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Fossil fuel producers pay for carbon clear up. Compelling fossil fuel producers to pay for carbon clean-up could end these fuels’ contribution to global warming without pitting climate action against meeting society’s energy needs—at a relatively affordable cost.
ox.ac.ukSubmitted by Wagamaga t3_109zn4c
Prosecution of individuals for nonviolent misdemeanors increases the likelihood of future criminal activity, in particular for first-timers. [The study uses the random assignment of misdemeanor cases to prosecutors to compare what happens to similar misdemeanor offenders who were prosecuted or not].
academic.oup.comSubmitted by smurfyjenkins t3_10kallr
The polarization of politics and public opinion and their effects on racial inequality in COVID mortality: evidence suggests that shrinking gap in US COVID-19 racial death disparities driven by political division and increasing total deaths among Whites rather than decreasing deaths among Blacks
journals.plos.orgSubmitted by Dizzy_Slip t3_yjlbdl
Mother’s health and lifestyle during pregnancy are important regulators of the child's neurodevelopment. Maternal gestational diabetes and obesity may have unfavourable effects, whereas a healthy, comprehensive diet supports the development of the child’s cognitive, language and motor skills.
utu.fiSubmitted by universityofturku t3_10g1ipc
Study finds “forever chemicals” disrupt key biological processes. The disruption of these biological processes is connected to an increased risk of a very broad range of diseases, including developmental disorders, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disease and many types of cancer.
keck.usc.eduSubmitted by Wagamaga t3_11913z8
A team of physicists devises a model that maps a star's surprising orbit about a supermassive black hole. When a star passes within a certain distance of a black hole - close enough to be gravitationally disrupted - the stellar material gets stretched and compressed as it falls into the black hole.
thecollege.syr.eduSubmitted by MistWeaver80 t3_10b69qn
Wear and tear from lifelong stress can increase cancer mortality. Even without adjusting for any potential confounders like age, social demographics like race and sex, those with a high allostatic load were 2.4 times more likely to die from cancer than those with low allostatic loads
eurekalert.orgSubmitted by Wagamaga t3_xx2nwg
Study in fruit flies found that the most promising anti-ageing drug rapamycin prolongs the lifespan, and the development of age-related pathological changes in the gut, of female fruit flies, but not in males. Concluding that the sex is a crucial factor in the effectiveness of anti-ageing drugs
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