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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/James_Fortis on 2025-01-12 13:47:03+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2025-01-12 11:26:43+00:00.

Original Title: COVID-19 cases, deaths in nursing homes dropped after rollout of vaccines during the pandemic. Hospitalizations fell from 31 per 100 residents to 24 per 100 residents, and deaths fell from 11 per 100 residents to 7 per 100 residents from March 2020 to April 2022

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2025-01-12 11:20:17+00:00.

Original Title: New research reveals an alarming fact about copycat mass shooters. Research found nearly 80% of copycat attacks occurred more than a year after the original incident, with an average delay of approximately eight years

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/viralguy1 on 2025-01-12 11:16:18+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2025-01-12 09:15:52+00:00.

Original Title: For adults, a diet high in saturated fats and added sugar has been linked to impulsivity and poor self-control. Researchers report that adolescent rats fed a high-fat diet showed poor control during motor tasks and decision-making as adults. This could provide insights into human development.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/TX908 on 2025-01-12 08:07:50+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/FunnyGamer97 on 2025-01-12 03:07:11+00:00.

Original Title: Treatment for parasites affecting 1.5 billion people shows safety and superior efficacy in phase II-III trial | Fixed-dose combination of albendazole and ivermectin, seeks to offer a better tool against soil-transmitted helminths

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/FunnyGamer97 on 2025-01-12 02:43:12+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2025-01-12 00:59:18+00:00.

Original Title: Men more than three times as likely to die from a brain injury, new US study shows. The reasons observed were multifactorial and could reflect differences in injury severity following a fall or motor vehicle crash, to the interaction of sex and age – with TBI outcomes in men worsening with age.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/thebelsnickle1991 on 2025-01-11 22:00:11+00:00.

Original Title: New York University researchers found that public policies preventing suicide in the U.S. go beyond limiting firearms or expanding health care access. Economic and social policies not directly tied to mental health also play a key role, according to their study

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2025-01-11 18:02:46+00:00.

Original Title: Study finds alcohol and relationship context skew perceptions of sexual consent. Men were more likely than women to perceive all encounters as consensual, especially those involving intoxicated women, even in cases where consent was ambiguous or explicitly denied.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/fotogneric on 2025-01-11 17:36:35+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/TX908 on 2025-01-11 16:13:27+00:00.

Original Title: Active bubbles hold potential in fields ranging from water purification to medicine. Researchers can generate microbubbles by exposing liquids to high-intensity ultrasonic waves. Researchers have now found key indicators to assess the chemical activity and temperature of these microbubbles.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/giuliomagnifico on 2025-01-11 15:32:38+00:00.

Original Title: Scientists demonstrate in mice how the brain cleanses itself during sleep: during non-REM sleep, the brainstem releases norepinephrine every 50 seconds, causing blood vessels to tighten and create a pulsing pattern. This oscillating blood volume drives the flow of brain fluid that removes toxins

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/tobias-sattler on 2025-01-11 14:52:25+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/a_Ninja_b0y on 2025-01-11 14:39:24+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/TX908 on 2025-01-11 12:40:45+00:00.

Original Title: Scientists demonstrate that light can interact even with single-atom layers, paving the way for more environmentally friendly data storage. The discovery defies conventions: single-atom layers have been thought to be almost completely transparent, negligibly absorbing or interacting with light.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/TX908 on 2025-01-11 12:34:34+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/BlitzOrion on 2025-01-11 11:34:53+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2025-01-11 11:14:05+00:00.

Original Title: Researchers have discovered that weekly inoculations of the bacteria Mycobacterium vaccae, naturally found in soils, prevent mice from gaining any weight when on a high-fat diet. They say the bacterial injections could form the basis of a “vaccine” against the Western diet.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2025-01-11 09:01:14+00:00.

Original Title: Study finds lack of air conditioning increases health risks from wildfire smoke. People living in areas with lower availability of air conditioning had a 22-percent greater risk of visiting the emergency department for respiratory conditions associated with wildfire smoke exposure

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2025-01-11 08:51:10+00:00.

Original Title: TikTok leads as the most popular platform among underage users. Many children used multiple platforms, with under-13 users maintaining an average of 3.38 accounts. Furthermore, 6.3% of all respondents admitted to having secret accounts hidden from their parents.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/FunnyGamer97 on 2025-01-11 00:53:48+00:00.

Original Title: New tablet shows promise for the control and elimination of intestinal worms | Tablet combining albendazole and ivermectin is safe and more effective than albendazole alone in treating soil-transmitted helminths

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/calliope_kekule on 2025-01-11 05:54:09+00:00.

Original Title: This study uncovers contamination hotspots in restaurants – chopping boards and workers' hands top the list. Using ATP (adenosine triphosphate) bioluminescence testing, researchers highlight need for better hygiene training.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/DIO-2350 on 2025-01-11 04:10:42+00:00.

Original Title: Earth's Rotation Is Slowing Down, And Could Explain Why We Have Oxygen. Specifically, the blue-green algae (or cyanobacteria) that emerged and proliferated about 2.4 billion years ago would have been able to produce more oxygen as a metabolic by-product because Earth's days grew longer.