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The risk of developing osteoarthritis, a common, incurable form of the condition, was 58% higher among those with eczema or asthma compared to the general population. Those with both asthma and eczema were twice as likely to develop osteoarthritis compared to the general population. N = 100,000+
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Traditionally, the drainage of water from beneath ice sheets is thought to stabilise ice flow by removing lubricating water from the ice sheet bed; however, new findings highlight a currently overlooked process that can rapidly switch on beneath melting ice sheets.
carbonbrief.orgSubmitted by avogadros_number t3_xwneba
Three currently circulating omicron subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 – including two that currently make up almost 50% of reported COVID-19 infections in the U.S. – are better at evading vaccine- and infection-generated neutralizing antibodies than earlier versions of omicron, new research suggests.
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By combining a robotic system with a beehive, scientists successfully warmed and resurrected a honeybee colony experiencing a perilous winter condition called chill-coma. The “robotic beehive” also let researchers monitor heat patterns and map colony activity.
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Revolutionary Violence and Counterrevolution ["revolutions involving more violence are less at risk of counterrevolution and that this relationship exists primarily because violence lowers the likelihood of counterrevolutionary success—but not counterrevolutionary emergence"]
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Companion robots to mitigate loneliness among older adults: "Most participants (68.7%) did not think an Artificial Companion robot would make them feel less lonely and felt somewhat-to-very uncomfortable (69.3%) with the idea of being allowed to believe that an artificial companion is human."
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Iron Supplementation ‘Is Beneficial For Intelligence’. The effect was shown to increase with supplement dosage, with researchers highlighting that the “results suggest that oral iron intake can improve the cognitive development of children and adolescents living in LMICs.
ncbi.nlm.nih.govSubmitted by Wagamaga t3_zy3fe5
Climate change is extending the lifetime of space debris. A new study found that the density of the thermosphere will decrease by 30-35% at an altitude of 250 miles over the next few decades. That loss of drag would increase the lifetime of space debris in LEO by 30% compared to 2000.
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