Just Plain WEIRD #2
The plant-based diet came out well ahead of a healthy omnivore eating plan. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Dec 03 – The fact that eating less meat improves cardiovascular health is not a new revelation, but previous studies supporting this have often been …
Managing methane from belching cattle is a top innovation priority. Lance Cheung/USDA –– By Paul Winters, Professor of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame – Published: 2023 Dec 02 – For the first time ever, food and agriculture took center stage at the annual …
If the new E-AB biosensor reaches production, painful finger-prick tests like these may no longer be necessary. Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2023 Nov 30 – Daily finger-prick blood tests are an uncomfortable fact of life for diabetics, but they may not always have …
Possessing certain personality traits increases the risk of a dementia diagnosis, while others lessen it, research has found. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2023 Nov 30 – New research has found that some personality traits increase the risk of a dementia diagnosis, whereas others …
LHS 3154b, a newly discovered massive planet that should be too big to exist. The Pennsylvania State University – By Suvrath Mahadevan, Verne M. Willaman Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State and by Guðmundur Kári Stefánsson, NASA Hubble Fellow, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, …
Could nature be the solution to the world’s impending food shortages? Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Nov 29 – In what is a hugely promising sign for securing and boosting food production, a large-scale field study has demonstrated how treating farmland soil with …
President Richard Nixon, left, speaks with national security adviser Henry Kissinger at the White House in September 1972. AP Photo – By Jarrod Hayes’ Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Lowell Published: 2022 Dec 14, Updated: 2023 Nov 29 – Henry Kissinger, who …
Exposing male rats to simulated deep space travel led to long-lasting erectile dysfunction. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2023 Nov 26 – Adding to the growing research into the effects of long-haul spaceflights on the human body, researchers have found that the weightlessness and …
The Earth’s magnetic field deflects particles emitted by the Sun. Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty Images – By Ofer Cohen, Associate Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, UMass Lowell Published: 2023 Nov 27 – The Earth’s magnetic field plays a big role …
The AI most likely to cause you harm is not some malevolent superintelligence, but the loan algorithm at your bank. AP Photo/Mark Humphrey – By Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University Published: 2023 Nov 21 – The turmoil at ChatGPT-maker …
