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Fact checking fake news may make you believe it
Nature
People asked to check the truthfulness of fake news stories online may be more likely to believe the misinformation is true, and that may be because search engines expose them to more fake news as they do so, according to US scientists. They asked Read more about Fact checking fake news may make you believe it
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Not being able to burp means it comes out the other end
Neurogastroenterology & Motility
US scientists conducted interviews with 199 people who lack the ability to burp, a condition called retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (R-CPD), and they reported some pretty unpleasant symptoms, including excessive flatulence, a bloated stomach, Read more about Not being able to burp means it comes out the other end
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Steroid creams may increase the risk of osteoporosis
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
Topical corticosteroids, creams commonly used to treat inflammatory skin conditions such as eczema and dermatitis, could increase your risk of osteoporosis over time, according to international research. The team matched nearly 130,000 osteoporosis Read more about Steroid creams may increase the risk of osteoporosis
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Weight loss could alter your gut bugs and brain
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Weight loss seems to synchronise changes in the gut-brain axis – the way the gut and brain talk to each other – according to a small Chinese study. The team monitored 25 obese patients losing weight during and after an intermittent energy Read more about Weight loss could alter your gut bugs and brain
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Ancient Sahul's submerged landscapes reveal a mosaic of human habitation
Quaternary Science Review
New research conducted by a team of archaeologists and earth scientists has shed light on the ancient landscapes of Sahul, the Pleistocene (Ice Age) landmass comprising Australia and New Guinea. For the majority of the last 65,000 years of human Read more about Ancient Sahul's submerged landscapes reveal a mosaic of human habitation
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Aussie whale fossil suggests the worlds's largest animals first became big in southern oceans
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
A 19 million-year-old whale fossil found on the banks of the Murray River in South Australia is forcing scientists to rethink how and when the world's largest animals, the baleen whales, first evolved their huge size. It was previously thought that Read more about Aussie whale fossil suggests the worlds's largest animals first became big in southern oceans
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Monarch butterflies use landmarks to find their favourite foods
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Monarch butterflies use landmarks to remember the location of food, according to international researchers, who say that this level of spatial memory has been observed in bees and ants but this is the first time it has been shown in butterflies. The Read more about Monarch butterflies use landmarks to find their favourite foods
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Diabetes drug could reduce a woman's risk of substantial weight gain when she quits smoking
BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health
Diabetes drug dulaglutide (Trulicity) could reduce the risk of substantial weight gain in women after they quit smoking, according to international researchers who say the fear of weight gain could potentially be influencing the success rate of Read more about Diabetes drug could reduce a woman's risk of substantial weight gain when she quits smoking
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Reddit posts about 'trip killer' drugs to cut short 'bad trips' rarely mention risks
Emergency Medicine Journal
People on Reddit often recommend 'trip-killers' such as benzodiazepines and antipsychotics, to control a 'bad trip' from psychedelic drugs but only rarely discuss their potential harms, according to UK research. The researchers found 709 posts Read more about Reddit posts about 'trip killer' drugs to cut short 'bad trips' rarely mention risks
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What makes music 'healing'?
General Psychiatry
There are three main elements of a piece of music that influence whether it makes a person feel relaxed regardless of its genre, according to international researchers. The team collected a list of music across various different genres submitted by Read more about What makes music 'healing'?
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BMI no higher in test tube babies, unless embryos were frozen
PLOS Medicine
Babies born via in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and other assisted reproduction techniques (ART) do not go on to have a higher BMI at age five to eight than naturally conceived babies, unless the embryo was frozen, according to an international study Read more about BMI no higher in test tube babies, unless embryos were frozen
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7 in 10 smokers would like to quit in the next couple of years
Drug and Alcohol Review
70. 6% of people who smoke at least once a week would like to quit in the next one to two years, according to a survey of international and Australian smokers. Australian researchers surveyed 8642 people who smoked at least weekly about what they Read more about 7 in 10 smokers would like to quit in the next couple of years
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We've probably wiped out 1,500 bird species in the last 100,000 years, most in the last 10,000
Nature Communications
International scientists say we've wiped out roughly 1,500 bird species since the Late Pleistocene (between 126,000–12,000 years ago), and most have disappeared in the past 11,700 years, during the Holocene period. That's around double previous Read more about We've probably wiped out 1,500 bird species in the last 100,000 years, most in the last 10,000
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Childhood trauma increases risk of chronic pain in adulthood
European Journal of Psychotraumatology
International scientists, including Australians, reviewed and reanalysed 75 years of previous research, including 57 studies involving a total of 826,452 adults, which looked at links between childhood trauma and chronic pain and related disability Read more about Childhood trauma increases risk of chronic pain in adulthood
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World-first clear solar glass greenhouse reduces energy consumption by 40%
Two years after the world’s first clear solar glass greenhouse opened at Murdoch University, researchers have revealed the building has offset nearly 40 per cent of energy consumption. The results are due to fluorescent particles in the solar Read more about World-first clear solar glass greenhouse reduces energy consumption by 40%
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Scientists to fight new spread of tropical disease
Scientists will use cutting-edge technology to determine and predict where the threat of the disease melioidosis is greatest, as the incidence of this dangerous condition increases. According to Aussie researchers, the disease is now appearing in Read more about Scientists to fight new spread of tropical disease
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Global heavyweights line up to attend Quantum Australia 2024 conference
Australia's #1 quantum conference is on again in February 2024, with top government officials from Australia, the UK and USA; quantum entrepreneurs from Australia, Canada, Finland, USA and Singapore; and leading researchers from across the country. Read more about Global heavyweights line up to attend Quantum Australia 2024 conference
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New Zealand is consistently sucking up carbon, Australia less so
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Researchers have measured the Australasia region's carbon emissions and storage over the last decade, finding that the Tasman Sea neighbours together nearly achieve net zero. New Zealand's forests suck up carbon dioxide, and the country has lower Read more about New Zealand is consistently sucking up carbon, Australia less so
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She might have a Nobel Prize in physics, but Barbie needs to expand her scientific range
The BMJ
Barbie's science and medical career dolls usually aren't wearing appropriate personal protective equipment and could do with some more diversity, argues an international researcher as part of the BMJ's light-hearted Christmas edition. The author Read more about She might have a Nobel Prize in physics, but Barbie needs to expand her scientific range
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Doctor Who Christmas specials linked to fewer deaths because of wibbly wobbly timey wimey... stuff
The BMJ
In this year's BMJ Christmas edition, an English researcher has discovered that episodes of Doctor Who screened over the Christmas period - ideally on Christmas Day - were associated with lower death rates in the subsequent year across the UK. The Read more about Doctor Who Christmas specials linked to fewer deaths because of wibbly wobbly timey wimey... stuff
InternationalUniversity of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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