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• The international homicide rate has dropped 20 percent since 1990. People are living longer and fewer are having children. This has caused the 15-29 age group to shrink worldwide, a demographic responsible for majority of homicides.

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  Published 10th Oct 2019
• In 2 states, legalization of recreational marijuana found to have little effect on crime, suggests a new study, which looked at legalization and sales of recreational cannabis in Colorado and Washington, and found minimal to no effect on rates of violent and property crimes in those states.

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  Published 8th Oct 2019
• 2,000 atoms in two places at once: A new record of quantum superposition

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  Published 3rd Oct 2019
• Stricter border enforcement may increase agent corruption. Analysis of corruption cases among customs officers and border patrol agents reveals alarming trends depending on their years of service.

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  Published 2nd Oct 2019
• How 'water bears' survive extremes: Scientists discover that a protein in tardigrades binds and forms a protective cloud against extreme survival threats such as radiation damage. Dsup (Damage suppression protein), found only in tardigrades, when tested in human cells, can protect them from X-rays.

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  Published 2nd Oct 2019
• Political events can take a serious toll on mental health, a doctor has warned in the journal BMJ Case Reports, after treating a man with a brief episode of acute psychosis, triggered by Brexit. People who are already psychologically vulnerable may be particularly at risk in such circumstances.

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  Published 2nd Oct 2019
• Risk of heart valve infections rising in hospitals

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  Published 29th Sep 2019
• Study suggests teenagers less likely to respond to mothers with controlling tone of voice, than mothers with supporting tone of voice

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  Published 27th Sep 2019
• Profiles of Native American DNA in modern populations show patterns of migration across the US. Much of the genetic legacy of the original inhabitants of the area that is now the continental U.S. can be found in the genomes of the descendants of European and African immigrants to the region.

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  Published 25th Sep 2019
• A new study finds that pet cats form attachments with their human owners that are similar to the bonds formed by children and dogs with their caretakers. It's the first time that researchers have empirically demonstrated that cats display the same main attachment styles as babies and dogs

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  Published 24th Sep 2019
• Mathematicians crack elusive puzzle involving the number 42

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  Published 6th Sep 2019
• Scientists have developed new synthetic molecules which are up to 24 times more effective at killing cancer cells than a widely-used cancer drug and they're built with resistance-fighting features to keep them effective over time, unlike current chemotherapies.

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  Published 6th Sep 2019
• Students who do not date are not social misfits, suggests new study of 594 10th graders, which found that adolescents who were not in a romantic relationship had good social skills and low depression, and fared better or equal to peers who dated, refuting the notion that non-daters are maladjusted.

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  Published 5th Sep 2019
• Cancer now leading cause of death in high-income countries - Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of mortality among middle aged adults globally, accounting for 40% of all deaths

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  Published 3rd Sep 2019
• Around 1.4 billion fewer cigarettes are being smoked every year in England. Between 2011 and 2018, average monthly cigarette consumption fell by nearly a quarter, equating to around 118 million fewer cigarettes being smoked every month

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  Published 29th Aug 2019
• Researchers isolated compound from Australian white rock sea snail which has not only antibacterial and anti-inflammatory qualities, but anti-cancer properties, preventing the formation of tumours in a colon cancer murine model. Natural compounds are valuable sources of future medicines for health.

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  Published 27th Aug 2019
• New blood test may detect concussion and subconcussive injuries in children and adults (n=3,462). Subconcussive injuries often show no symptoms or immediate effects, but can cause wear and tear on the brain over time with repeated injuries, so it’s better to spot these injuries as early as possible.

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  Published 27th Aug 2019
• Preventing the deactivation of a protein could be key to repairing the central nervous system. Scientists deciphered new mechanisms that enable the regeneration of nerve fibers in experiments with mice. This could open up new treatment approaches for the brain, optic nerve, and spinal cord injuries.

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  Published 25th Aug 2019
• Higher levels of physical activity (regardless of intensity) associated with a lower risk of early death in middle aged and older people. Sitting for 9.5 hours or more a day (excluding sleeping time) is associated with an increased risk of death.

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  Published 22nd Aug 2019
• Speed identified as the best predictor of car crashes. Researchers examined data from 28 million trips for possible links between four bad driving behaviours - speeding, hard braking, hard acceleration and hard cornering.

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  Published 21st Aug 2019
• A University of California, Irvine-led study has found that online brain game exercises can enable people in their 70s and even 80s to multitask cognitively as well as individuals 50 years their junior

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  Published 20th Aug 2019
• City parks lift mood as much as Christmas, Twitter study shows. A first-of-its-kind study shows that visitors to urban parks use happier words and express less negativity on Twitter than they did before their visit--and that their elevated mood lasts, like a glow, for up to four hours afterwards

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  Published 20th Aug 2019
• Erectile dysfunction (ED) has been linked with loss of work productivity and with lower health-related quality of life in an International Journal of Clinical Practice study of more than 52,000 men from eight countries.

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  Published 11th Aug 2019
• Earthquakes, hurricanes and other natural disasters obey same mathematical pattern. Researchers were able to use one same mathematical technique to describe the functions related to the frequency of these phenomena and the value of their magnitude or size.

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  Published 11th Aug 2019
• Self-sterilizing polymer proves effective against drug-resistant pathogens, reports a new study, which found that an elastic polymer possesses broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties, allowing it to kill a range of viruses and drug-resistant bacteria in just minutes, including MRSA, VRE and CRA.

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  Published 2nd Aug 2019
• Police officers who were involved in complaints related to excessive force were more likely to work with officers with a history of such behaviors, suggesting that officers' peers may serve as social conduits through which misconduct is learned and transmitted (n = 8,642 Chicago police officers).

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  Published 2nd Aug 2019
• Japanese scientists have developed an efficient method of successfully generating hair growth in nude mice using "bead-based hair follicle germ" (bbHFG). The new method can be scaled up and therefore shows great potential for clinical applications in human hair regenerative therapy.

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  Published 1st Aug 2019
• A study of dictators over the past 150 years shows they are rarely associated with strong economies, and quite often with weaker ones. Autocratic leaders are often credited with purposefully delivering good economic outcomes, but new research challenges that long-held assumption.

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  Published 23rd Jul 2019
• Well that's an interesting twist. Autism and identifying as trans / non binary are related. Makes a lot of sense actually.

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  Published 18th Jul 2019