Credit: Frans van Heerden from Pexels At the end of September, the UK’s last remaining coal power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, will be retired. The closure of the plant should—and…
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Self-esteem can boost sexual well-being—and vice versa
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A long-term study by the Universities of Zurich and Utrecht has confirmed a dynamic correlation between self-esteem and sexual satisfaction. The results provide valuable insights about…
Diet-related diseases are the No. 1 cause of death in the US – yet many doctors receive little to no nutrition education in med school
On television shows like “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Resident” and “Chicago Med,” physicians seem to always have the right answer. But when it comes to nutrition and dietary advice, that may…
America is increasingly dependent on foreign doctors − but their path to immigration is getting harder
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a pressing issue: The U.S. health care system is increasingly dependent on immigrant physicians, but it’s becoming harder for aspiring ones to work and settle in…
James Webb Space Telescope finds ‘puffball’ exoplanet is uniquely lopsided
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered that a “puffy” planet is asymmetric, meaning there is a significant difference between one side of the atmosphere and the…
Researchers design platypus-inspired bionic multi-receptor skin
Roughly illustration of the team’s multi-receptor skin concept. Credit: Du et al While engineers have developed increasingly advanced bio-inspired systems over the past decades, the sensing capabilities of these systems…
How do rare genetic variants affect health? AI provides more accurate predictions
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Whether we are predisposed to particular diseases depends to a large extent on the countless variants in our genome. However, particularly in the case of genetic…
Becoming a scientist wasn’t a mistake, just a happy little accident – Functional Ecologists
It’s been just over a month since the 12th International Conference on Mycorrhiza. In these blog posts, we hear from some of the winners of Functional Ecology’s poster and talk…
Can chatbots be tailored to fight back against conspiracy theories?
… Few interventions have been proven to change conspiracy theorists’ minds, says Thomas Costello, a research affiliate at MIT Sloan and the lead author of the study. Part of what…
