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Cognitive Impairment
Chronic Fatigue: New Evidence of Biological Causes
realclearscience.com - Carmine Pariante
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) affects up to 24m people, globally, but little is known about its causes. Our latest study unravels some of this …
Dyslexia
Teachers don’t understand the depth of dyslexia
nature.com - npj Science of Learning Community
Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that most of us know for causing problems with writing, reading and spelling. But it is more than this, and …
France
Climate action must now focus on the global rich and their corporations
phys.org - Nicholas Beuret
The COP reveals the limits of using nation states as the basis for action. Wedded to geopolitical realities and economic competition, states have not …
Sepsis
Bacterial infections in foals behind some joint issues - study
horsetalk.co.nz - Horsetalk.co.nz
Some of the bone lesions affecting the joints of Standardbreds are caused by bacterial infections at a young age, researchers have concluded. The …
Paris Agreement
We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate
phys.org - Kate Dooley
The new rulebook defines what will constitute "climate finance", and how it will be reported and reviewed. Developed countries are now obliged to …
Quartz
Anti-Social Behavior
A working parent’s guide to keeping your kid out of trouble over the holidays
Quartz
Many working parents battle with school holidays, especially the long period between Christmas and the start of the new school year. In Australia, for example, most people receive four weeks’ leave a (Americans
Oxford Dictionary
If you recycled all the plastic garbage in the world, you could buy the NFL, Apple and Microsoft
rawstory.com - The Conversation
This year, I served on the judging panel for The Royal Statistical Society’s International Statistic of the Year. On Dec. 18, we announced the winner: …
Atlas Obscura
Libraries
The New Central Library
Atlas Obscura - L Leanne Louie
The New Central Library is a masterpiece of contemporary architecture in the midst of downtown Calgary. With its towering glass walls and slanting …
Kevin MacLeod
Cast: Marijuana Politics & Policy: E21 MD Medical Sales Explode, Spanish Altar Boys Pull a Prank, and more.
libsyn.com - votepropot.libsyn.com
News and follow-ups from the world of cannabis, including Follow-ups on recent stories out of Utah, Colorado, and DC • Maryland medical marijuana sales …
Cargo Ships
Cargo ships are emitting boatloads of carbon, and nobody wants to take the blame
phys.org - Henrik Selin And Rebecca Cowing
To date, that organization has done little to address climate change even though it did announce in April 2018 that it aims to halve emissions from …
PlayStation
Earth's Mightiest Podcasts: MwaP Episode 94: An Elephant's Moo
libsyn.com - earthsmightiestpodcast.libsyn.com
The boys are back with a brand new episode. Come join them as Scott does some investigational journalism as to what the last PS2 game was, then …
Atlas Obscura
Exorcism
Jambay Lhakhang
Atlas Obscura - Tony Dunnell
According to legend, this temple was built to pin down the body of a demoness who lay across the Himalayas. The Jambay Lhakhang temple has a colorful …
Central Nervous System
Advanced digital networks look a lot like the human nervous system
phys.org - Salvatore Domenic Morgera
The spinal cord handles large numbers of sensory inputs and action responses passing back and forth between the brain and the body. It also handles …
Cyber-attacks
New guidelines for responding to cyber attacks don't go far enough
phys.org - Adam Henry
But there is little articulation in the public domain of what these ideas actually mean. The new cyber incident management arrangements are meant to …
Family Car
Have we reached Peak Car?
phys.org - Barry Cross
Factor in ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, the comprehensive cost of vehicle ownership and more effective public transportation (everywhere …
Tech Trends
Rewilding war zones can help heal the wounds of conflict
phys.org - Antonio Uzal
As a result, the war essentially created vast "marine protected areas" for several years in the Atlantic Ocean. After the war, armed with faster and …
Shenzhen
China's win-at-all-costs approach suggests it will follow its own dangerous path in biomedicine
phys.org - Hallam Stevens
In 2012, back from the U.S., He Jiankui joined Southern University of Science and Technology, an institution set up in Shenzhen in 2011. This local …
Quartz
Bird Box
How to have a merry, plastic-free Christmas
Quartz
Research shows that waste can double during the Christmas period, and most of it is plastic from gift wrapping and packaging. The British, for example, go through more than 40 million rolls of (mostly
TNW
Energy Efficiency
Don’t worry about screen time – focus on how you use technology
TNW - The Conversation
Many Americans find themselves bombarded by expert advice to limit their screen time and break their addictions to digital devices – including enforcing and modeling this restraint for the children in
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Inca Empire
Using archaeology to understand the past, present, future of climate change
phys.org - Andrew Roddick
The image got me thinking about what archaeological research can tell us about about disasters and climate change. As an archaeologist, I seek to …
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Grumpy Cat
Memes are taking the alt-right’s message of hate mainstream
TNW - The Conversation
Think of an internet meme and you’ll probably smile. The most memorable viral images are usually funny, from Distracted Boyfriend to classics like Grumpy Cat. But some memes have a much more sinister They
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Author Correction: Heterogeneity of hard skin layer in wrinkled PDMS surface fabricated by Ar ion-beam irradiation
nature.com - www.nature.com
Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32378-2, published online 19 September 2018 The original version of this Article …
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The Brain
Study: Switching between devices is associated with poorer attention and memory
TNW - The Conversation
How many times have you sat down to watch TV or a movie, only to immediately shift your attention to your smartphone or tablet? Known as “media multitasking,” this phenomenon is so common that an estimated
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Tech Trends
The math on why the Trump administration’s fuel standards report is seriously flawed
rawstory.com - The Conversation
Fuel economy standards are an important way for the U.S. to combat climate change. However, a 2018 study conducted by the Trump administration …
Tony Luchiniadded this to Teaching
Royalty-Free Music
A Guide to Finding Media for Classroom Projects
practicaledtech.com
Last week I received an email from a former colleague who had received a copyright infringement notice for something she posted on a classroom blog …
ACLU
Baauer releases new track, 'Tep Tep,' as part of LuckyMe's yearly advent calendar
dancingastronaut.com - by: Anthony Manganiello
Baauer releases new track, ‘Tep Tep,’ as part of LuckyMe’s yearly advent calendar Every year, LuckyMe Records puts together their “advent calendar” of …
Libraries
Why you should give your grandparents a 3D printer for Christmas
chron.com - Joshua M. Pearce, Michigan Technological University
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joshua M. Pearce, Michigan …
TNW
Weather
How an app can help fight loneliness in old people at Christmas
TNW - The Conversation
While loneliness is experienced by all ages, it’s especially pronounced in older people. In the UK, 51 percent of all people aged 75 and over live alone and approximately 6 percent of older adults leave
How to have yourself a plastic-free Christmas
phys.org - Manuela Taboada
This is by far the hardest item to avoid. Lots of non-plastic items come packed in plastic, including most of our food. So, simply… Refuse it: find …
Contemporary Society
How RE teachers see religion – and why it can be bad for pupils
phys.org - David R. Smith
As RE teacher educators, we decided to find out how religion is understood and being taught in UK schools. We carried out the largest study of its …