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Neuropolitics is the science of using your brain activity to predict your political preferences. You might not like it but it’s already in use.
Lentils contain resistant starch, which R bromii helps to breakdown.
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Without the hard work of this bacterium, other cells wouldn’t have the energy they need to function.
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Earlier springs due to climate change are wreaking havoc in orchards.
The welfare state was designed around male financial responsibility for their families.
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In the 1940s, Britain’s nascent welfare state was designed around male financial responsibility for their families – unmarried mothers were intentionally disregarded.
The education of students in countries like Sudan is already being negatively affected by the extremes of climate change.
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Teaching children about the environmental crisis can help fight climate change, but climate change is already negatively affecting children’s education around the globe.
There is growing concern about the threats microplastics may pose to human health.
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The findings of this recent study adds to a growing body of evidence linking microplastics with health harms.
We wouldn’t be able to see them directly, but they could be out there.
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We may be able to find traces of dark matter star explosions.
A large floating wind turbine is installed in France, October 2023.
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Meet the next generation of wind turbines that can operate in deeper waters.
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Grace Augustine talks about her interviews with people who’ve chosen to leave their jobs over climate change concerns on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Palm Jumeirah, an artificial island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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A flurry of island-building during the last two decades has furnished the rich with new properties.
Vaughan Gething MS.
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Vaughan Gething succeeds Mark Drakeford as Welsh first minister, following a vote in the Senedd.
Hyaluronic acid is now in many beauty products and cosmetics.
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A pre-print paper has called into question the long-held marketing claim that hyaluronic acid can hold 1,000 times its weight in water.
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The pros and pitfalls of this type of thinking
Ubiquitous: Vladimir Putin is the dominant figure on social media platforms in Russia.
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Putin and his cronies, as well as Biden and an array of Kremlin foes and the odd pop singer, make up most discussion on Russia’s social media sites.
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Evidence shows the public still want impartiality from broadcasters.
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Hot tubs may offer welcome stress relief – but be aware of what you might be stepping into
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Smart rings can collect information about us that smartphones and smart watches struggle to.
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Middle age could be a period when we can detect early risk factors of future cognitive decline.
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The public need to know that those who become the custodians of their dead are operating appropriately and ethically.
After her doctor calculated her breast cancer risk, Munn went on to have further tests which ultimately revealed her cancer.
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Olivia Munn recently shared on Instagram that she’d had a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with luminal B breast cancer.