 at 7:10 PM

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Aerobic exercise can reduce the risk of metastatic cancer by 72%. According to the researchers, intensity aerobic exercise increases the glucose (sugar) consumption of internal organs, thereby reducing the availability of energy to the tumor.

aacrjournals.org

Submitted by Wagamaga t3_yv8taa on November 14, 2022 at 6:52 PM

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New research shows Black adults in mid-life — on average, in their mid-50s — were more likely than white or Hispanic adults of the same age to have a higher prevalence of white matter lesions, markers of cerebrovascular disease that are associated with cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease

jamanetwork.com

Submitted by Wagamaga t3_yv5nlt on November 14, 2022 at 5:06 PM

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Scientists have discovered that plastic pollution in Antarctica is as bad as everywhere else on the planet. Most of the microfibres were found in air samples, meaning that Antarctic animals and seabirds could very well be breathing them in.

ox.ac.uk

Submitted by Wagamaga t3_z54m69 on November 26, 2022 at 10:43 AM

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The dietary treatment of histamine intolerance reduces the abundance of some histamine-secreting bacteria of the gut microbiota in histamine intolerant women. A pilot study

frontiersin.org

Submitted by humanefly t3_z6bpsr on November 27, 2022 at 8:31 PM

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Meta-analysis shows a strong association between loneliness and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents

psypost.org

Submitted by chrisdh79 t3_yuye8l on November 14, 2022 at 12:49 PM

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The lifespans of honey bees living in laboratory environments has dropped about 50% over the last 50 years, hinting at possible causes for the worrisome trends across the beekeeping industry, according to new research by University of Maryland entomologists.

today.umd.edu

Submitted by Wagamaga t3_yuvf0g on November 14, 2022 at 10:38 AM

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Dolphins Shrug Off Hot Sauce-Spiked Nets | Science

smithsonianmag.com

Submitted by CaptainPeachfuzz t3_z33olo on November 23, 2022 at 11:14 PM

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Over 50 species previously thought to be mute make sounds, according to a new study

cnn.com

Submitted by BoundariesAreFun t3_yuowza on November 14, 2022 at 4:34 AM

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New evidence establishes that footprints found at Matalascañas in southern Spain are 295,800 years old, indicating pre-Neanderthal hominin settlement in the Middle Pleistocene age

nature.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_yumu71 on November 14, 2022 at 2:51 AM

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People who post stories marked false by Snopes on Reddit fall into five groups: Reason to Disagree, Changed Belief, Steadfast Non-Standard Belief, Sharing to Debunk, and Sharing for Humor. Reducing misinformation requires different approaches for each group.

dl.acm.org

Submitted by asbruckman t3_yu22hj on November 13, 2022 at 1:44 PM

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