Cannabis Worsens Verbal Learning and Memory, Review Finds
Frequent cannabis use can impair a person’s memory and level of verbal learning, according to a new review.
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Rethinking cooking with gas | Stanford News
Natural gas stoves release methane – a potent greenhouse gas – and other pollutants through leaks and incomplete combustion. Stanford researchers estimate that methane leaking from stoves inside U.S. homes has the same climate impact as about 500,000 gasoline-powered cars and can expose people...
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Vitamin D supplements really do reduce risk of autoimmune disease
It has long been suspected that vitamin D could help reduce the risk of developing an autoimmune disease, and now we have evidence this is the case – at least for people over 50
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First patients vaccinated in clinical trial of HIV experimental vaccine that uses Moderna's mRNA technology | CNN
The first participants have been vaccinated in a Phase 1 clinical trial of an experimental HIV vaccine that utilizes Moderna’s mRNA technology, the company announced last week.
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This robot gripper is delicate enough to pick up an egg yolk without breaking it
They can grab an egg yolk, a live fish, or even a single hair.
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Liver hormone may help reduce alcohol addiction
Researchers have pieced together a more complete picture of the role that a particular hormone plays in alcohol addiction. Monkeys with a strong alcohol preference drank far less after they were given a synthetic version of this hormone, potentially opening the path to new treatments for alcohol…
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Long-term cannabis use damages lungs, but in a different way to tobacco
Smoking cannabis leads to lung damage, but in a different way to tobacco, new University of Otago research has found. Study co-author Professor Bob Hancox says until recently, it was assumed that cannabis would have similar effects to tobacco, but this does not seem to be the case.
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Even after dying loved ones become unresponsive they can still hear you: UBC Study
New study by Victoria-raised scientist monitored the brain activity of dying patients in their final moments
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New lightweight material is stronger than steel
MIT chemical engineers have created a new material that is stronger than steel, as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quantities.
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Pig grunts reveal their emotions
We can now decode pigs’ emotions. Using thousands of acoustic recordings gathered throughout the lives of pigs, from their births to deaths, an international team of researchers is the first in the world to translate pig grunts into actual emotions across an extended number of conditions and...
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What if a mushroom trip is mushrooms trying to talk to you.
What if a mushroom trip is mushrooms trying to talk to you.
Scientists develop durable material for flexible artificial muscles
UCLA materials scientists and colleagues at the nonprofit scientific research institute SRI International have developed a new material and manufacturing process for creating artificial muscles that are stronger and more flexible than their biological counterparts.
President Biden will reveal the first James Webb Space Telescope image today at 5PM ET
NASA has decided to reveal the first James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) image today rather than waiting until tomorrow as planned.
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Scientists have picked up a radio signal 'heartbeat' billions of light-years away
Scientists have not been able to pinpoint the exact location of the radio waves yet.
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