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The events leading to multiple sex chromosomes using an echidna genome sequence: The nearly gapless genome sequence of the echidna, an egg-laying mammal with multiple sex chromosomes, helped researchers track genomic reorganization events that gave rise to a highly unusual sex determination system.

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Children are suffering and dying from diseases that research has linked to synthetic chemicals and plastics exposures, suggests new review. Incidence of childhood cancers is up 35%, male reproductive birth defects have doubled in frequency and neurodevelopmental disorders are affecting 1 child in 6.

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Study links oil and gas industry pollution in Alberta to negative health outcomes | Sociodemographic and Population Exposure to Upstream Oil and Gas Operations in Canada

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Average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from 9 years at age 60 to 4.5 years at age 85 for women and 6.5 to just over 2 years for men. 1/3 of people with dementia are admitted to a nursing home within 3 years of diagnosis. Nearly 10 million worldwide are diagnosed each year.

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Women less likely to get a lung transplant than men and spend six weeks longer on the waiting list, study finds | However, women who received a lung transplant are more likely than men to live for five years post-transplant.

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Study finds average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from 9 years at age 60 to 4.5 years at age 85 for women and from 6.5 to just over 2 years in men. One third of people with dementia are admitted to a nursing home within three years of diagnosis.

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Using robots in nursing homes linked to higher employee retention, better patient care | Robot use was associated with an overall employment increase, an increased demand for part-time work, less experienced employees and with less demand for more experienced workers.

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Opinion: Banning social media won’t fix Australia’s youth mental health crisis, an alternative but often overlooked solution is a public health approach comprising of a framework for preventing harms of social media use while promoting its benefits

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Older adults who exhibit concern for guiding and contributing to future generations, a quality known as generativity, are more likely to enjoy psychological well-being and lead fulfilling lives, according to a recent study

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Posting to social media linked to shorter tempers - new findings showed people who frequently used social media, especially those who posted frequently, had significantly higher scored on an irritability test than their social media-free or infrequent peers.

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The size and spin of black holes can reveal important information about how and where they formed, according to new research. The study tests the idea that many of the black holes observed by astronomers have merged multiple times within densely populated environments containing millions of stars

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The first ‘human domainome’ reveals the cause of a multitude of diseases

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One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction

One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with ex...

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People who share experiences of racism online are likely to have their content removed by both human moderators and algorithms. Re-writing community rules may help lessen this problem

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Mediterranean and DASH diets linked to slower cognitive decline in older adults

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Paleontologists in the United States have uncovered the fossilized remains of a new species of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in the northern hemisphere (supercontinent Laurasia) during the Carnian age of the Late Triassic epoch, around 230 million years ago.

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Scientists identify 177 specific genes that fuel cancer metastasis, and 2 key genes: SP1, which accelerates metastasis, and KLF5, which helps suppress it. Challenging the long-held belief that metastasis mechanisms vary greatly between cancer types

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Microplastics Are Widespread in Seafood We Eat, Study Finds | Fish and shrimp are full of tiny particles from clothing, packaging and other plastic products, that could affect our health.

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