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Air temperatures in the Arctic are driving system change
(University of Alaska Fairbanks) A new paper shows that air temperature is the 'smoking gun' behind climate change in the Arctic.
SpaceX Starlink satellite veterans join Amazon’s competing Project Kuiper team
SpaceX’s two prototype Starlink satellites are seen on either side of their carrier in advance of their launch last year. Industry sources say some of the engineers who were involved in developing those prototypes will be playing leadership roles in...
Device-guided breathing lowers heart rate, sympathetic activity in people with PTSD
(American Physiological Society) Device-guided breathing may improve physiological symptoms in people with severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study. The findings will be presented today at the American Physiological Socie...
Experimental drug shows promise for opioid withdrawal symptoms
(Experimental Biology) While medicines are available to relieve withdrawal symptoms in people recovering from opioid addiction, they cause side effects and can maintain the brain changes that led to addiction in the first place, which can lead to rel...
Food additive may influence how well flu vaccines work
(Michigan State University) Michigan State University scientists have linked a common food preservative to an altered immune response that possibly hinders flu vaccines.
New Zealand Acts to Reduce Mass Shootings. Why Won't the U.S.?
“Freedom loving” National Rifle Association thwarts Americans’ desire for tougher gun controls-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Fresh guidance to fill 'information vacuum' on new cannabis products for medicinal use
(University of Bath) A BMJ clinical review, published Saturday 6 April in advance of expected NICE guidelines in the UK, offers new advice to help patients and doctors.
‘Destination Moon’ exhibit highlights Apollo history — and Neil Armstrong’s family history as well
Mark Armstrong, one of the sons of Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, checks out the spaceship that his father rode to the moon at the Museum of Flight’s “Destination Moon” exhibit. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle)
the traveling exhibit making its deb...
Preeclampsia treatment for mothers also benefits offspring
(Experimental Biology) An estimated six to 15 million people in the US are children born of a pregnancy complicated by preeclampsia. New research performed in rats reveals that treating preeclampsia with sildenafil citrate (Viagra) may help protect t...
Study measures gluten in gluten-free labeled restaurant food
(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Even tiny amounts of gluten in foods are troublesome for people with celiac disease, and restaurants may be the hardest places to avoid the protein, finds a Columbia study. More than half o...