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7 years ago+32 32 0Platypus venom could pave the way for a new treatment for diabetes
Australian researchers say platypus venom could pave the way for new type 2 diabetes treatments.
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7 years ago+41 41 0 x 1The World’s Coconuts Are in Danger
... and it won't be easy to save them.
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7 years ago+20 20 0DNA from dust samples collected in USA homes builds a geographical picture of arthropod diversity
We spend most of our lives inside homes, surrounded by arthropods that impact our property as pests, and our health as carriers of disease and allergens. Despite their relevance to human health and well-being, we know relatively little about the arth ...
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7 years ago+38 38 0 x 1The top two presidential candidates have danced close to the 50-50 mark in almost every US election since 1824
It’s not hard to find close elections. In 2015, a Mississippi state house race ended in a tie, after which the winner was decided by drawing straws. A 2013 mayoral race in the Philippines was deadlocked and resolved with a coin toss. A 2013 legislati ...
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7 years ago+5 5 0Immigration Does More Good Than Harm to the Economy
Immigration has little effect on the wages or employment levels of native-born Americans over the long haul and is a net benefit for long-term economic growth, according to one of the most comprehensive studies on the flow of workers into the U.S. Fa ...
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7 years ago+23 23 0A new Yale University study shows that cranberry juice is ineffective at preventing urinary tract infection
A new randomized clinical trial investigates whether taking 2 capsules of cranberry containing 72 mg of proanthcyanidin, thought to be the most potent active bacteria-fighting component in cranberry juice, would reduce bacteria levels in the urine, w ...
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7 years ago+27 27 0Virtual reality headsets could help reduce the pain of vaccines, tattoos, cancer therapy, period pain & more
A new virtual reality app, already being used in clinics in Sweden, is designed to distract patients with a peaceful, interactive environment while they undergo painful procedures such as vaccinations.
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7 years ago+22 22 0Deep-sea drilling expedition will look for life’s limits at boiling hot temperatures
The research vessel, Chikyu, will look for microbes in the hot sediments of the Nankai Trough, to find life's limits at the hottest temperatures.
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7 years ago+33 33 0 x 1New nanofabric could create personal temperature-responsive bodysuits that make indoor heating a thing of the past
Scientists at Stanford University have now created a nanoporous textile that promotes effective radiative cooling while still having sufficient air permeability, water-wicking rate, and mechanical strength for wearability. This fabric could be woven ...
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7 years ago+36 36 0 x 140 trillion microscopic chemists do amazing work in your gut - and outside it
Mining microbiomes in the human gut and elsewhere is turning up new chemical reactions that can improve health, clean up environmental pollutants, and more.
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7 years ago+33 33 0 x 1Scientists diversify the human reference genome by adding 5.8 million new base pairs from >140 populations
The human reference genome contains a huge amount of genetic information - but is mostly representative of people with Caucasian ancestry. Now, scientists at Harvard University have made a push to diversify this genomic reference code by adding an ex ...
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7 years ago+14 14 0The fluid, evolving nature of sexual orientation
Sexual fluidity is different from homosexuality or heterosexuality, which are single orientations. “Fluidity allows people to go outside their orientation,” say scientists studying this subject. Some individuals have steady patterns of attraction the ...
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7 years ago+27 27 0A huge underground coal fire burning since 1962 has generated soil teeming with extraordinary antibiotic-laden microbes
An enormous blaze underneath a small town in Pennsylvania has been burning for more than 50 years. It may have an unexpected upside - selecting for heat-loving bacteria capable of spitting out brand new antibiotics.
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7 years ago+35 35 0 x 1Landmark study finds that men with early prostate cancer can safely opt out of treatment
Men diagnosed with early prostate cancer can safely choose active monitoring rather than surgery or radiation without cutting their lives short.
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7 years ago+31 31 0A great doctor's perspective on how Obamacare's administrative barriers are blocking access to birth control
All contraceptives are to be covered without a copay. That was the promise of the Affordable Care Act when it passed in 2010. The specific provision regarding contraceptive coverage took effect in 2013. Advocates and policymakers repeat this assert ...
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7 years ago+46 46 0 x 1Designers refuse to make clothes to fit American women. It’s a disgrace.
Far more women in this country wear a size 16 than a size 6, but the industry either doesn't notice or doesn't care. There are 100 million plus-size women in America, and, for the past three years, they have increased their spending on clot ...
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7 years ago+8 8 0With just 13 weeks to go until Christmas, NEJM helpfully looks at weight gain over the holidays
Different countries celebrate different holidays, but many such celebration periods have one thing in common: an increased intake of favorite foods. How do holidays — such as Thanksgiving in the United States, Christmas in Germany, and Golden Week in ...
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7 years ago+29 29 0This pill prevents HIV infection. So, why don’t more at-risk people take it?
Every morning Ryan Nistler, a 34-year-old Bostonian, swallows a little blue pill. The drug doesn’t alter his mental state. It doesn’t alleviate any illness. Yet he considers it essential to his well-being. Nistler’s morning pill is called Truvada, an ...
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7 years ago+22 22 0Science vs. Stigma: the Continued Criminalisation of HIV
At least 30 US states currently have laws that specifically forbid people infected with HIV from potentially exposing others to the virus. Several more states prosecute under broader communicable disease laws — and all of these laws persist despite w ...
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7 years ago+43 43 0 x 1America's Monopoly Problem
How big business jammed the wheels of innovation. "Imagine a day in the life of a typical American and ask: How long does it take for her to interact with a market that isn’t nearly monopolised? She wakes up to browse the internet, access to wh ...