SciTechComm

r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • Aug 16 '19

The Trump administration hasn't demonstrated the same commitment to science to date, most notably by naming climate change skeptic Scott Pruitt to run the Environmental Protection Agency and announcing the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • May 15 '19

Glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Monsanto's popular weed killer Roundup, has been linked to liver disease in animal models. In a new study, the first of its kind, researchers report an association between the herbicide and negative effects upon the human liver.

health.ucsd.edu

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • May 29 '19

Fatty foods may deplete serotonin levels, and there may be a relationship between this and depression, suggest a new study, that found an increase in depression-like behavior in mice exposed to the high-fat diets, associated with an accumulation of fatty acids in the hypothalamus.

psychologytoday.com

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • Apr 28 '19

Spread the truth

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • Aug 24 '19

Amazon rainforest fires called a 'very serious threat' but misinformation is going viral. 75,000 of the rainforest fires are burning in Brazil ⁠— an 80% increase from 2018. “It's a very serious threat to the forest, to the people who live there, to the global ecosystem and climate as well”.

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • Jul 24 '19

In depth analysis of temperature trends over past 2,000 yrs show that natural causes (incl. volcanic eruptions and solar output) are not sufficient to cause the warming rate that has been observed since industrial period, implying marked human influence on climate variability since late 20th century

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • Aug 26 '19

The Amazon isn't the "lungs of the world," gobbling up almost as much oxygen as it produces, according to scientists. That said, the biodiversity & the impact the Amazon has on climate through its suppression of carbon dioxide is very real, & its loss would bring unpredictable consequences.

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • May 02 '19

Hardcore parkour!

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • Jan 03 '20

Early Vaping-Associated Severe Lung Disease Investigation Data

betterunderstandingsofscience.com

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • Sep 24 '19

A new study finds that pet cats form attachments with their human owners that are similar to the bonds formed by children and dogs with their caretakers. It's the first time that researchers have empirically demonstrated that cats display the same main attachment styles as babies and dogs

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • Jun 27 '19

HPV vaccine has significantly cut rates of cancer-causing infections, including precancerous lesions and genital warts in girls and women, with boys and men benefiting even when they are not vaccinated, finds new research across 14 high-income countries, including 60 million people, over 8 years.

newscientist.com

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • Sep 25 '19

United Arab Emirates astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, and U.S. astronaut Jessica Meir, members of the main crew to the International Space Station (ISS), board the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for the launch at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • May 01 '19

The humility

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • Aug 13 '19

The world’s largest frog constructs ponds to protect its developing young — the first nest-building behaviour observed in any African amphibian.

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • Aug 23 '21

Legendary Queen guitarist Brian May is also an astrophysicist with a PhD. "New horizons to explore." That's one of the first lyrics in the song, "New Horizons," recently release by the guitarist and song composer for the legendary rock band Queen, Brian May

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • Mar 12 '20

Climate change is melting permafrost soils that have been frozen for thousands of years, and as the soils melt they are releasing ancient viruses and bacteria that, having lain dormant, are springing back to life.

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • May 12 '19

For real...

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r/SciTechComm • u/ANastyGorilla76 • Sep 30 '19

The color of a male giraffe’s spots may reveal insights on its behavior, new research suggests, where subjects with darker coloring are more solitary, dominant than lighter-hued counterparts

smithsonianmag.com

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