Five takeaways on urbanicity and depression research

Colin Xu and Robert DeRubeis discuss a recently published meta-analysis of the effects of urbanicity on depression in developing and developed countries.

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The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses actually make the future look cool

Still a novelty, but one that people might actually use.

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As baby boomers retire, German businesses turn to robots

Companies are turning to automation as the gradual exit of the post-war generation tightens the labor squeeze.

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Some deaf children in China can hear after gene treatment

After gene therapy, Yiyi can hear her mother and dance to the music. But why is it so noisy at night?

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Future technology: 22 ideas about to change our world

The future is coming, and sooner than you think. These emerging technologies will change the way we live, how we look after our bodies and help us avert a climate disaster.

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Russian ISS cosmonauts dodge coolant leak during spacewalk

Cosmonauts face third coolant leak in less than a year, but the crew and the station are not in any danger

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Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection

Irish eyes may not be smiling

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The "enshittification" of tech extends to space, too

From Google to Netflix, tech is becoming more useless. The commercialization of space is no different

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Kidney stone breakthrough procedure at UW called 'game changer' for patients

A groundbreaking medical procedure for those with kidney stones will soon be offered at the University of Washington after more than two decades of research.

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Clean energy is officially “unstoppable” now

The International Energy Agency has a new forecast for 2030.

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Cannabis use among adolescents with bipolar disorder linked to working memory deficits

A recent study in the Journal of Psychopharmacology found that adolescents with bipolar disorder who used cannabis showed working memory deficits compared to non-users. The research underscores concerns amid increasing cannabis legalization and its potential risks for this vulnerable demographic. ...

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NASA wants the Voyagers to age gracefully, so it’s time for a software patch

Around a half-dozen full-timers and a few part-timers are keeping Voyager alive.

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How plants communicate with each other when in danger

The study marks the first time researchers have been able to “visualize plant-to-plant communication,” the senior author of the study said.

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An Introduction to Flashover - Episode 9

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Billions of Alaska snow crabs likely vanished due to warm ocean, study says

The crabs starved to death en masse because the change in water temperature increased their caloric needs, according to the NOAA

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Gaganyaan: India launches test flight ahead of sending man into space

The launch was the first in a series of tests ahead of Gaganyaan, India's first manned space mission.

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21 species removed from endangered list due to extinction, U.S. wildlife officials say

The Fish and Wildlife Service said 21 species, including a mammal, birds, fish and mussels, are being removed from the endangered list because they're now considered extinct.

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Superlensing without a super lens: physicists boost microscopes beyond limits

Attempts to break the diffraction limit with “super lenses” have all hit the hurdle of extreme visual losses. Now physicists at the University of Sydney have shown a new pathway to achieve superlensing with minimal losses, breaking through the diffraction limit by a factor of nearly four times. The key to their success was to remove the super lens altogether.

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Physicists Say Magnets Offer Room Temperature Quantum Computing

The breakthrough material, a blend of aminoferrocene and graphene, has magnetic properties 100 times stronger than pure iron, eliminating the reliance on rare Earth materials for magnet construction.

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Physics-Defying Quasiparticles Could Open a Whole New World of Microscopy

To pry into the private lives of objects in the microscopic domain (and beyond), scientists often rely on extremely bright sources of light.

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Scrolls were illegible for 2,000 years. A college student read one with AI.

Nebraska college student Luke Farritor used artificial intelligence to find the ancient Greek word for “purple” in the Herculaneum scrolls.

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The Brain Waves of Meditation: What Do They Mean?

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Missing 'Law of Nature' Found That Describes The Way All Things Evolve

Complex, evolving systems abound in our Universe, even beyond the realms of biology.

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New ancient shark species discovered hidden in world's largest cave system

The previously unknown shark, which lived more than 300 million years ago, was identified from fossilized teeth found in Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park.

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Google’s AI Is Making Traffic Lights More Efficient and Less Annoying

Google is analyzing data from its Maps app to suggest how cities can adjust traffic light timing to cut wait times and emissions. The company says it’s already cutting stops for millions of drivers.

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Google’s AI could soon consume as much electricity as Ireland, study finds

Amid the debate over the dangers of widespread AI development, rarely do people talk about the huge amount of energy required to power it.

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Individuals with higher anxiety sensitivity tend to be less physically active

People with heightened levels of anxiety sensitivity tend to engage in less physical activity, according to new research published in Mental Health and Physical Activity. The more intense the physical activity, the stronger the connection between anxiety sensitivity and being less active. ...

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7 Alarming Ways Statins Can Cause Harm

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Starlink satellites are 'leaking' signals that interfere with our most sensitive radio telescopes

Starlink satellites emit bright, unintended and unexpected signals that interfere with radio telescopes.

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Reading between the lines: When you're told that your taking statins is a "Shared" decision

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Two-dimensional compounds can capture carbon from the air

Some of the thinnest materials known to mankind can be engineered to capture carbon dioxide from the air.

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New study delves into the motivations behind climate action in the United States

A recent study published in PLOS One indicates a rising number of Americans are adopting climate-friendly behaviors, primarily driven by their environmental concerns and sense of responsibility.

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More eyes in the sky: NRO building new satellites to deliver ‘10 times more signals and images’

More eyes in the sky: NRO building new satellites to deliver ‘10 times more signals and images’

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New study will examine irritable bowel syndrome as long COVID symptom

Researchers will use a $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to study gastrointestinal symptoms as a condition of long COVID.

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Dogs and Cats Can Be Healthy, Happy Vegans, Research Shows

Plant-based diets are good for our companions and good for the planet.

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Wulf and Eadwacer: why I think I've solved the mystery of this Old English poem

Here, possibly four centuries before women are given a significant voice in heroic poetry in Germany and Scandinavia, a queen speaks out in an English version of a Gothic story.

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Prada to design Nasa's new moon suit

Art meets science as Prada designers help create the spacesuits for the 2025 moon mission.

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Encryption services are sending the right message to the quantum codebreakers

Quantum computers may still be years away, but it’s prudent that end-to-end encryption providers are ramping up defences

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Your microbes live on after you die − a microbiologist explains how your necrobiome recycles your body to nourish new life

With the help of the microbes that once played an essential role in keeping you alive, the building blocks of your body go on to become a part of other living things.

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This giant, next-generation satellite is now one of the brightest objects in the night sky

The BlueWalker 3 satellite is massive, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg.

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Neuralink competitor Precision Neuroscience buys factory to build its brain implants

Precision Neuroscience acquired a manufacturing facility that can produce the key component of its brain implant.

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Archax is a $2.7 million pilotable robot for the ultra-wealthy

Japanese startup Tsubame has 5 units up for preorder.

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Risk of incident cardiovascular disease among patients with gastrointestinal disorder: a prospective cohort study of 330,751 individuals

AbstractBackground and Aims. The associations between gastrointestinal diseases (GIs) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) were unclear. We conducted a prospective

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Meta's new AI assistant trained on public Facebook and Instagram posts

Meta Platforms used public Facebook and Instagram posts to train parts of its new Meta AI virtual assistant, but excluded private posts shared only with family and friends in an effort to respect consumers' privacy, the company's top policy executive told Reuters in an interview.

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Study: Toilet paper adds to ‘forever chemicals’ in wastewater

Scientists have identified a surprising new source of “forever chemicals” awash in global wastewater: the ubiquitous paper product dangling next to most of the planet’s toilets.   Toilet …

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