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‘Cosmic lantern’ could help us further understand the fate of the universe

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The image shows nearby emission line galaxies NCG 4038 - 4039. The pink parts in this image are showing the light from the gas...
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Psychedelic drugs may reduce criminal behavior

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UBC Okanagan's Assoc. Prof. Zach Walsh. Credit: UBC Okanagan campus Newly published research suggests that common psychedelic drugs -- such as magic mushrooms, LSD and mescaline...
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LSD and other psychedelics not linked with mental health problems, analysis suggests

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Researchers found no link between the use of psychedelic drugs and a range of mental health problems. Instead they found some significant associations between...
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It’s filamentary: How galaxies evolve in the cosmic web

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Galaxies are distributed along a cosmic web in the universe. "Mpc/h" is a unit of galactic distance (1 Mpc/h is more than 3.2 million...
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Drawing a line in the sand: Partisanship and environmental issues in U. S. coastal...

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Percentage of Democrats and Republicans viewing coastal environmental problems as serious threat. Credit: Image courtesy of Taylor & Francis The effects of human activities on marine...
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Engineers hack cell biology to create 3-D shapes from living tissue

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This image shows the shapes made of living tissue made by the researchers. By patterning mechanically active mouse or human cells to thin layers...
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New technique could make captured carbon more valuable

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While most military children grow into resilient adults, they are not always visible to the outside community, the journal reports. Credit: © Monkey Business /...
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Observable universe contains two trillion galaxies, 10 times more than previously thought

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This Hubble Space Telescope view reveals thousands of galaxies stretching back into time across billions of light-years of space. The image covers a portion...
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Military children, families remain an invisible subculture

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While most military children grow into resilient adults, they are not always visible to the outside community, the journal reports. Credit: © Monkey Business /...
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Treating refugees from Western perspective leaves providers, patients lost in translation

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This is Kafuli Agbemenu, PhD, assistant professor in the UB School of Nursing. Credit: University at Buffalo For years, research has shown that female Somali Bantu...
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Human impacts on top ocean predators along US west coast mapped

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California sea lions are among 23 species whose movements have been tracked since 2000 as part of the Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) program. Credit:...