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Adherence to healthful plant-based diets is associated with more favourable health outcomes irrespective of ultra-processed food content, suggesting that overall plant-based diet quality may be more important than processing level for chronic disease prevention, study of 124,836 participants finds

thelancet.com
u/James_Fortis — 21 hours ago
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Alaskans will be flying blind after NSF decommissions ocean monitoring network | Alaska’s multibillion-dollar fishing industry and vulnerable coastal communities at risk.

arstechnica.com
u/Chief_Kief — 3 days ago
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Scientists reveal surprising mechanism behind Venus flytrap’s rapid snap | Intricate tests show hair-trigger detection causes cells on outer surface of leaf to soften, prompting closure

theguardian.com
u/FreeHugs23 — 3 days ago
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Diabetes org apologizes for ejecting scientists over criticism of Trump | For days after the stunning incident, the ADA had doubled-down on the choice.

arstechnica.com
u/FreeHugs23 — 4 days ago
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Humans prefer to walk anticlockwise, scientists find – but reason is unclear | From Spain to Japan, experiments have repeatedly shown a left-turn bias, but exact mechanic ‘is still an open question’

theguardian.com
u/FreeHugs23 — 5 days ago

Which fact or number always leaves you dumbfounded ?

Mine is: If the universe were scaled so that earth was just 1mm across, then our closest neighbour star, Proxima Centauri, would be 3.149km away.

reddit.com
u/Meshims — 4 days ago
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Rare Flesh-Eating Parasite Confirmed in Texas For First Time Since 1966 | The deadly flies were detected in Mexico in late 2024, after years of being contained to the southern end of Panama.

sciencealert.com
u/FreeHugs23 — 10 days ago
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‘They surprise me every time’: bees can use tools to solve problems | Insects join list of species capable of solving simple ‘box-and-banana’ problem that demonstrates basic intelligence

theguardian.com
u/FreeHugs23 — 10 days ago
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Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System | The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research.

nytimes.com
u/FreeHugs23 — 13 days ago
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Long-term supplementation with plant-based protein, compared with animal-based protein, did not result in differences in body composition, muscle strength, physical performance, or cardiometabolic risk parameters, meta-analysis of 18 randomized controlled trials finds

frontiersin.org
u/James_Fortis — 12 days ago

Can anyone explain properly, how light (photos) particles really copies information?

Like when light falls on a surface what really happens , like when it reflects back what it carries and what it copies ? , like it absorbs some colours and some reflect, that only the light carries which is responsible for our vision or anything bigger is happening?

reddit.com
u/Mr_anonymous_2008 — 12 days ago
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Ötzi the Iceman’s Microbes Still Show Signs of Life After 5,300 Years | New research provides a deep dive into the ancient and modern day microbes that call Ötzi home.

gizmodo.com
u/FreeHugs23 — 12 days ago