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Trees Struggle to ‘Breathe’ as Climate Warms, Researchers Find ( www.psu.edu )

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Organism with largest genome packs 50x more DNA than a human's ( newatlas.com )

It's a fern.

Two large, randomized controlled trials show that replacing regular salt with potassium-enriched salt substitute (~75% NaCl, 25% KCl) reduces cardiovascular events and probably all-cause mortality. ( www.nature.com )

second study https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2105675

From sleeping in separate beds to their children to transporting them in prams, Western parents have some unusual ideas about how to raise them. ( www.bbc.com )

Researchers Discover that a Rare Fat Molecule Helps Drive Cell Death ( news.columbia.edu )

Research at the heart of a federal case against the abortion pill has been retracted ( www.npr.org )

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11686099...

New and Highly Infectious E. coli Strain Resistant to Powerful Antibiotics ( www.birmingham.ac.uk )

Children Sleep Problems Associated with Psychosis in Young Adults ( www.birmingham.ac.uk )

New Class of Antivirals Works Against Broad Range of RNA Viruses Including SARS-CoV-2: Study ( www.ualberta.ca )

Chinese team tests lung treatment that may be first to reverse COPD damage ( www.scmp.com )

Virginia Tech Scientist Shows Focused Ultrasound Can Reach Deep into the Brain to Relieve Pain ( news.vt.edu )

'The last 12 months have broken records like never before': Earth exceeds 1.5 C warming every month for entire year ( www.space.com )

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5089915...

NASA has verified that the unidentified object that crashed into a Florida home's roof originated from a space station. ( www.infoterkiniviral.com )

Discover the truth behind the mysterious object that crashed through a Florida home - NASA reveals shocking details!

Scientists scanning the seafloor discover a long-lost Stone Age 'megastructure' ( www.npr.org )

The nitroplast: A nitrogen-fixing organelle ( www.science.org )

What turned Earth into a giant snowball 700m years ago? ( www.eurekalert.org )

“Imagine the Earth almost completely frozen over,” said the study’s lead author, ARC Future Fellow Dr Adriana Dutkiewicz. “That’s just what happened about 700 million years ago; the planet was blanketed in ice from poles to equator and temperatures plunged. However, just what caused this has been an open question....

Giant Salamander-Like Creature was a Top Predator in the Ice Age Before the Dinosaurs ( www.fieldmuseum.org )

Chinese scientists found that a type of moss that grows in the Tibetan Plateau and even Antarctica can also survive and thrive in Mars-like conditions. ( www.space.com )

How light can vaporize water without the need for heat ( news.mit.edu )

Yellowstone magma reservoirs contain between only 5% and 15% molten material. Typically, you need at least 50% melt for it to mobilize and begin moving toward the surface making eruption unlikely. ( eos.org )

According to the results of a new study, some people see the world around us at a higher temporal resolution when compared to others. ( journals.plos.org )

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