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Study finds almost half of teen drivers who currently use marijuana reported driving after using marijuana (DAUM), which is 17% higher than the rate found in a study of first-year college students in 2012.
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Archaeologist who discovered the oldest civilization in the Americas, carbon-dated back to 2627 BCE, and which UNESCO describes as “exceptionally well-preserved” threatened by squatters belong to a single extended family.
theguardian.com/world/2021/j…
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Episode 90 out now! @ArchaeoEric from @StudentsNCL discusses his research in @AntiquityJ about what pet cemeteries can tell us about changes in our relationships with pets over the past century.
Open access article @ parsing.science/tourigny
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Episode 89 out now! Jesse Casana @SPARCLDartmouth talks with us about his research using drones to prospect for features of an ancestral Native American settlement in what's now southeastern Kansas.
Open-access article @ parsing.science/casana
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Commentary on shortcomings of using fMRI to image which parts of the brain “light up” during cognitive tasks.
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You can't make this stuff up: Liars found to withhold information, even when first informed that longer, more detailed statements would make it easier to detect if they are telling the truth or lying.
theconversation.com/spotting…
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Irrespective of one's religious worldview, most people still have a tendency to use science more than spirituality as a heuristic for the trustworthiness and credibility of information.
psyarxiv.com/sf8ez/
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Commentary on AI program which is able to determine how nearly 2/3 of proteins fold with accuracy comparable to laboratory experiments ... but in a matter of days, rather than what might take years at the laboratory bench.
theness.com/neurologicablog/…
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Earth is 16,000mph faster & 2000 light-years closer to supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.
sciencealert.com/earth-is-si…
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New species of a gelatinous animal discovered in the waters near Puerto Rico via remote exploration.
fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-s…
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Leaf-cutting ant species found to have a tough layer of calcite on its exoskeleton, helping protect them in fights with soldier ants.
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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People found to seek information online that confirms their existing beliefs, making them less willing to listen to alternatives, exacerbating filter bubbles and explaining the polarization of public debates.
mpib-berlin.mpg.de/press-rel…
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Episode 88 out now! @UCIPhysAstro's Arianna Long (@astroarianna) discusses her research into the emergence of massive dusty star-forming galaxies that developed billions of years ago.
Article @ parsing.science/a.long (preprint @ parsing.science/astroarianna)
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Scientists have uncovered new evidence in the mysterious fluorescent debris of the Blue Ring Nebula formed after a sunlike star collided with and consumed a smaller stellar companion only a few thousand years ago.
caltech.edu/about/news/mergi…
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Long considered "incidental and even non-existent," discovery of a large number of 1300 year old graves in northeastern Spain suggests Arab Muslims had a bigger influence in the region than previously thought.
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Visitors to publicly owned parks who saw a "Welcome to YOUR Park" instead of “the Park” signs reported more ownership and responsibility, were more likely to pick up trash, and donated 34% more.
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People who feel supported and loved by others tend to be more open-minded, accepting of opposing views, and willing to see multiple perspectives.
behaviorist.biz/oh-behave-a-…
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Episode 87 out now! Tim Miller from @WUSTL's @MillerLabNeuro talks with us about his research into the beginning of genomic therapies for the fatal disease, ALS.
@NEJM article at parsing.science/t.miller
parsing.science/e87
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Economic benefit and perceived risk influence attitudes toward the sharing economy; combined with subjective norms and perceived behavioral control, these variables are associated with people's intention to participate in the sharing economy.
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The "natural experiment" caused by the shutdown of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic led to a 2h shift in the sleep of developing adolescents, longer sleep duration, improved sleep quality, and less daytime sleepiness.
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