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Yellow gets greener in summer Remember winter, when everything was cold and grey? Right now, when all around is lush and green, the contrast couldn’t be greater. But is everything really as it seems? New research shows that we see things differently in winter compared with summer.
Health Source: TheGuardian
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Tuesday, Aug 25, 2015, 9:05am Rating: | Views: 84408 | Comments: 0
Can Health Care Be Cured Of Racial Bias? A growing body of research suggests that doctors' racial biases and other prejudices continue to affect the care patients received. Medical educators say self-awareness is an important first step.
Healthcare Source: NPR
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Friday, Aug 21, 2015, 7:50am Rating: | Views: 71463 | Comments: 0
Japan cargo ship embarks on International Space Center supply mission After three botched missions to resupply the International Space Center since October, an unmanned cargo ship blasted off from southern Japan on Wednesday with food, water and gear needed to keep the research station and its crew functioning.
Space Source: Reuters
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Thursday, Aug 20, 2015, 8:50am Rating: | Views: 71401 | Comments: 0
Can the humble fruit fly help create a flourishing African scientific community? A small institute in Kampala is cultivating a regional network of researchers, using an inexpensive lab model based on the fruit fly. African biomedical scientists face important challenges – poor training, poorer infrastructure and scarce resources.
Research Source: TheGuardian
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Thursday, Aug 20, 2015, 8:50am Rating: | Views: 69523 | Comments: 0
Neuroscience Source: New Scientist
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Wednesday, Aug 12, 2015, 9:46am Rating: | Views: 3410 | Comments: 0
Man's best friend: how veterinary research could save human lives One Health holds that humans and the world around us thrive and suffer for the same reasons. As the idea grows more popular, health solutions developed for your dog might just end up helping you, too
Health Source: TheGuardian
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Wednesday, Aug 12, 2015, 9:46am Rating: | Views: 3332 | Comments: 0
New Research Explores Why The Universe Is Dying A study by the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) project measured energy output of more than 200,000 galaxies. The findings show the galaxies are half as strong as they were 2 billion years ago.
Astronomy Source: NPR
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Tuesday, Aug 11, 2015, 10:51am Rating: | Views: 3463 | Comments: 0
Health Source: CBSNews
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Tuesday, Aug 11, 2015, 10:51am Rating: | Views: 3178 | Comments: 0
Heavy Loads Of Pollen May Shift Flight Plans Of The Bumblebee Foraging bumblebees can pick up nearly half their weight in pollen before heading home to the hive, research shows. All that weight tucked into hollows on their hind legs can complicate flying.
Animal Behavior Source: NPR
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Tuesday, Aug 04, 2015, 10:37am Rating: | Views: 3294 | Comments: 0
Starlings on Prozac | @GrrlScientist Recent research suggests that the commonly prescribed psychiatric drug, Prozac, occurs at environmentally relevant concentrations that can significantly alter behaviour and physiology in wild birds
Health Source: TIME Magazine
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Tuesday, Jul 14, 2015, 9:03am Rating: | Views: 3012 | Comments: 0
Measuring research: what are the units of assessment? Today sees the publication of the report of an independent review of the contentious use of metrics — numerical indicators of performance — in the assessment of UK research and researchers. Can it plot a sensible course in a world increasingly obsessed with numbers?
The gastric-brooding frog: how to bring a species back from the dead – video Australia's gastric-brooding frog was discovered in the 1970s but by the early 1980s was classed as extinct. However, this remarkable frog, which projectile-vomits its young after gestating them in its stomach, is the subject of ground-breaking research at the University of New South Wales to recreate an extinct species.
Microbiology Source: TheGuardian
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Tuesday, Jun 23, 2015, 9:26am Rating: | Views: 2503 | Comments: 0
That's right, kangaroos are left-handed Research on wild kangaroos in Australia is challenging the notion that having a strong hand preference is a trait that developed primarily in people and other primates.
Animals Source: Reuters
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Friday, Jun 19, 2015, 9:12am Rating: | Views: 2171 | Comments: 0
Psychology Source: NPR
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Tuesday, Jun 16, 2015, 8:38am Rating: | Views: 1278 | Comments: 0
Juvenile camels 'key source' of Mers Research published recently in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases shows that camels aged less than four years might be a major source of Mers.
Epidemiology Source: BBC News
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Friday, Jun 12, 2015, 10:49am Rating: | Views: 1668 | Comments: 0
Health Source: TheGuardian
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Friday, Jun 12, 2015, 10:49am Rating: | Views: 1437 | Comments: 0
Some Insured Patients Still Skipping Care Because Of High Costs Research shows that, even with health insurance, many people put off expensive surgery, medicine and tests because they can't afford the high deductibles or copays. A few states hope to change that.
Health Source: NPR
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Thursday, Jun 11, 2015, 12:39pm Rating: | Views: 1433 | Comments: 0
Epidemiology Source: TheGuardian
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Thursday, Jun 11, 2015, 12:39pm Rating: | Views: 1627 | Comments: 0
Disaster bots to the rescue The Pentagon's science research group convened 24 teams from around the world to compete for $3.5 million awarded to the robots best able to help humans during disasters
Robotics Source: CBSNews
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Tuesday, Jun 09, 2015, 10:15am Rating: | Views: 1436 | Comments: 0