The Greek historian Herodotus reported over 2,000 years ago on a misguided forbidden experiment in which two children were prevented from hearing human speech so that a king could discover the true, u

This new spin measuring device could help scientists - particularly in chemistry and biology - understand the structure and purpose of materials better. In a paper published over the weekend in the j

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Introduction Firearm violence in the United States has increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with particularly large increases in child injuries reported.1,2 Racial and ethnic dispariti

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The aim of this paper is therefore to show how animal welfare on commercial farms could be improved by relying less on uncritical use of natural behaviour as a welfare metric and by giving more weight

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A new experiment in Japan showed that when mice are exposed to a chronic social defeat stress condition, they develop a number of adverse health conditions. But these adverse health conditions were ab

In the first study of its kind, researchers used an artificial intelligence (AI) technique known as semi-supervised machine learning to analyse data from 31,477 older adults. They found that the preva

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A protein in soybeans blocks the production of a liver enzyme involved in the metabolism of triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein, scientists found in a recent study. Consuming

Research could provide clues to extraterrestrial life A team of Rutgers scientists dedicated to pinpointing the primordial origins of metabolism – a set of core chemical reactions that first powered

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DALLAS – March 09, 2023 – Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how healthy bacteria can escape the intestine, travel to lymph nodes and cancerous tumors elsewhere in the body,

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Dallas researchers are studying a hormone that could help doctors treat alcohol poisoning. Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center took the FGF21 hormone produced by the human liver and injected

Key Points Question Is there an association between perceived stress and cognitive performance? Findings This cohort study of 24 448 Black and White participants aged 45 years or older found an inde

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A study in Switzerland found that adolescent athletes who consumed more protein in their diets had lower levels of depressive symptoms. The study was published in Psychology of Sport & Exercise. The

While gun violence has for years been among the leading causes of death for US children, the COVID-19 pandemic sent it skyrocketing to the top cause while widening racial disparities. In the years be

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A recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology sought to unravel how individual behaviors and beliefs about marriage are related to marital financial deception and extramarital affairs. The study