Humans behave in strange ways. We readily reveal our inner feelings during moments of weakness, which doesn't seem like the smart thing to do.
Social Sciences
May 16, 2022
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Psychiatrist Dr. Gaiathry Jeyarajan envisions a future where parents are comfortable having conversations with their kids early on about consent and boundaries. Avoiding these discussions only perpetuates the culture of silence ...
Social Sciences
Jan 18, 2022
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Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have added to evidence that a protein called CaMKII improves strength, endurance, muscle health and fitness in young animals. Their experiments working with mice and fruit ...
Evolution
Aug 4, 2021
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If you've ever felt your noisy open-plan office makes you cranky and sends your heart racing, our new research shows you aren't imagining it.
Ecology
Jul 5, 2021
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Is it the difficulty of a task that determines whether or not students are stressed when working on it? Dr. Nina Minkley, a biologist working in biology didactics at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), set out to find out the ...
Education
Apr 15, 2021
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People handle monarch butterflies. A lot. Every year thousands of monarch butterflies are caught, tagged and released during their fall migration by citizen scientists helping to track their movements. And thousands of caterpillars ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 15, 2020
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Australian summer temperatures have risen by 1.66℃ over the past 20 years. In the past century we've seen a significant increase in the number, intensity and duration of heatwaves during our summers.
Environment
Dec 31, 2019
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In a world of rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, plants should be happy, right? Experiments have shown that, yes, increased carbon dioxide does allow plants to photosynthesize more and use less water.
Environment
Nov 25, 2019
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Negative social attitudes, such as racism and discrimination, damage the health of those who are targeted by triggering a cascade of aberrant biological responses, including abnormal gene activity. It is not surprising that ...
Social Sciences
Oct 17, 2019
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When faced with a predator or sudden danger, the heart rate goes up, breathing becomes more rapid, and fuel in the form of glucose is pumped throughout the body to prepare an animal to fight or flee.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 12, 2019
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