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This artist's conception shows the merger between a neutron star and another star (seen as a disk, lower left) which caused an explosion resulting in the short-duration gamma-ray burst, GRB 211106A (white jet, middle), and left behind what scientists now know to be one of the most luminous afterglows on record (semi-spherical shock wave mid-right). Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), M. Weiss (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

Hulk time: Flash is one of biggest gamma-ray bursts ever observed

Categories Space, Technology

Coming wave of opioid overdoses ‘will be worse than ever been before’

Categories Health, Social Sciences

This is the first study to examine how work requirements associated with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — sometimes referred to as food stamps — affect mental health.

Food stamp work requirements increase mental health care use

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health, Social Sciences

Twitter health amplifiers combat COVID-19 misinformation

Categories Health, Social Sciences, Technology

False balance in news coverage of climate change makes it harder to address the crisis

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Social Sciences

‘Gold standard’ lung function test misses lung disease in many Black U.S. adults

Categories Health

Do state abortion policies represent citizen views?

Categories Health, Social Sciences

At its widest point, Northwestern’s tiny device is just 5 millimeters wide. One end is curled into a cuff that softly wraps around a single nerve, bypassing the need for sutures. By precisely targeting only the affected nerve, the device spares surrounding regions from unnecessary cooling, which could lead to side effects.

Dissolving implantable device relieves pain without drugs

Categories Health, Technology

Medical doctor using smart phone for work in hospital

Hospitals bound to patient safety rules that aren’t all backed by evidence

Categories Health

Map of US showng density of newspapers in areas

As newspapers close, struggling communities are hit hardest by decline in local journalism

Categories Social Sciences

Light during sleep in older adults linked to obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

The pingan tree’s fruit (left) is distinct from the lumok tree’s (right), but Western scientists misclassified the two trees as one species for almost two centuries. Credit: left, Elias Ednie; right, Elliot Gardner

Genetic analysis of tree confirms what Indigenous people of Borneo knew

Categories Life & Non-humans

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