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14
Dec

Active behaviors and screen time in offspring of parents with major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

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Pizzo A, Drobinin V, Sandstrom A, Zwicker A, Howes Vallis E, Fine A, Rempel S, Stephens M, Howard C, Villars K, MacKenzie LE, Propper L, Abidi S, Lovas D, Bagnell A, Cumby J, Alda M, Uher R, Pavlova B. Active behaviors and screen time in offspring of parents with major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and […]

11
Dec

World Migratory Bird Day 2022 Theme to Focus on Light Pollution

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Source: https://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/news/2021/world-migratory-bird-day-2022-theme-focus-light-pollution Bonn, 9 December 2021 – Light Pollution will be the focus of the World Migratory Bird Day 2022 campaign.  Artificial light is increasing globally by at least 2 per cent per year and it is known to adversely affect many bird species. Light pollution is a significant threat to migratory birds, causing disorientation when they fly at […]

07
Dec

BfS International workshop: Impact of electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields on oxidative stress

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16th to 18th February 2022, Cottbus General Information In Germany, the expansion of the power grid and the construction of several new high voltage power lines across the country is a result of the switch to renewable energy sources. Moreover, the new 5G mobile communication standard and the introduction of digital techniques into almost all […]

07
Dec

Daytime eating prevents internal circadian misalignment and glucose intolerance in night work

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Daytime eating prevents internal circadian misalignment and glucose intolerance in night workSarah L. ChellappaJingyi QianNina VujovicChristopher J. MorrisArlet NedeltchevaHoa NguyenNishath RahmanSu WeiHengLauren KellyKayla Kerlin-MonteiroSuhina SrivastavWei WangDaniel AeschbachCharles A. CzeislerSteven A.SheaGail K. AdlerMarta GarauletFrank A. J. L. ScheerSci. Adv., 7 (49), eabg9910. • DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg9910 Abstract Night work increases diabetes risk. Misalignment between the central circadian […]

07
Dec

Researchers find new link between a disrupted body clock and inflammatory diseases

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RCSI. “Researchers find new link between a disrupted body clock and inflammatory diseases.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 24 November 2021. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211124154033.htm>. Date: November 24, 2021 Source: RCSI Summary: New research has demonstrated the significant role that an irregular body clock plays in driving inflammation in the body’s immune cells, with implications for the most serious and prevalent […]

06
Dec

China antenna turns Earth into giant radio station, with signals reaching Guam

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The exact location has not been revealed but signals can reach submarines across vast distances, researchers say A joint experiment with Russia confirmed a ‘ping’ from the facility can also travel effectively underground By Stephen Chen in Beijing Published: 10:30pm, 2 Dec, 2021 The biggest antenna on the planet is up and running in central China, […]

04
Dec

How AI Fails Us

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“How AI Fails Us,” Divya Siddarth, Daron Acemoglu, Danielle Allen, Kate Crawford, James Evans, Michael Jordan, E. Glen Weyl (December 1, 2021). The dominant vision of artificial intelligence imagines a future of large-scale autonomous systems outperforminghumans in an increasing range of fields. This “actually existing AI” vision misconstrues intelligence as autonomousrather than social and relational. It is both unproductive […]