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Conservation Agriculture Increases Carbon Sequestration In Food Crops
How Science Stopped Murder Hornets In Their Tracks
Panic-stricken headlines about “murder hornets” are thankfully mostly behind us. The nickname may have staying power, but it is certainly unearned.
First spotted in British Columbia in August 2019, the Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) poses little threat to humans. In its native range in East Asia, the giant hornet is chiefly a menace to the livelihoods of beekeepers, provoking concern that it could cause similar problems in North America.
How Dying White Dwarfs Breathe Life Into Earth
The origin of carbon, an element essential to life on Earth, in the Milky Way galaxy is primarily speculation: some are in favor of the idea that low-mass stars blew off their carbon-rich envelopes by stellar winds became white dwarfs, while others place the major site of carbon's synthesis in the winds of massive stars that eventually exploded as supernovae.
Developing Countries, Where Citizen Science Would Help Most, Is Where It Happens Least
Elderly People Are More Likely To Get COVID-19, But Not More Likely To Self-Isolate
Survey results from 27 countries find that elderly people are not more compliant with COVID-19 preventive measures and not more willing to isolate when asked, even though it is established that older adults appear are far more likely to be hospitalized or die from the disease.
How Adaptive Radiation Shaped Reptile Evolution
This has even been for the origins of major body plans (structural and developmental characteristics that identify a group of animals) and new lineages. Yet examining these rapid rates of evolution has been constrained by the methods used and the amount of data available.
ACE-i And ARB Medications May Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE-i) or angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) medications are prescribed for conditions such as heart failure, high blood pressure or heart disease. They inhibit or block angiotensin, a chemical that causes arteries to become narrow, so are commonly prescribed for people with high blood pressure to relax and open blood vessels, lowering blood pressure.
They may also lower risk of colorectal cancer risk, the third most common cancer and second leading cause of cancer death worldwide.
Asthma Doesn't Increase Risk Or Severity Of COVID-19
Asthma does not appear to increase the risk for a person contracting COVID-19 or influence its severity.
Obesity Is A Co-Morbidity In Everything, Including COVID-19
Obese European minorities are up to two times higher the risk of contracting COVID-19 than white Europeans, a study has found. The study used body mass index (BMI), a controversial metric with numerous confounders, so caution is warranted, and cardiometabolic health. The researchers wanted to see if they could statistically link a person's weight to the relative risk of COVID-19 across ethnic groups.
Though Claims Of Projected Deaths Were Wildly Exaggerated, Sweden Would've Saved Some Lives With A Lockdown
The Tree Planting Fad Threatens Ancient Grasslands
Ancient Madagascan grasslands fell victim to a modern frenzy to afforest the world that has gripped political leaders - and that is thanks to lobbyists paid by environmental lawyers.
An Online, Interactive Conversation With David Orban July 6th, 7PM CET
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ELM And The Right Scenario For A Fusion Power Plant
The aim of fusion energy is to tame atomic nuclei the way the sun does. Because the fusion fire only ignites at temperatures above 100 million degrees, its low-density hydrogen plasma fuel must not come into contact with the colder vessel walls. That is achieved using magnetic fields inside a ring-shaped vacuum chamber. The international experimental reactor ITER, currently being built in Cadarache, France,will show feasibility by generating fusion power of 500 megawatts.
Sorry Science, By High School 4X As Many Women As Men Want To Enter Medical Fields Instead
Regardless of why, whether it is just that women prefer fields like medicine, where they can help people instead of doing theoretical physics, the data show fewer women than men get degrees in overall Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields.
Spooky Music Action At A Distance: A Human Musician Communicates Directly With A Quantum Computer
Amodal: We Begin Linking Vocal And Facial Emotion At Age 8
Emotions are an integral part of our lives. They influence our behavior, perceptions, and day-to-day decisions. The spontaneous amodal coding of emotions - independent of perceptual modalities like the physical characteristics of faces or voices - is easy for adults, but how does the same capacity develop in children?
Recent experiments using kids ages 5, 8 and 10 years sought to find out when children began to recognize happiness or anger depending on whether it is expressed by a voice or on a face.
Global Warming Reversed 6,500 Years Of Cooling
Blatant Opportunism: EDC Believers Exploiting Covid-19 Pandemic Further Erodes Trust In Science And Health Efforts
As a semi-retired epidemiologist, in a higher risk age group and with attendant co-morbidities, I have followed the Covid-19 pandemic with scientific curiosity mixed with a tinge of personal anxiety. Much of the data being reported is of abysmal quality, and it’s a major professional disappointment to me that, after more than four months, the situation hasn’t improved much.
Free-Range Kids: Why Lack Of Adult Supervision Matters
The recently released 2020 ParticipACTION Report Card revealed that Canadian children scored a D+ for “daily physical activity,” an F for “active play” and a D- for “active transportation.” Only 39 per cent of Canadian children and youth achieve recommended physical activity levels.
A decline in children’s physical activity isn’t a new trend. However, with COVID-19, there has been further decline in physical activity resulting from public health protocols aimed at curbing the spread of the virus.