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Severe COVID looks scary like old age in human brain, study finds

Severe COVID looks scary like old age in human brain, study finds

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Severe COVID-19 looks frighteningly like old age in the human brain, according to post-mortem analysis of 54 healthy and infected individuals. The study authors say their research is the first to link COVID-19 to molecular signatures of brain aging. “We observed that gene expression in the brain tissue of deceased COVID-19 patients closely resembled that …

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Behavioral inhibition in childhood predicts social anxiety in adolescence, study finds

Behavioral inhibition in childhood predicts social anxiety in adolescence, study finds

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A 7-year study of twins found that behavioral inhibition in childhood is associated with social anxiety in adolescence. Behavioral inhibition was mainly assessed by shyness. Parental stress and a number of other factors have been found to influence the strength of this association. The study was published in Development and psychopathology. Behavioral inhibition is a …

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'Gloves come off:' City of St. Charles finds new wellfield land, threatens legal action against EPA

‘Gloves come off:’ City of St. Charles finds new wellfield land, threatens legal action against EPA

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) – The City of St. Charles is moving forward with a fix for its water system, before the EPA determines the cause of the contamination and decides who is responsible for the 1, 2 dichloroethylene and vinyl chloride at St. Charles’ Elm Point Well Field. “Everyone would rather have clean drinking …

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Why do some dogs chase squirrels? Study finds genetic links to canine oddities

Why do some dogs chase squirrels? Study finds genetic links to canine oddities

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Researchers have identified genetic variants linked to different canine behaviors.Credit: Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Registry/Getty Is your dog frightened by a plastic bag flapping in the wind? When a stranger comes to the door, is he barking, hiding or looking for you? Does he hunt squirrels? A study that combined 46,000 answers to these and …

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Tidal Disruptor Event J150052 Was Caused by Rapidly Rotating Intermediate-Mass Black Hole, Study Finds

Tidal Disruptor Event J150052 Was Caused by Rapidly Rotating Intermediate-Mass Black Hole, Study Finds

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Long-term light curve of J150052 from 2008. Credit: Cao et al, 2022 Using NASA’s Chandra and ESA’s XMM-Newton space telescopes, astronomers from Radboud University in the Netherlands and elsewhere made X-ray observations of a tidal disturbance event designated 3XMM J150052.0+015452, or J150052 for short. The results show that J150052 was triggered by a rapidly rotating …

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Previous research determined that 10% of the supervolcano was filled with liquid magma, but the new study finds it to be between 16 and 20%

Yellowstone supervolcano contains up to TWICE as much magma as previously believed, study finds

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The beast below: Yellowstone’s supervolcano – which would cause massive destruction when it next erupts – contains up to TWICE as much magma as previously believed, study finds Previous research found that the supervolcano’s caldera was filled with 10% of the magma The latest work reveals it to be between 16 and 20% – double …

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Climate crisis means more extreme weather, Nova Scotia assessment finds | Radio-Canada News

Climate crisis means more extreme weather, Nova Scotia assessment finds | Radio-Canada News

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Nova Scotia faces an increased risk of flooding, wildfires and intense heat that kills crops due to climate change, according to a risk assessment released by the province Monday. The report predicts a warmer, wetter Nova Scotia this century with more intense storms, rising sea levels, and coastal and inland flooding. “Climate change is impacting …

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Feline genetics helps identify first-ever domestication of cats, MU study finds

Feline genetics helps identify first-ever domestication of cats, MU study finds

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picture: Cat see After Credit: University of Missouri COLUMBIA, Missouri — Nearly 10,000 years ago, humans settling the Fertile Crescent, the regions of the Middle East surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, first transitioned from hunter-gatherers to farmers. They have developed close ties to rodent-eating cats that conveniently served as ancient pest control in early …

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Many Australian businesses will scale back climate action when economy slows, survey finds

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Australian companies are more likely to backtrack on their carbon reduction efforts when the economy slows than their global counterparts, according to a survey of 700 companies in 14 countries. However, Deloitte’s gauge of private companies with annual revenue between $250 million and $10 billion (AU$366 million and AU$14.6 billion) also found that around the …

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Earth's oxygen comes from a surprisingly deep and warm source, study finds

Earth’s oxygen comes from a surprisingly deep and warm source, study finds

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The amount of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere makes it a habitable planet. Twenty-one percent of the atmosphere is made up of this life-giving element. But in the distant past – as early as the Neoarchean era 2.8-2.5 billion years ago – this oxygen was almost absent. So how did the Earth’s atmosphere get oxygenated? Our …

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