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Challenging the Prevailing View – 45,000-Year-Old Ancient DNA Reveals Hidden Human History

The new findings challenge the prevailing view of human adaption. The researchers used ancient genomes to reveal new information about the human history of adaption.  Ancient DNA, including samples from human remains that are around 45,000 years old, has helped researchers understand a previously unknown aspect of humanity’s evolution. The new research, which was co-led […]

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UN taps potential for trust-building on shared water resources

8 December 2022 Climate and Environment A UN-led push for greater cross-border cooperation over increasingly finite water resources, made significant progress on Thursday, after it was announced that more than 30 governments and organizations have decided to work together on the issue. “This year’s terrible floods and droughts in almost all corners of the planet […]

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Janus, Februm, Mars… Do you know the divine names of the months?

Who names the months and how? Several thousand years passed until the world united around a common way of counting time. Yes, thousands. As early as five and more millennia ago, ancient civilizations discovered ways to track and record the transition of life from one cycle to another. When the sun will set for the […]

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Advancing the criminal justice system at centre of the second thematic discussions on the implementation of the Kyoto Declaration

© UNODC Safeguarding victims’ rights, protecting witnesses and reporting persons, and improving criminal investigation processes Vienna (Austria), 7 December 2022 – The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), the United Nations’ (UN) principal policymaking body on crime prevention and criminal justice, held its second Thematic Discussions on the implementation of the Kyoto Declaration from […]

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Heart Attack on a Chip: Replicating Key Aspects of America’s No. 1 Killer

Researchers have developed a “heart attack on a chip” that replicates some key features of a heart attack in a relatively simple and easy-to-use system. It could one day serve as a testbed to develop new heart drugs and even personalized medicine. USC researchers Megan McCain and postdoc Megan Rexius-Hall have engineered a microscale model […]

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Scared of Shots? A Wearable Robot Can Improve Your Experience

The new robot can improve the experience of patients going through unpleasant medical procedures. Researchers from the University of Tsukuba discovered that wearing a soft robot can enhance the patient experience during medical treatments. While most of us cannot live without our cell phones, robots may soon become indispensable companions. It certainly seems so based […]

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Ukraine: ‘Senseless war’ has triggered ‘colossal torment’: Griffiths to Security Council 

6 December 2022 Humanitarian Aid The torment being unleashed by Russia’s “senseless war”, on the people of Ukraine and beyond, is “colossal”, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator told the Security Council on Tuesday.  Amidst ongoing humanitarian operations, Martin Griffiths told ambassadors he had come to brief them in New York on “the widespread death, destruction, […]

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Ukraine: Missile strikes threaten millions facing cold and hungry winter 

5 December 2022 Humanitarian Aid A UN Spokesperson said on Monday that another wave of missile strikes in Ukraine has further damaged the country’s energy system, leaving millions of people without electricity and water as temperatures dip below freezing.  At the regular press briefing in New York, Associate Spokesperson Stéphanie Tremblay told journalists that according […]

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Scientists Discover That Reduced Activity and High Sugar Consumption Is Worse for Men Than Women

According to the research, only in men did a sedentary lifestyle and excessive sugar consumption cause lower insulin-stimulated leg blood flow and a decline in a protein called adropin. The study involved short-term exposure to decreased activity and increased sugar intake. New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine provides the first evidence […]

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16 Days of Activism: Women in law enforcement gaining community trust

As part of the UN Secretary-General’s campaign for 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2022, entitled “UNITE! Activism to end violence against women and girls”, UNODC is showcasing its activities around the world that help to accelerate efforts to end violence against women and girls through a series of web stories. Today, we hear […]

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Cataclysmic Neutron Star Mergers and the Origin of Elements in the Universe

An image of a neutron star merger and a kilonova. Credit: Tohoku University Neutron star mergers have been confirmed to synthesize rare Earth elements. For the first time, a group of scientists has identified rare earth elements produced by neutron star mergers. The details of the scientists’ findings were recently published in The Astrophysical Journal. […]

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Stanford Researchers Find COVID-19 Pandemic Stress Physically Aged Teens’ Brains

The brains of adolescents who were assessed after the pandemic shutdowns ended appeared several years older than those of teens who were assessed before the pandemic. The brains of adolescents who were assessed after the COVID pandemic shutdowns ended appeared several years older than those of teens who were assessed before the pandemic. Until now, […]

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New Innovative System Evaluates the Habitability of Distant Planets

The authors’ findings will make it possible for scientists to evaluate the atmospheres of many other planets efficiently without having to send a space crew to physically visit them. A computerized system categorizes planet atmospheres and determines which are viable for future settlement by humans. The climate crisis poses a significant challenge to all humans […]

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Scientists Discover That Binge-Eating Sweet Treats Is Influenced by Gut Microbiome

According to new California Institute of Technology (Caltech) research in mice, specific gut bacteria may suppress binge eating behavior. Gut Microbes Influence Binge-Eating of Sweet Treats in Mice We have all been there. You just meant to have a single Oreo cookie as a snack, but then you find yourself going back for another, and […]

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What would dinosaurs look like today if they hadn’t gone extinct

It is almost certain that they would not have created an intelligent civilization Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. As a result of climate changes caused by dust in the atmosphere, a huge percentage of all species disappear. Dinosaurs […]

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Surreal Video of Stressed Cells Helps Biologists Solve a Decades-Old Mystery

The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University scientists solved a decades-old mystery regarding how cells control their volume. Crowded rooms: How Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh researchers solved a cell mystery. A surreal video of stressed cells under a microscope inspired a group of kidney physiologists and biologists from the University […]

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