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How nature can alter our sense of time
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Putin has no successor, no living rivals and no retirement plan – why his eventual death will set off a vicious power struggle
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The Anthropocene is not an epoch − but the age of humans is most definitely underway
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MH370 disappearance 10 years on: can we still find it?
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Where does lightning strike? New maps pinpoint 36.8 million yearly ground strike points in unprecedented detail
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Birmingham council's 'equal pay' bankruptcy provided cover for Oracle disaster
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Arctic rivers face big changes with a warming climate, with an accelerating water cycle that includes water flowing through thawed permafrost as well as surface runoff, increasing the release of CO2, according to a new study using historical data and sophisticated computer models
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We’ve been here before: AI promised humanlike machines – in 1958
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Daily fibre supplement improves older adults’ brain function in just three months – new study
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Gravity experiments on the kitchen table: why a tiny, tiny measurement may be a big leap forward for physics
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A blow to the heart can kill you – or bring you back to life
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"Expertise Erosion" from Over-Reliance on AI
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The leap year is February 29, not December 32 due to a Roman calendar quirk
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Memes form part of a highly sophisticated strategy to spread and monetise health disinformation. They are used to show the government is corrupt and tyrannical; that vaccines are unsafe and ineffective and that the government is using vaccines as a form of state surveillance, for control and profit.
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A new study found that conspiracy theory beliefs don't change much over time. The most popular theory was “Big Pharma have suppressed a cure for cancer to protect their profits” (18%). The least popular was the theory that “COVID-19 ‘vaccines’ contain microchips to monitor and control people” (2%).
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Bacteria in your gut can improve your mood − new research in mice tries to zero in on the crucial strains
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Why is free time still so elusive?
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Breaking down fat byproducts could lead to healthier aging − researchers identify a key enzyme that does just that
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The brain is the most complicated object in the universe. This is the story of scientists’ quest to decode it – and read people’s minds
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Lunar science is entering a new active phase, with commercial launches of landers that will study solar wind and peer into the universe’s dark ages
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Online anonymity: study found ‘stable pseudonyms’ created a more civil environment than real user names
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Why AI can’t replace air traffic controllers
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Oil firms forced to consider climate effects of new drilling, rules Norway court
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A newly identified ‘Hell chicken’ species suggests dinosaurs weren’t sliding toward extinction before the fateful asteroid hit, with fossil finds indicating diverse species thriving towards the end of Cretaceous era
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Study of 300 million groundwater level measurements in 170,000 wells located in over 40 countries finds widespread, sharp declines in aquifers but also that some places have succeeded in reversing the trend through measures like raising fees and ponds that leak back into the aquifer
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Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work – research is investigating how to counteract addiction’s effects
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'No cash accepted' signs are bad news for unbanked Americans
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Iceland battles a lava flow: Countries have built barriers and tried explosives in the past, but it’s hard to stop molten rock
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Plant roots mysteriously pulsate and we don’t know why – but finding out could change the way we grow things
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Almost never use a pie chart for data
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Higher fees, more ads: streaming cashes in by using the old tactics of cable TV
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Radiation therapy takes advantage of cancer’s poor DNA repair abilities – an oncologist and physicist explain how
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New map of the world's oceans synthesizes a petabyte of data from various sources to provide new insights on energy (offshore wind turbines passed offshore oil rigs in 2020) and fishing (75% of which isn't publicly tracked) (reddit)
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Fascia: the most neglected part of our body is finally starting to receive attention
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Keeping a streak alive can be strong motivation to stick with a chosen activity
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People once lived in a vast region in north-western Australia – and it had an inland sea
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100 years ago, the KKK planted bombs at a US university
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How the Boston Tea Party’s ‘destruction of the tea’ changed American history
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Ancestral Coast Salish societies in the Pacific Northwest kept long-haired “woolly dogs” that were bred for millennia and whose hair was used for weaving; in collaboration with Indigenous people, scientists analyzed the only confirmed extant pelt and discovered "Mutton" had not been interbred (reddit)
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How do pacemakers and defibrillators work? A cardiologist explains how they interact with the electrical system of the heart
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Isotopic analysis suggests that volatile elements like sulfur and nitrogen which are crucial ingredients for life were present from Earth's formation, and not added as a "late veneer" by asteroid-type objects from space (reddit)
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Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup, is showing up in pregnant women living near farm fields, even if they eat organic food, during seasons when farmers are spraying it (reddit)
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