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half_dragon_dire t1_j6gcrc0 wrote
Reply to Amazon's Least-Deforested Areas Are Due to Vital Role of Indigenous Peoples, Only 5% of Net Forest Loss Occurs in Indigenous Territories and Protected Areas Despite Containing 52% of the Total Forested Area by 9273629397759992
My strategy gamer.instinct is to figure.out how large an average group is and how large an area they protect, and then start apprenticing volunteer forest defenders to amicable indigenous groups to form a defensive line around the most threatened areas.
K_Kraz t1_j6gazkq wrote
Reply to comment by RickySlayer9 in Black and Hispanic hairdressers are exposed to a complex mixture of chemicals, many of them unknown, potentially hazardous, and undisclosed on product labels, researchers report. There are more than 700,000 hairdressers in the United States, more than 90% of whom are estimated to be women. by MistWeaver80
They didn’t sample white or asian hairdressers and then throw out headlines to play the racial angle to feed on inequality outrage and draw in reader when there isn’t even a basis to quantify that this is impacting any particular race disproportionately.
What the article concludes is that black and hispanic hairdressers show to have more chemicals in their system than people of color working in office jobs. It is about profession and not race. The implication that it disproportionately impacting people of color was an unsupported assumption.
npearson t1_j6g9821 wrote
Reply to comment by WhatsUpWithThatFact in Study uncovers a surprising level of heterogeneity in psychopathy among condemned capital murderers: While a substantial proportion of the offenders exhibited heightened psychopathic features, others showed no signs of psychopathy by HeinieKaboobler
Or some people murder for reasons other than having poor emotional control and a lack of empathy.
turbols3 t1_j6g7vdh wrote
FriedRiceAndMath t1_j6g5ms1 wrote
Reply to comment by joepalms in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
We will just implant tiny UV lights to break down our internal plastics.
FriedRiceAndMath t1_j6g5gpd wrote
Reply to comment by EvenBetterCool in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Climate is playing a long game. Make the habitat unsuitable for humans while filling the remaining humans with microplastics, reducing the future rate of human (and consequently, plastic) production.
0x3f0xbf t1_j6g53is wrote
Reply to Study uncovers a surprising level of heterogeneity in psychopathy among condemned capital murderers: While a substantial proportion of the offenders exhibited heightened psychopathic features, others showed no signs of psychopathy by HeinieKaboobler
So.. big reveal.. people commit murder for different reasons?
FriedRiceAndMath t1_j6g4zn5 wrote
Reply to comment by resumethrowaway222 in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Hoist the plastic nanoparticles into the atmosphere to restock the ozone layer. It’ll be like sunglasses for the earth.
FriedRiceAndMath t1_j6g4t7b wrote
Reply to comment by kaybee915 in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Big plastic has purchased a controlling interest in sunlight.
FriedRiceAndMath t1_j6g4g96 wrote
Reply to comment by Sparkybear in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
We eat the things that eat the plastics.
Kinda like, I want my pizza toppings to have eaten other pizza toppings.
Bruno_Vieira t1_j6g44cf wrote
Reply to Study uncovers a surprising level of heterogeneity in psychopathy among condemned capital murderers: While a substantial proportion of the offenders exhibited heightened psychopathic features, others showed no signs of psychopathy by HeinieKaboobler
Idk why this is surprising? Did ppl rlly assume only psychopaths kill others?
Edit: in my opinion this line of thinking shows a huge lack of understanding of the human nature and just what humans are in general. Not something you’d expect from psychologists.
Franklin_le_Tanklin t1_j6g41sy wrote
Reply to comment by BovaDesnuts in Amazon's Least-Deforested Areas Are Due to Vital Role of Indigenous Peoples, Only 5% of Net Forest Loss Occurs in Indigenous Territories and Protected Areas Despite Containing 52% of the Total Forested Area by 9273629397759992
Yea. Territorial protest in its most brutal form.
railker t1_j6g06a7 wrote
Reply to comment by oscarddt in Adopting healthy lifestyle habits can slow the memory decline that accompanies aging, including in individuals who carry a gene that significantly increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by YoanB
One variant of one gene, probably there's others but here's the info 23andMe has on the subject.
BovaDesnuts t1_j6fwd0l wrote
Reply to Amazon's Least-Deforested Areas Are Due to Vital Role of Indigenous Peoples, Only 5% of Net Forest Loss Occurs in Indigenous Territories and Protected Areas Despite Containing 52% of the Total Forested Area by 9273629397759992
Friendly reminder that torturing loggers to death and leaving their corpses for their buddies is generally a successful tactic to prevent logging. The indigenous brazillian way.
9273629397759992 OP t1_j6fwag4 wrote
Reply to Amazon's Least-Deforested Areas Are Due to Vital Role of Indigenous Peoples, Only 5% of Net Forest Loss Occurs in Indigenous Territories and Protected Areas Despite Containing 52% of the Total Forested Area by 9273629397759992
Plain language summary:
This study found that Indigenous territories and protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon are responsible for more than half of the region’s forest, but only 5% of total net forest loss. The authors of the study attribute this to the weakening of environmental protections under former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and suggest that the newly installed Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva must bring back stronger protections for the Amazon, including international cooperation and financing. Indigenous leaders such as Amanda Kayabi, who works with the Xingu Seed Network, emphasize the importance of Indigenous peoples in protecting the Amazon and suggest that demarcation alone is not enough to reach the deforestation goals.
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Forthefishes t1_j6fv6mi wrote
Reply to comment by nanny2359 in Most COVID-19 trial preprints were eventually published, and the conclusions mostly stayed the same. But preprint studies with smaller numbers of participants (sample size) and higher risk of bias were less likely to be published. by MistWeaver80
while I get what you're saying, sometimes policy needs to happen prior to publication. pre publication can serve a valuable purpose while waiting on review
anfornum t1_j6fqthl wrote
Reply to comment by tukekairo in Black and Hispanic hairdressers are exposed to a complex mixture of chemicals, many of them unknown, potentially hazardous, and undisclosed on product labels, researchers report. There are more than 700,000 hairdressers in the United States, more than 90% of whom are estimated to be women. by MistWeaver80
There was a big study done because they noted that Asian women working in salons were dying of a really specific cancer. Turned out it was from the stuff in the mail products. I think it I learned about this from a series on HBO about the beauty industry... "Not so pretty"? They were saying that women from Asian backgrounds were being exposed to dangerous chemicals every day but not being warned. A lot died very early. It is a sad documentary. The same can be said for people working with textured hair. They use different products on the hair and some of these are maybe not as regulated or are brought in from out of the country and so haven't been through the same checks. It's good that this is coming to light more and more but bad that it's still an issue.
WhatsUpWithThatFact t1_j6fpqug wrote
Reply to Study uncovers a surprising level of heterogeneity in psychopathy among condemned capital murderers: While a substantial proportion of the offenders exhibited heightened psychopathic features, others showed no signs of psychopathy by HeinieKaboobler
Perhaps some of those jailed are innocent?
oscarddt t1_j6flr6y wrote
Reply to Adopting healthy lifestyle habits can slow the memory decline that accompanies aging, including in individuals who carry a gene that significantly increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by YoanB
The gene that increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's desease has been identified?
calypsopub t1_j6fj1y4 wrote
jnelsoni t1_j6fdxmv wrote
Reply to comment by eldenrim in Researchers has found a link in sleep problems and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. A study found sleep disturbances were prevalent among those with lifetime suicidal ideation or a lifetime suicide attempt. by Wagamaga
It definitely is! I know my mom uses one of those machines at night and had to go through observed sleep studies. I wonder if they have a home monitor for diagnosis. I’m trying to imagine doing one in a hospital setting and them getting frustrated ( and me going broke) after I still haven’t fallen asleep after 2 days. I will definitely ask about it. I’m trying a therapist when I get back to the states and focusing on CBT for sleep hygiene and whatnot. I’m not sure how that’s going to work, but I have a sleep-log to start keeping track. Thanks!
darktimesGrandpa t1_j6gg3yb wrote
Reply to UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
“Disappear”. We’re f’d