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Bottled water contains quarter of a million invisible pieces of nanoplastics on average, scientists find | Climate News
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The average litre of bottled water contains nearly a quarter of a million invisible pieces of nanoplastics, according to new research. While scientists had long assumed there were large quantities of tiny plastic pieces in bottles of water, they never knew how many or what kind. Researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities in the US…
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‘Teenage T. Rex’ skulls belong to different dinosaur, scientists say after decades of debate | Science & Tech News
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Fossils once thought to be the skulls of teenage Tyrannosaurus Rexes actually belonged to a different species of dinosaur, scientists have concluded. First unearthed in Montana, US, in 1942, the remains have been the subject of debate as to whether they were from junior T. Rexes or from Nanotyrannus lancensis – smaller relatives of the…
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Cause behind ‘beer goggles’ debunked by scientists | UK News
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Scientists have debunked a theory that the “beer goggles” effect is due to drinkers finding someone more attractive because their faces appear more symmetrical under the influence. Researchers from the University of Portsmouth questioned 99 men and women aged between 18 and 62 in a pub to test how people rate looks after a few…
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Make emojis more biodiverse to raise awareness of conservation, say scientists | Science & Tech News
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Emojis should better reflect the breadth of biodiversity on planet Earth, scientists have said. The library is too skewed towards animals like 🦁, 🐯, and 🐻 (oh my), according to a study in the iScience journal, leaving plants, fungi, and microorganisms underrepresented. Biologists who carried out the research said the icons were now such a…
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Scientists make VR goggles for mice so they can feel what it is like to be attacked by a bird | Science & Tech News
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Researchers have developed VR goggles for laboratory mice to simulate a life of freedom – and let them feel what it’s like to be hunted by a bird. No, it’s not 1 April – these compact virtual reality specs really have been custom-built to perfectly fit a mouse. Dubbed Miniature Rodent Stereo Illumination VR (iMRSIV),…
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Swine flu: No evidence new strain has spread but scientists will want to know more | Science & Tech News
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Every time a virus jumps from animals into humans there is a shudder of alarm. So-called zoonotic diseases have resulted in pandemics in the past, most recently of course COVID-19. That’s why the UK Health Security Agency is trying to work out how someone in Yorkshire has been infected with a strain of flu so…
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Mutated gene ‘found in 4% of people’ could help scientists tackle obesity | Science & Tech News
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A gene variant that helps regulate body weight could aid in tackling obesity, scientists have said. The ZFHX3 gene mutation – thought to exist in 4% of people – has been found to control parts of the brain responsible for appetite. Scientists at Nottingham Trent University and MRC Harwell uncovered the mechanism which allows the…
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Scientists baffled after extremely high-energy particle detected falling to Earth | Science & Tech News
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A rare and extremely high-energy particle has been detected falling to Earth by astronomers. Named after the Japanese sun goddess, Amaterasu, it is one of the highest-energy cosmic rays ever detected, according to scientists. The Amaterasu particle has an energy exceeding 240 exa-electron volts (EeV) and comes only second in recorded history to the Oh-My-God…
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Why do we itch? Scientists have been scratching their heads and now have the answer | Science & Tech News
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Few things are as satisfying as scratching an itch – and now scientists have scratched the most nagging of all: why do we itch? For the first time, experts at Harvard Medical School have identified how a common skin bacterium makes us itch by acting directly on our nerve cells. Researchers exposed the skin of…
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Scientists reveal why drinking red wine can give you a headache | Science & Tech News
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The “millennia-old mystery” of why drinking red wine can cause almost immediate headaches has been solved, according to scientists. While drinking sessions commonly cause hangovers the next day, “red wine headaches” can strike in under 30 minutes, or up to three hours after just one small glass. Researchers at the University of California have…