On Dec. 1, the first U.S. case of the new COVID-19 variant, omicron, was detected in northern California, less than a week after the World Health Organization deemed it a "variant of concern." The infected individual was ...
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Parents of newborns will describe in detail, to anyone willing to listen, the wonder that is their baby's smell—and they might not be in the wrong. A new study by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science suggests ...
Nov 22, 2021
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A new study published in Computers in Human Behavior found that using Instagram or Snapchat before age 11 was significantly related to more problematic digital behaviors compared to those who joined these platforms when they ...
Oct 27, 2021
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world were faced with the trade-off between shutting down their economies to reduce the burden of the pandemic and the stress on healthcare systems or remaining open. Either ...
Oct 13, 2021
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In laboratory animals, sex differences in behavior occur because different hormone levels produced by males and females influence patterns of gene expression in the developing brain. However, the origins of sex differences ...
Sep 9, 2021
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The U.S. is projected to see nearly 100,000 more COVID-19 deaths between now and Dec. 1, according to the nation's most closely watched forecasting model. But health experts say that toll could be cut in half if nearly everyone ...
Aug 26, 2021
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A new mathematical model for predicting infectious disease outbreaks incorporates fear—both of disease and of vaccines—to better understand how pandemics can occur in multiple waves of infections, like those we are seeing ...
Aug 4, 2021
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Among 6- and 7-year-olds who were born extremely preterm—before the 28th week of pregnancy—those who had more than two hours of screen time a day were more likely to have deficits in overall IQ, executive functioning ...
Jul 15, 2021
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Researchers have discovered a specific brain region underlying 'goal-directed behavior' - that is, when we consciously do something with a particular goal in mind, for example going to the shops to buy food.
Jun 24, 2021
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Scientists studied the brain activity of school-aged children during development and found that regions that activated upon seeing limbs (hands, legs, etc.) subsequently activated upon seeing faces or words when the children ...
Jun 22, 2021
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