September 20, 2024Researchers have developed a new organic thermoelectric device that can harvest energy from ambient temperature without any temperature gradient Science
September 20, 2024Poor sleep quality, dementia status and their association with all-cause mortality among older US adults Science
September 20, 2024Videoconference fatigue is real, and new research points to one quick fix. It found that video backgrounds leave people feeling more fatigued compared to a static image, blurred image, or no virtual background. People with a nature scene in the background reported the lowest levels of fatigue. Science
September 20, 2024The scramble for larger vehicles is putting more Americans’ lives in danger Science
September 20, 2024Despite legislation in 19 US states requiring insurers to cover a 12-month supply of contraception, patients aren’t receiving a year’s worth of their prescription; most receive just three months or less. This leaves many patients at an increased risk for unintended pregnancy. Science
September 20, 2024The superior colliculus, a brain region that manages eye movements, also plays a key role in higher cognitive functions like categorization and decision-making, acting like graph paper to help solve spatial problems Science
September 20, 2024The effects of “disputed” tags and political knowledge on the judged truthfulness of election misinformation | Trump voters with high political knowledge judged election misinformation as more truthful when Trump’s claims included Twitter’s “disputed” tags Science
September 20, 2024New blood test could help spot children at risk of serious illnesses, study finds | Lipid analysis using existing machines could give warning of type 2 diabetes, liver and heart disease, researchers say Science
September 20, 2024Hot weather slows down your thinking: a new MIT study (n=31,000) finds that for every 1.8F° increase in temperature above 62°F , people’s performance on a popular brain-training math test dropped by 0.13%. Science
September 20, 2024Fussy eating is mainly influenced by genes and is a stable trait lasting from toddlerhood to early adolescence. Genetic differences in the population accounted for 60% of the variation in food fussiness at 16 months, rising to 74% and over between the ages of three and 13. Science