Earth broke another record: Carbon dioxide levels are highest recorded in human history
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Earth broke another record: Carbon dioxide levels are highest recorded in human history
In 2018, carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere kept climbing, and it doesn't show any sign of slowing down.
Mental health phone apps are efficacious for treating many common mental health conditions, new research shows. The meta-analysis of 66 randomized controlled trials showed the apps could be a gamechanger — providing cost-effective care to people lacking access to traditional treatments/providers.
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The efficacy of app‐supported smartphone interventions for mental health problems: a meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials
Although impressive progress has been made toward developing empirically‐supported psychological treatments, the reality remains that a significant proportion of people with mental health problems do not receive these treatments. Finding ...
Listening to 78 minutes of music per day, in a mix of five different 'moods', leads to an improvement in physical and mental wellbeing, claims a study (n=7500).
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Study shows that listening to music everyday improves mental health
A study by The British Academy Of Sound Therapy shows that listening to music everyday can greatly improve your mental health.
Longevity genes that helped humans survive ancient airborne toxins may be the same genes that make humans resilient to pollution from fossil fuels and cigarette smoke today, according to a study published in the December 2019 issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology.
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A new study by researchers at UCLA shows that even a short-term visit to a severely polluted city can be detrimental to one’s health. The study involved 26 non-smoking, healthy adults who traveled from LA to Beijing during the summers of 2014 and 2015 over a 10-week period.
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Planning a trip abroad? Before you pack, check the air pollution levels
A UCLA study finds that even a short-term visit to a severely polluted city is detrimental to one's health.
How species in the wild are managing the risks and rewards of sharing space with humans. Endangered monkeys living in the wild are intelligently adapting their lifestyle to fit with their human neighbours, learning to avoid manmade risks and exploiting increased contact with people
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A Monkey's Balancing Act: How species in the wild are managing the risks and rewards of sharing space with humans
Endangered monkeys living in the wild are intelligently adapting their lifestyle to fit with their human neighbours, learning to avoid manmade risks and exploiting increased contact with people, new research has revealed.
(Victor Gevers 转) ICYMI: We found Trump's email server passwords in plain text and did not read his mails, because we are wearing white hats here. https://t.co/F5G5mvWbTd
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Forbes
Trump Campaign Email Server Was Left Open To Attack
A configuration oversight exposed hundreds of websites to unauthorized access. One attached to the Trump campaign was among them.
BBC News 中文 | 英国科学家研究发现,人类对大自然的开疆拓土的过度活动可能危及即使常见的物种。
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地球的忧伤:曾经常见的大海雀因人类活动遭灭绝
英国科学家研究发现,人类对大自然的开疆拓土的过度活动可能危及即使常见的物种。 到19世纪,地球上还生活着一种大海鸟,它的名字叫大海雀(或者又称为大海燕,the Great Auk)。 这是一种不会飞的鸟,曾广泛存在于大西洋周边的各个岛屿上。 杰西卡·托马斯博士是一位在英国威尔士斯旺西工作的科学家。她说,大海雀永远活在她的心里。 多年来,托马斯博士一直在研究大海雀的基因DNA,终于将大海雀的故事呈现给世人。 奇葩大鸟的悲惨灭绝 大海雀约80厘米高,长着企鹅似的粗短丰满的翼翅但不会飞,体型肥胖圆滚。从北美洲…
Some mutations allowing humans to fend off deadly infections also make us more prone to certain inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, such as Crohn's. Researchers describe how ancestral origins impact the likelihood that people of African or Eurasian descent might develop immune-related diseases.
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Researchers Get ‘Glimpse Into A Human Mind’ As It Makes Choices In Groups, Social Media. In large groups of essentially anonymous members, people make choices based on a model of the “mind of the group” and an evolving simulation of how a choice will affect that theorized mind.
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A method with roots in AI uncovers how humans make choices in groups and social media
Using a mathematical framework with roots in artificial intelligence and robotics, UW researchers were able to uncover the process for how a person makes choices in groups. And, they also found they were able to predict a person's choice more often than more…
The desert-dwelling Namib desert beetle "eats fog", harvesting water from the air through its unique, grooved body which directs fog droplets into the beetle's mouth. Microscopic features on the beetle aid evacuation of lubricating film, which facilitates water collection.
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Could this desert beetle help humans harvest water from thin air?
Researchers glean new insights into how insect sucks moisture from the atmosphere
Anthrax may be the next tool in the fight against bladder cancer, suggests new study based on human tumor samples and dogs with bladder cancer. Researchers combine the anthrax toxin with a growth factor to kill bladder cancer cells and tumors, without harming the normal cells in the bladder.
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Anthrax may be the next tool in the fight against bladder cancer @PurdueRP
Anthrax may soon help more people win the fight against bladder cancer, which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says strikes about 72,000 Americans each year and kills about 16,000, and is one of the most expensive cancers to treat.
One in four children and young people have a problematic relationship with smartphones. The study also concluded that there are links between PSU and mental health issues such as anxiety, stress, poor sleep and depressed moods.
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One in four youngsters has problematic relationship with smartphones – study
One in four children and young people has a problematic relationship with smartphones, research suggests.
“The accumulation of microplastic particles in humans has potential health risks such as cytotoxicity, hypersensitivity, unwanted immune response, and acute response like hemolysis.”
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An assessment of the toxicity of polypropylene microplastics in human derived cells
Environmental pollution caused by plastic waste is a growing global problem. Discarded plastic products and debris (microplastic particles) in the oce…
Most dolphins are 'right-handed', say researchers — Bottlenose dolphins found to have an even stronger right-side bias than 90% of humans who are right-handed. The team said the right-side bias might help dolphins swallow food and pick up sensory information.
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Most dolphins are 'right-handed', say researchers
Bottlenose dolphins found to have an even stronger right-side bias than humans
Scientists develop diets that entrained maturation of the microbiota of children with severe acute malnutrition and put their metabolic and growth profiles on a healthier trajectory
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Effects of microbiota-directed foods in gnotobiotic animals and undernourished children
Childhood malnutrition is accompanied by growth stunting and immaturity of the gut microbiota. Even after therapeutic intervention with standard commercial complementary foods, children may fail to thrive. Gehrig et al. and Raman et al. monitored metabolic…