National Academies: We can’t define “race,” so stop using it in science (arstechnica.com)
With the advent of genomic studies, it’s become ever more clear that humanity’s genetic history is one of churn.
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High blood caffeine levels may reduce body weight and type 2 diabetes risk (www.imperial.ac.uk)
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High-resolution image reconstruction with latent diffusion models from human brain activity (www.biorxiv.org)
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A soybean protein blocks LDL cholesterol production, reducing risks of metabolic diseases (news.illinois.edu)
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For the First Time Ever: Scientists Map the Brain of an Insect with Over Half a Million Synapses (innovationorigins.com)
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The Increasing Negativity and Emotionality of News Media Headlines (davidrozado.substack.com)
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Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline (cam.mbi.ufl.edu)
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Cargo Cult Science (calteches.library.caltech.edu)
The overfitted brain: Dreams evolved to assist generalization (www.sciencedirect.com)
Stanford Medicine scientists transform cancer cells into weapons against cancer (med.stanford.edu)
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South Asian people undergo type 2 diabetes remission with low calorie diets (medicalxpress.com)
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During a series of failed experiments in 1969, Robert Gore became frustrated and gave a hard yank to a heated rod of the polymer polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). (www.sciencehistory.org)
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Girls Excel in Language Arts Early Which May Explain the STEM Gender Gap in Adults (phys.org)
For most of us, when we make major career choices, we tend to lean into what we’re good at. According to new findings from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management, such skills may develop early in childhood and there can be significant differences depending on gender....
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Biofirm Plans To Make Hypoallergenic Cats Via CRISPR (www.newscientist.com)
If successful, could this lead to regularly editing human genomes?
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If sugar is so bad for us, why is the sugar in fruit OK? (www.universal-sci.com)
Archive.org mirror: web.archive.org/…/-if-sugar-is-so-bad-for-us-why-…
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Are Viruses Alive? (yewtu.be)
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