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AI Has A Cerebellum Now
We're bombarded with information at all times, so much that if we had to try and process it all times, we'd be paralyzed.Our cerebellum does information damage control by filtering out what changes. E...
Earth Sciences
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HFO-1234yf Environmental Alternative Declared A Toxic Chemical
HFO-1234yf, a climate-friendly alternative refrigerant for car air conditioning systems touted by environmental activists, may instead be a greater problem than the products they insisted was causing ...
Life Sciences
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Parkinson's Disease Shows Men And Women Are Scientifically Different
More men than women develop Parkinson’s disease and new work presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies says that it is do to sex differences in how brain cells change.Parkinson’s ...
Medicine
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Cyclosporiasis Outbreak: Avoid Organic Food For The Next 10 Days
Cyclosporiasis is an intestinal illness caused by the Cyclospora cayetanensis parasite and nearly always caused by fecal matter on produce - which means organic farms that use manure rather than moder...
Physical Sciences
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PFAS Can Be Replaced In Medicine - For A Cost
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commmonly called PFAS, are about 12,000 chemicals, nearly all found in nature, and since the 1940s, a handful have been synthesized for use in various products. Be...
Social Sciences
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Roman Farms Had Gender Parity
Female farm managers are hidden in plain sight in ancient Roman texts, mentioned in laws, literature and grave inscriptions across five centuries. Modern historians have generally assumed they were ho...
