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New evidence suggests megaflood refilled the Mediterranean Sea five million years ago. “The Zanclean megaflood was an awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, with discharge rates and flow velocities dwarfing any other known floods in Earth’s history”

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Extreme climate pushed thousands of lakes in West Greenland ‘across a tipping point,’. Instead of sequestering carbon dioxide in the summer, the lakes have become a source of it, with a 350% increase in the flux of this greenhouse gas from them.

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Animal agriculture contributes up to 34% of global greenhouse gas emissions. A new study find that transitioning to plant-based diets could reduce emissions by 68% this century.

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Researchers successfully reproduce the coupled generation of two plasma fluctuations using a supercomputer: As the first fluctuation grew, the distribution function*2 of the energetic particles was significantly deformed, which caused the second fluctuation to occur in conjunction.

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Clumps of protein inside brain cells that characterize Alzheimer’s disease could emerge as an immune response against the herpes virus

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Cause of the Great Salt Lake to shrink in 2022 found: Lower streamflows only accounted for about two-thirds of the total decline in lake volume. The rest primarily came from an increase in lake evaporation due to warmer temperatures, which will only get worse as temperatures continue to rise.

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The sexy and formidable male body: Study found with improvements in living conditions, men’s gains in height and weight are more than double those of women’s, increasing sexual size dimorphism, which confers on them advantages related to female choice and during physical competition with other men.

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Wild baboons not capable of visual self-awareness when viewing their own reflection | Study finds that while baboons notice and respond to a laser mark shone on their arms, legs and hands, they do not react when they see, via their mirror reflection, the laser on their faces and ears.

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Muscular strength and good physical fitness could halve the risk of cancer patients dying from their disease. Combination of strength and fitness was associated with an 8-46% lower risk of death in patients with stage 3 or 4 cancer, and a 19-41% lower risk of death in lung or digestive cancers.

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Insect-eye-inspired camera capturing 9,120 frames per second. Researchers have successfully developed a low-cost, high-speed, less than one millimeter thick camera that overcomes the limitations of frame rate and sensitivity faced by conventional high-speed cameras.

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Hallucinogen-Related Emergencies Associated With Schizophrenia Risk

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Archaeologists Discover Rare Boundary Stone From the Tetrarchy Period of the Roman Empire

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A new catalyst can turn methane into something useful: « MIT chemical engineers have devised a way to capture methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and convert it into polymers. »

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A study found that "CBG and CBN exhibited suppressive, cell death-inducing effects on leukemia cells."

A study found that "CBG and CBN exhibited suppress...

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A large study of adults with ADHD found that 60% of these individuals reported some type of sleep disorder. Specifically, 36% reported having problems falling asleep (delayed sleep onset), 31% reported insomnia, and 29% reported restless legs syndrome/periodic limb movement disorder

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Brain implant that could boost mood by using ultrasound to go under NHS trial | Neuroscience

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World’s smallest biomedical robot could pave way for minimally invasive surgeries | At just 0.95 millimeters, it’s 60 percent smaller than any existing model.

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Mass shootings increase alcohol sales, study finds: Data from 35,000 alcohol retailers, covering more than half of American grocery and drug-stores from 2006–2019, found that public mass shootings predict a 3.5%–5.5% increase in weekly alcohol sales for at least two years

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