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High childcare costs are a driver of US inequality – When childcare costs are high, mothers without college degrees reduce their participation in the workforce whereas college-educated mothers do not. This exacerbates family income gaps.

High childcare costs are a driver of US inequality...

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A UNC graduate student discovered the youngest transiting planet ever found. It’s about three million years old—a baby, in cosmic terms. If you imagine Earth as a 50-year-old adult, this world would be a two-week-old infant, in comparison.

A UNC graduate student discovered the youngest tra...

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The number-one type of childhood adversity kids face is at home. 61% of teens said they experience “being put down or insulted by a parent or adult at home” (“emotional abuse”). Parents with better self-regulation provide more emotional safety and have better connections with their kids.

The number-one type of childhood adversity kids fa...

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Heart-Shaped Sea Creatures Hold the Key to Faster Internet

Heart-Shaped Sea Creatures Hold the Key to Faster ...

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Rude behaviour spiked in Ontario classrooms after COVID-19 | Understanding how the COVID-19 pandemic and school shutdowns may have impacted classroom incivility in children and adolescents

Rude behaviour spiked in Ontario classrooms after ...

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Parents are much less likely to intervene (-50%) when their young children are getting dressed or performing other simple chores if those tasks are framed as learning opportunities

Parents are much less likely to intervene (-50%) w...

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Palaeontologists have described a new genus and species of amphisbaenian (worm lizard), Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi, from the Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia, estimated to have been the largest of its kind and with a bite force that could crush a wide variety of snails.

Palaeontologists have described a new genus and sp...

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Research team found that, under the most probable projection, annual mortality rates related to air pollution and extreme temperatures could increase five-fold to reach 30 million by the end of the century

Research team found that, under the most probable ...

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Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LC-PUFA) composition of fish sperm: nexus of dietary, evolutionary, and biomechanical drivers

Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LC-PUFA) co...

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Overthinking what you said. Research found that the more recently evolved and advanced parts of the human brain that support social interactions -- called the social cognitive network -- are connected to and in constant communication with an ancient part of the brain called the amygdala.

Overthinking what you said. Research found that th...

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Binge drinking as a young adult may cause permanent brain damage decades on by fundamentally changing how the brain's neurons communicate, suggests a new study in mice, potentially raising the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life.

Binge drinking as a young adult may cause permanen...

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Chinese Scientists Report 'Promising Results' From Novel Alzheimer's Surgery

Chinese Scientists Report 'Promising Results' From...

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Geologists have uncovered strong evidence from Colorado that massive glaciers covered Earth down to the equator hundreds of millions of years ago

Geologists have uncovered strong evidence from Col...

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Life expectancy gap in U.S. widens to 20 years due to "truly alarming" health disparities, researchers say | Ten Americas: a systematic analysis of life expectancy disparities in the USA

Life expectancy gap in U.S. widens to 20 years due...

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From sports betting to financial markets, people make the same predictable mistakes in how they interpret new information. UC Berkeley Haas professors Eben Lazarus and Ned Augenblick found that people overreact to information that isn’t very important, and underreact to important information.

From sports betting to financial markets, people m...

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California limits on ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS in products are effective, study says. Levels in people’s blood for 37 chemicals linked to health issues declined after they were designated under Proposition 65, which regulates toxic chemicals in consumer goods.

California limits on ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS in p...

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Marine Streptomyces produce a novel chlorinated antibiotic with activity against antibiotic resistant pathogens

Marine Streptomyces produce a novel chlorinated an...

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Study suggests that podcasts could be an effective medium for health information and behaviour change interventions

Study suggests that podcasts could be an effective...

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