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Research Preview: Science Magazine – August 16, 2024
Tag Archives: Research
Research Preview: Science Magazine – August 9, 2024
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Explosive claim about ancient burials challenged
Controversy over intentional burial by Homo naledi extends to new publishing models
Eliminating a gut microbe could slash gastric cancers
Mammoth study in Chinese villages shows antibiotics that kill Helicobacter pylori reduced cancer risk
Fire-against-fire HIV therapy passes key test in monkeys
A stripped-down HIV genome can interfere with normal virus replication
In sweeping geological theory, mantle waves lift up plateaus
Research Preview: Science Magazine – August 2, 2024
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Is it the humidity, or just the heat?
Scientists debate the role of humidity in rising heat deaths
Mid-Pleistocene climate transition triggered by Antarctic Ice Sheet growth
Recent tropical Andean glacier retreat is unprecedented in the Holocene
Lessons from ancient pathogens
A chemogenetic screen reveals that Trpv1-expressing neurons control regulatory T cells in the gut
Research Preview: Science Magazine – July 26, 2024
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U.S. back in the race to forge unknown elements
Atoms of element 116 show path to create element 120 and extend the periodic table
Fully built water-hunting Moon rover killed by NASA
VIPER cancellation shocks planetary scientists and puts commercial lunar delivery program on edge
Can scientists help corals by killing starfish?
Culling crown-of-thorns boosted coral cover on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Burned-up satellites are tainting the atmosphere
As private fleets grow, so do concerns about ozone-destroying effects of metal particles
Research: New Scientist Magazine – July 27, 2024
What is the optimal amount of exercise and how much is too much?
If your gym instructor is an iPad, what is lost – and gained?
How to use psychology to hack your mind and fall in love with exercise
How fast do we get out of shape and is there a way to slow the loss?
How much exercise do children really need – and what type?
Watch bees defend their nest by slapping ants with their wings
Zombie galaxy came back to life after 20 million years
Chinese nuclear reactor is completely meltdown-proof
Shock discovery reveals deep sea nodules are a source of oxygen
Universe’s missing matter may be explained by galaxies leaking gas
Research Preview: Science Magazine – July 19, 2024
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The benefits of GLP-1 drugs beyond obesity
Glucagon-like peptide–1–based medicines have weight loss–independent actions
A hard fruit to swallow
Foraging niches become more specialized toward bird range limits
Scientists at odds over wild plans to slow melting glaciers
Call to study glacial geoengineering stirs up “civil war” among polar scientists
Research Preview: Science Magazine – July 12, 2024
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Can ‘cow flu’ be eliminated—or is it too late?
Feeble government response and lack of industry cooperation hamper U.S. control efforts
Accusations sting bee ‘odometer’ studies
Scientists allege irregularities in papers on how honey bees gauge distance
Ancient crystals show plate tectonics began early
Hardy zircons suggest subduction of ocean crust began 4 billion years ago
Stunning 3D chromosomes preserved in thawed mammoths
“New type of fossil” may boost efforts to bring beasts back
Research Preview: Science Magazine – June 28, 2024
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The perfect pesticide? RNA kills crop-destroying beetles with unprecedented accuracy
Could super-Earths or mini-Neptunes host life among the stars?
As the hunt for habitable Earth-like planets stalls, astronomers are turning to bigger worlds
This biologist aims to solve the cell’s biggest mystery. Could it help cancer patients, too?
Four decades after his lab found odd, massive particles inside cells, Leonard Rome is still determined to figure out what “vaults” do
Scientific American Magazine – July/Aug 2024
Scientific American (June 26, 2024): The July/August 2024 issue features The New Science of Health and Appetite – What humans really evolved to eat and how food affects our health today…
To Follow the Real Early Human Diet, Eat Everything
Nutrition influencers claim we should eat meat-heavy diets like our ancestors did. But our ancestors didn’t actually eat that way
People Who Are Fat and Healthy May Hold Keys to Understanding Obesity
“Heavy and healthy” can be a rare or common condition. But either way it may signal that some excess weight is just fine
Ozempic Quiets Food Noise in the Brain—But How?
Blockbuster weight-loss drugs are revealing how appetite, pleasure and addiction work in the brain
Research Preview: Science Magazine – June 21, 2024
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Wild poliovirus makes comeback in Afghanistan and Pakistan
2024 target of ending all transmission will likely be missed
Ancient earthquake likely rerouted the Ganges
Discovery of new seismic concern stokes flooding fear for densely populated delta region
No place like home
The hunt for Earth-like planets has run into headwinds. Some astronomers are looking for signs of habitability on bigger worlds
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