Anxious individuals shift emotion control from lateral frontal pole to dorsolateral prefrontal cortex - Nature Communications ( www.nature.com )
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Why and when was lactase persistence selected for? Insights from Central Asian herders and ancient DNA ( journals.plos.org )
The genetic adaptation of humans to the consumption of milk from dairying animals is one of the most emblematic cases of recent human evolution. While the phenotypic change under selection, lactase persistence (LP), is known, the evolutionary advantage conferred to persistent individuals remains obscure. One informative but...
Something Unexpectedly Cool Happens When You Use Banana Peel as an Ingredient ( www.sciencealert.com )
First trial of ‘base editing’ in humans lowers cholesterol — but raises safety concerns ( www.nature.com )
Wi-Fi Can Decode Hidden Words Concealed Behind Walls ( www.sciencealert.com )
Severely limiting your intake of carbohydrates and fats, you may be shortening your lifespan ( www.theinnovativehorizon.com )
US scientists achieve net energy gain for second time in a fusion reaction ( www.theguardian.com )
Beyond the Headlines: Aspartame and Cancer Risk ( www.strongerbyscience.com )
Why BMI is flawed — and how to redefine obesity ( www.nature.com )
The main diagnostic test for obesity — the body mass index — accounts for only height and weight, leaving out a slew of factors that influence body fat and health.
Don’t Get Your Next Covid Booster Quite Yet ( www.nytimes.com )
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'Incredibly rare' orca behavior captured on video for first time ( www.newsweek.com )
Your mental dictionary is part of what makes you unique − here's how your brain stores and retrieves words ( theconversation.com )
Observational and model evidence together support wide-spread exposure to noncompensable heat under continued global warming ( www.science.org )
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300,000-year-old skull found in China unlike any early human seen before | CNN ( edition.cnn.com )
Researchers hijack solar cell technology to develop a simple spray test for lead ( phys.org )
Scientists Discover Genes That Turn a Peaceful Fungus Into a Carnivorous Killer ( www.sciencealert.com )
Here’s How Bad Climate Change Will Get in the US—and Why There’s Still Hope ( www.wired.com )
A leading theory of consciousness has been branded ‘pseudoscience’ ( theconversation.com )
Civil war has broken out in the field of consciousness research. More than 100 consciousness researchers have signed a letter accusing one of the most popular scientific theories of consciousness – the integrated information theory – of being pseudoscience....
[Journey to the Microcosmos] Why Are Some Birds Blue? ( youtu.be )
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Opinion | In Wuhan, doctors knew the truth. They were told to keep quiet. ( wapo.st )
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Tyrannosaur’s last meal was two baby dinosaurs ( www.bbc.com )
Sir Ian Wilmut, who cloned Dolly the sheep, has died ( archive.ph )
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Using AI to find antibodies is fast and produces unimagined molecules ( arstechnica.com )
'Not of faculty quality': How Penn mistreated Nobel Prize-winning researcher Katalin Karikó ( www.thedp.com )
In the discussion I read elsewhere, people wondered if the way funds are granted would change and advocated for it. I don’t think a system that can say they profit greatly from the status quo will ever care. I also remember how public funding were denied to researchers and then cut without all of it being used.
