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| How people respond to wildfire smoke Posted: 30 Aug 2021 12:29 PM PDT Interviews with Northern California residents reveal that social norms and social support are essential for understanding protective health behaviors during wildfire smoke events -- information that could be leveraged to improve public health outcomes. |
| Tracking genetically modified animals Posted: 30 Aug 2021 11:02 AM PDT Researchers have discovered a new way to track genetically modified animals using the artificial transgenes they leave behind in the environment. The discovery provides a powerful new tool to locate and manage genetically modified animals that have escaped or been released into the wild. |
| Location and intensity of global threats to biodiversity Posted: 30 Aug 2021 08:33 AM PDT Using a novel modelling approach, new research reveals the location and intensity of key threats to biodiversity on land and identifies priority areas across the world to help inform conservation decision making at national and local levels. |
| Want to play college sports? A wealthy family helps Posted: 30 Aug 2021 05:18 AM PDT It takes more than athletic talent to play varsity sports in college, at least for most young people, a new study suggests. Researchers found that U.S. high-school athletes were much more likely to play sports in college if they came from higher-income families with well-educated parents and attended wealthier schools. |
| Perceptions of supernatural beings reveal feelings about good and bad in humans Posted: 30 Aug 2021 05:18 AM PDT What transpires in comedies and cartoons when a character has a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other is not far off from people's perceptions of the real world, finds a new study. |
| Staying home, having access to primary care, and limiting contagion hubs may curb COVID-19 deaths Posted: 30 Aug 2021 05:18 AM PDT Staying home and limiting local travel, supporting access to primary care, and limiting contacts in contagion hubs -- including hospitals, schools, and workplaces -- are strategies that might help reduce COVID-19-related deaths, according to new research that analyzed the first wave of the epidemic in Italy. |
| Reducing sugar in packaged foods can prevent disease in millions Posted: 27 Aug 2021 05:24 AM PDT Cutting 20 percent of sugar from packaged foods and 40 percent from beverages could prevent 2.48 million cardiovascular disease events (such as strokes, heart attacks, cardiac arrests), 490,000 cardiovascular deaths, and 750,000 diabetes cases in the U.S. over the lifetime of the adult population, according to a new study. |
| Science-backed tips for maximizing play time with kids Posted: 26 Aug 2021 06:50 AM PDT A new study explores the science-backed core pillars of learning and examples of play spaces that incorporate them, and the researchers give tips for parents to use them at home. |
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