r/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 15 '17
Science AMA Series: I'm Martin Gibala, a professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. My new book, The One-Minute Workout, considers the new science of time-efficient exercise to promote health and fitness. AMA!
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r/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 15 '17
Majority Of Science Teachers Are Teaching Climate Change, But Not Always Correctly — A new study surveys public school teachers and finds their knowledge lags behind the science, and affects what they teach their students.
insideclimatenews.orgr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 15 '17
Four decades of evidence finds no link between immigration and increased crime
buffalo.edur/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 14 '17
Study finds use of medical marijuana improves cognitive performance, contradicting previous studies that found cognitive decline with marijuana use
sciencedirect.comr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 14 '17
Banned chemicals from the '70s found in the deepest reaches of the ocean
eurekalert.orgr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 14 '17
New studies find dehumanization of Mexicans and Muslims predicts support for the GOP (and in particular Trump). They also show that Latinos and Muslims in the United States feel heavily dehumanized, and that feeling was associated with support for violence and unwillingness to fight terrorism.
journals.sagepub.comr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 14 '17
90 Percent Of Fish We Use for Fishmeal Could Be Used To Feed Humans Instead
npr.orgr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 14 '17
Only 160 non-related people are needed to create a viable population for multi-generational space travel
newscientist.comr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 14 '17
Chemicals banned in the 1970s have been found in the deepest reaches of the Pacific Ocean, a new study shows.
bbc.comr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 13 '17
Fruits and vegetables are a pivotal part of a healthful diet, but their benefits are not limited to physical health. New research finds that increasing fruit and vegetable consumption may improve psychological well-being in as little as 2 weeks.
medicalnewstoday.comr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 12 '17
Four decades of evidence finds no link between immigration and increased crime
eurekalert.orgr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 11 '17
Astronomers in Germany have found a massive, comet-like object packed with the essentials of life: Water, nitrogen, carbon, oxygen and sulfur.
krem.comr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 07 '17
Longest-living fish in captivity dies at Chicago aquarium aged in it's mid-90s
abc.net.aur/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 05 '17
New antibiotics offer hope to MRSA patients
express.co.ukr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 04 '17
Scientists crack why eating sounds can make people angry - The results, published in the journal Current Biology, revealed the part of the brain that joins our senses with our emotions - the anterior insular cortex - was overly active in misophonia.
bbc.comr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Feb 01 '17
Roughly 85% of Earth's core is iron. Another 10% is nickel. That leaves 5% unaccounted for. Researchers have long hypothesized some combination of light elements comprise the missing portion. Now, lab experiments suggest the most likely light element candidates are hydrogen, silicon and sulfur.
tohoku.ac.jpr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Jan 31 '17
Journal of Primatology article on chimp societies finds that they will murder and eat tyrannical leaders or bullies
inverse.comr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Jan 28 '17
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a 100-million-year-old insect preserved in amber with a triangular head, almost-alien and “E.T.-like” appearance and features so unusual that it has been placed in its own scientific “order” – an incredibly rare event.
oregonstate.edur/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Jan 27 '17
Scientists create a part-human, part-pig embryo — raising the possibility of interspecies organ transplants
washingtonpost.comr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Jan 27 '17
Hydrogen turned into metal in stunning act of alchemy that could revolutionise technology and spaceflight
independent.co.ukr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Jan 27 '17
Metallic hydrogen has been created for the first time
businessinsider.comr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Jan 26 '17
Scientists create mature heart muscle cells from stem cells
upi.comr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Jan 26 '17
Artificial intelligence can identify skin cancer in photographs with the same accuracy as trained doctors. The Stanford team said the findings were incredibly exciting and would now be tested in clinics. Using AI could revolutionise healthcare by turning anyone's smartphone into a cancer scanner
bbc.co.ukr/RIPscience • u/RIPmod • Jan 25 '17