Summary: Child tax credit not only helped to reduce childhood poverty, but the expansion of monthly payments also helped to reduce child abuse and neglect, […]
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Space Travel Influences the Way the Brain Works [W[R]C]
Summary: A study of brain function in cosmonauts reveals how the brain’s organization changes after an extended period in space, demonstrating the adaption required to […]
The X-waiver for buprenorphine prescribing is gone. It’s time to spread the word [W[R]C]
Signing into law a change that can prevent thousands of Americans from dying of opioid overdoses should have been met with fanfare. Instead, it not […]
Health Alert on mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Safety [W[R]C]
The COVID-19 pandemic brought many challenges that the health and medical field have never encountered. Although the initial response was led by a sense of […]
Planetary scientist lays out arguments for sending a dedicated probe to Uranus [W[R]C]
Kathleen Mandt, a planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has published a Perspectives piece in the journal Science arguing that NASA should […]
Female Selfie Posting Can Be Driven by Aggression [W[R]C]
Summary: Female selfie posting was associated with intimidatory self-presentation strategies and linked to higher levels of aggression. Sponsored by The BlogDealer – Health, Fitness and Fat Reduction. […]
Receptor Location Matters for Psychedelic Drug Effects [W[R]C]
Summary: Location bias may explain how psychedelic medications work. Researchers found that engaging serotonin 2A receptors inside neurons promotes the growth of new connections, but […]
Study finds Black patients wait longer for uterine cancer testing, diagnosis [W[R]C]
Early diagnosis of uterine cancer is known to improve a patient’s chances for survival, but previous research has found that Black patients are less likely […]
Scientists make breakthrough for ‘next generation’ cancer treatment [W[R]C]
Scientists at the University of East Anglia are a step closer to creating a new generation of light-activated cancer treatments. The futuristic-sounding treatment would work […]
Tapered optical fiber addresses challenge posed by Brillouin scattering [W[R]C]
When optical beams, consisting of photons, travel through fibers, they cause vibrations that generate acoustic waves, consisting of phonons. The phenomenon, called Brillouin scattering, has […]