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Giant Magellan Telescope AMAScience AMA Series: I’m Dr. Robert N. Shelton, president of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization (GMTO). I’m here with my colleague Dr. Patrick McCarthy, director of GMTO and eminent astrophysicist, to talk about what it takes to build the world’s largest telescope. AMA! (self.science)
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PsychologyU.S. adults who believed that they were less active than their peers died younger than those who believed they were more active – even if their actual activity levels were similar, finds Stanford researchers. (news.stanford.edu)
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NeuroscienceDepression is associated with changes in brain structure. A new major neuroimaging study found that people with depression had reduced white matter integrity. This was the largest study of its kind, and helps shed light on the biology of depression. (ed.ac.uk)
submitted by fsmpastafarianPhD | Clinical Psychology
EnvironmentNew study offered a simple solution about how to preserve the world's dwindling forests: pay land owners in poor countries not to cut down the trees. Deforestation dropped by more than half in Ugandan villages where land owners were paid about $28 per hectare each year if they preserved their trees (news.trust.org)
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HealthRush Hour Pollution May Be More Dangerous Than You Think - The first in-car measurements of exposure to pollutants during rush hour commutes found levels of some forms of harmful particulate matter inside car cabins to be twice as high as previously believed. (pratt.duke.edu)
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NeuroscienceHow physical exercise prevents dementia - Choline might constitute a valid marker of the effects of aerobic exercise on brain metabolism and grey matter volume in older adults, finds a randomised controlled trial. (nature.com)
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Earth Science48 years after Apollo 11 moon landing, lunar dust bag sells for $1.8 million (yahoo.com)
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EnvironmentMethane Seeps Out as Arctic Permafrost Starts to Resemble Swiss Cheese (insideclimatenews.org)
submitted by pnewellNGO|Climate Science
BiologyCows injected with an HIV protein produced broadly neutralizing antibodies. That marks a first for any animal. (sciencenews.org)
submitted by projectfreq91Editor | Science News
EnvironmentOil Impairs Ability of Coral Reef Fish to Find Homes and Evade Predators (news.utexas.edu)
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Computer ScienceWhen someone dies, friends of the deceased increase the strength of their social ties on Facebook, and this effect persists for years (wsj.com)
submitted by asbruckmanProfessor | Interactive Computing
Neuroscience AMAI'm Roger Lemon, a just-retired Professor of Neurophysiology at the Institute of Neurology, UCL. I do research on understanding the cerebral control of hand and finger movements in humans and in non-human primate models and I’m here today to talk about it. AMA! (self.science)
submitted by Roger_LemonProfessor of Neurophysiology | UCL
Animal SciencePoaching pushes pangolin closer to extinction (bbc.com)
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EngineeringA new ultra-thin electrochemical energy harvesting device can generate electrical current from the full range of human motions and is thin enough to embed in clothing, as reported in ACS Energy Letters. (news.vanderbilt.edu)
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EngineeringMagic Bots: Vine-Inspired Robots Can Grow on Demand (livescience.com)
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BiologyScientists identify additional genetic candidates for IQ in humans (medium.com)
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Animal ScienceBluefin tuna can stretch 3 meters, weigh a metric ton, and reach speeds of 60 kilometers per hour. Yet they still turn on a dime when hunting, thanks in part to their lymphatic systems, which they use to move two of their fins, researchers report today in Science (sciencemag.org)
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EnvironmentLoss of wetlands linked to Great Lakes algal blooms (jimdaleywrites.com)
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Animal ScienceThe Rhythms That Make Elephant Seals Run or Fight (nytimes.com)
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