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There’s electrical signaling between tomato plants
“The soil beneath our feet is alive with electrical signals being sent from one plant to another, according to research…” | learn more
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MIT nanoparticles tag proteins to reveal disease via the breath
This is from the same lab that managed to create urine tests for lung cancer. Amazon stuff in the pipeline of science! | learn more
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Weaving indigenous knowledge with scientific research
This article’s title caught my eye because I’ve been trying to reconcile the wisdom of my grandparents and evidence-based science (they often seem far apart). It’s focused on geoscience, a bit out of my sweet spot, yet still relevant. “Although Western scientists […]
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Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don’t Have To
“He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.” – Joseph Heller, Catch 22 What if we treated aging as a disease? Already you can imagine the controversy. It would feel wrong to call granny sick just because […]
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A decent study on surgical mask effectiveness
They screened through a few thousand people to find 246 people who had viruses, then did a randomized controlled test of surgical masks. “Surgical face masks significantly reduced detection of influenza virus RNA in respiratory droplets and coronavirus RNA in […]
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New urine test can tell if you’re on the best diet for your body
“A test detecting metabolites in urine can effectively measure not only the quality of one’s nutritional intake but whether they’re on the best diet for their specific metabolism. The test could help clinicians generate personalized dietary advice.” | learn more
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Chinese research papers raise doubts about scientific integrity
“Internationally peer-reviewed journals published more than 100 research papers from China-based authors that appear to have reused identical sets of images, raising questions about the proliferation of problematic science.” | learn more
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Gene editing as treatment for coronary heart disease
“Verve is developing one-time gene editing medicines that safely edit the adult human genome and mimic naturally-occurring cardioprotective variants to permanently knock out cholesterol-raising genes in the liver and treat coronary heart disease.” | learn more
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How reliable are Covid-19 diagnostic tests?
“In the absence of a clinical laboratory “gold standard,” researchers are finding a high frequency of false negatives in SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR tests.“ | learn more
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Deep red light reboots aging retinas
“A new study has demonstrated how a form of deep red light therapy can help address age-related decline in vision. Hitting the retina with just the right wavelength of light was found to recharge its energy system in those over […]