title
stringlengths 2
302
| label
stringlengths 3
20
|
|---|---|
"How individuals with dark personality traits react to COVID-19 - People high in narcissism and psychopathy were less likely to engage in cleaning behaviors. People with narcissism have a negative response to the pandemic as it restricts their ability to exploit others within the social system." | science |
"Study Confirms Climate Models are Getting Future Warming Projections Right" | science |
"Italian scientists have successfully completed a socially distant, remote-controlled surgery from 9-miles away. Using lasers, robots, and a 3D camera, this approach could be used for surgeries in remote parts of the world and in space aboard the ISS." | science |
"Children who grow up with greener surroundings have up to 55% less risk of developing various mental disorders later in life, shows a new study, emphasizing the need for designing green and healthy cities for the future." | science |
"Suicide more prevalent than homicide in US, but most Americans don't know it. News reports, movies and TV shows may contribute to the perception of a high risk of firearm homicide, leaving a substantial gap between ideas and reality and potentially leading to further danger." | science |
"German scientists say the prices we pay for meat and dairy products are too low as they fail to account for costs to society and the climate in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. The biggest polluter is conventionally-produced meat, they say, which should be nearly 2.5 times its current price." | science |
"Magic mushroom compound might treat depression by reviving emotional responsiveness in the brain as part of psilocybin-assisted therapy, finds new research in journal Neuropharmacology." | science |
"Nanomachines that drill into cancer cells killing them in just 60 seconds developed by scientists" | science |
"Contrary to predictions, teen marijuana use declined in Washington state after recreational pot was legalized in 2012, a new study finds." | science |
"Scientists confirm the correlation, in humans, between an imbalance in the gut microbiota and the development of amyloid plaques in the brain, which are at the origin of the neurodegenerative disorders characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease." | science |
"Each year, millions of Americans fail to appear in court for low-level offenses, & arrest warrants are issued. Text message reminders and a redesigned summons form reduced NYC failure to appear by 13-21% and lead to 30,000 fewer arrest warrants over a 3-year period." | science |
"Conflict is unavoidable but how a couple behaves after is important, suggests new study (n=796), which found that actively repairing the relationship through expressions of affection can bring partners back to pre-conflict feelings and a higher level of intimacy, but avoidance is generally negative." | science |
"Sleep loss hijacks brain’s activity during learning. Getting only half a night’s sleep, as many medical workers and military personnel often do, hijacks the brain’s ability to unlearn fear-related memories. It might put people at greater risk of conditions such as anxiety and PTSD" | science |
"Each additional dollar of minimum wage reduces infant deaths by up to 1.8 percent annually in large U.S. cities. These findings support the increasing demand for the federal minimum wage to be raised from $7.25 to $15 per hour." | science |
"People who spend at least 2 hours in nature a week are significantly more likely to report good health and higher psychological wellbeing, according to a new large-scale study (n = 19,806), which found that it didn’t matter whether this was achieved in a single visit or over several shorter visits." | science |
"New Zealand’s nationwide ‘lockdown’ to curb the spread of COVID-19 was highly effective. The effective reproductive number of its largest cluster decreased from 7 to 0.2 within the first week of lockdown. Only 19% of virus introductions resulted in more than one additional case." | science |
"Researchers have created a powerful new molecule for the extraction of salt from liquid. The work has the potential to help increase the amount of drinkable water on Earth. The new molecule is about 10 billion times improved compared to a similar structure created over a decade ago." | science |
"COVID-19 warnings were on Twitter well before the outbreak of the pandemic. Researchers have identified tracks of increasing concern about pneumonia cases on posts published on Twitter in seven countries, between the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020" | science |
"Covid vaccines prevented at least 330,000 deaths and nearly 700,000 hospitalizations among adult Medicare recipients in 2021. The reduction in hospitalizations due to vaccination saved more than $16 billion in medical costs" | science |
"Taxes on sugary drinks only reduce consumption if the price tags mention the tax, a new study shows. The findings suggest that price tags should mention the tax, but not the amount, because consumers tend to overestimate how much the tax is." | science |
"Early childhood educators appear to lack the knowledge, skills and confidence to effectively teach their young students science – a problem that is likely contributing to America’s poor global performance in this crucially important subject, finds first-of-its-kind study." | science |
"Tom Hanks' COVID-19 diagnosis likely shaped behaviors, thoughts toward virus. Hanks’ disclosure inspired some people to seek more information and/or take stricter precautions. Public health advocates may want to use celebrity announcements to reach people who may be harder to reach." | science |
"AI equal with human experts in medical diagnosis based on images, suggests new study, which found deep learning systems correctly detected disease state 87% of the time, compared with 86% for healthcare professionals, and correctly gave all-clear 93% of the time, compared with 91% for human experts." | science |
"A two-week course of high doses of Cannabidiol (CBD) helps restore the function of two proteins key to reducing the accumulation of beta-amyloid plaque, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, and improves cognition in an experimental mouse model of early onset familial Alzheimer’s." | science |
"Duke University scientists have created a "lethal injection" for tumors. When injected into them, their ethanol-based gel cured 100% of the oral tumors in a small sample of hamsters. This treatment might work for some kinds of breast, liver, and other cancers, and it only costs about $5." | science |
"There may be no such thing as internet gaming addiction. People play excessively not because they are hooked on gaming itself, but because they feel unhappy about other areas of their life, according to a study that followed thousands of online gamers over six months." | science |
"Hard workers may make better role models than geniuses: success attributed to effort is more inspiring than success attributed to innate, exceptional intelligence" | science |
"Sunlight inactivates coronavirus 8 times faster than predicted. Study found the SARS-CoV-2 virus was 3 times more sensitive to the UV in sunlight than influenza A, with 90 % of the coronavirus's particles being inactivated after just half an hour of exposure to midday sunlight in summer." | science |
"A study found that from 2014 to 2016, there was a reduction in infant deaths in states under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), while average infant mortality rates rose in states that had not expanded Medicaid coverage." | science |
"Forests on caffeine: coffee waste can boost forest recovery. After only two years the coffee pulp treated area had 80% canopy cover compared to 20% in the control area. The canopy in the coffee pulp area was also four times taller than that of the control area." | science |
"When an illness spreads through a colony, vampire bats socially distance from non-family members" | science |
"When men exercise pre-breakfast, they burn twice the amount of fat than men who waited until after breakfast. The study authors believe that the fasting overnight is key factor behind the increased fat burning." | science |
"Babies in the womb have extra lizard-like muscles in their hands that most will lose before they are born, medical scans reveal, probably one of the oldest remnants of evolution seen in humans yet, dated by biologists as 250 million years old, a relic from when reptiles transitioned to mammals." | science |
"Mask-wearing cuts Covid incidence by 53%. Results from more than 30 studies from around the world were analysed in detail, showing a statistically significant 53% reduction in the incidence of Covid with mask wearing" | science |
"The way Trump talks may make him seem like an outlier in American politics but a new study in PNAS argues he's actually the culmination of a presidential trend that began in 1900. Over the years presidential speeches have shown a consistent decline in analytical thinking and a rise in confidence." | science |
"School gardens linked with kids eating more vegetables: Students who participated in gardening, nutrition and cooking classes ate a half serving more vegetables per day. “Teaching kids where their food comes from, how to grow it, how to prepare it — that’s key to changing eating behaviors.”" | science |
"Having more time to oneself is the top reported benefit of being single, study finds" | science |
"Air pollution causes ‘huge’ reduction in intelligence, study reveals. Impact of high levels of toxic air ‘is equivalent to having lost a year of education’" | science |
"Women dress modestly to defend themselves against aggression from other women, suggests new study (n=726), which provides evidence that women strategically dampen signals of sexual permissiveness and desirability to avoid provoking intrasexual aggression." | science |
"An hour-long stroll in nature helps decrease activity in an area of the brain associated with stress processing" | science |
"Removing fluoride from the water in Juneua, Alaska twelve years ago led to a significant increase in dental cavities, according to an analysis of Medicaid dental claims" | science |
"Millennials are becoming more perfectionistic, suggests a new study (n=41,641). Young adults are perceiving that their social context is increasingly demanding, that others judge them more harshly, and that they are increasingly inclined to display perfection as a means of securing approval." | science |
"A new lithium ion battery design for electric vehicles permits charging to 80% capacity in just ten minutes, adding 200 miles of range. Crucially, the batteries lasted for 2,500 charge cycles, equivalent to a 500,000-mile lifespan." | science |
"A 15 minute jog is better for the mind than 15 minutes of calm relaxation, as a brief jog sharpens the mind, boosting attentional control and perceptual speed, in part through a subjective sense of having more energy (in contrast to the relaxation group who felt less energetic), suggests new study." | science |
"First-of-its-kind study quantifies the effects of political lobbying on likelihood of climate policy enactment, suggesting that lack of climate action may be due to political influences, with lobbying lowering the probability of enacting a bill, representing $60 billion in expected climate damages." | science |
"Researchers found that people who have PTSD but do not medicate with cannabis are far more likely to suffer from severe depression and have suicidal thoughts than those who reported cannabis use over the past year. The study is based on 24,000 Canadians." | science |
"Cannabidiol in cannabis does not impair driving, landmark study shows" | science |
"Researchers find that one person likely drove Bitcoin from $150 to $1,000, in a new study published in the Journal of Monetary Economics. Unregulated cryptocurrency markets remain vulnerable to manipulation today." | science |
"Masculine insecurity predicts endorsement of aggressive politics and support for Donald Trump, suggests three studies, supporting the notion that men who are likely to doubt their masculinity may support aggressive policies, politicians, and parties, possibly as a means of affirming their manhood." | science |
"A study conducted by Hiroshima University researchers found that using Ultraviolet C light with a wavelength of 222 nanometers which is safer to use around humans effectively kills SARS-CoV-2 -- the first research in the world to prove its efficacy against the virus that causes COVID-19." | science |
"Moderna vaccine effectiveness holding strong while Pfizer and Johnson&Johnson fall." | science |
"Europe has the capacity to produce more than 100 times the amount of energy it currently produces through onshore windfarms, new analysis has revealed. The new study reveals that Europe has the potential to supply enough energy for the whole world until 2050." | science |
"Most White Americans feel safe in interacting with police whereas most Black Americans feared that police would kill them and hurt their family. "Approximately half of Black respondents preferred to be robbed or burglarized than to have unprovoked contact with officers."" | science |
"New study finds the number of Americans reporting "extreme" mental distress grew from 3.5% in 1993 to 6.4% in 2019; "extreme distress" here is defined as reporting serious emotional problems and mental distress in all 30 of the past 30 days" | science |
"Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists" | science |
"With impressive accuracy, dogs can sniff out coronavirus - A proof-of-concept study suggests that specially trained detection dogs can sniff out COVID-19-positive samples with 96% accuracy. 8 Labrador retrievers and 1 Belgian Malinois that had not done medical-detection work before were used." | science |
"Scientists have developed an inhaled form of COVID vaccine. It can provide broad, long-lasting protection against the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern. Research reveals significant benefits of vaccines being delivered into the respiratory tract, rather than by injection." | science |
"Boys should be given HPV vaccine, says joint committee" | science |
"Scientists recently observed two black holes that united into one, and in the process got a “kick” that flung the newly formed black hole away at high speed. That black hole zoomed off at about 5 million kilometers per hour, give or take a few million. The speed of light is just 200 times as fast." | science |
"A lake of liquid water may have been spotted on Mars. If confirmed, this would mark a new, potentially habitable environment in the solar system." | science |
"A new study has identified 21 existing drugs that stop the replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. “This study significantly expands the possible therapeutic options for COVID-19 patients, especially since many of the molecules already have clinical safety data in humans."" | science |
"Woman’s own immune system has possibly cured her of HIV" | science |
"HPV vaccine eliminates skin cancer in 97-year-old, doctors report in a new paper in JAMA Dermatology. The woman had developed a severe case of squamous cell carcinoma, and chemotherapy and surgery were ruled out as treatments. Each tumor was injected with Gardasil, and all of them disappeared." | science |
"Cancer cells engineered with CRISPR slay their own kin. Researchers engineered tumor cells in mice to secrete a protein that triggers a death switch in resident tumor cells they encounter." | science |
"The sounds that wake us up could be affecting how groggy and clumsy we are in the morning, new study shows. Harsh alarm tones can disrupt or confuse our brain activity when waking, while more melodic sounds can help us transition to a waking state in a more effective way and improve alertness level." | science |
"Scientists make paralyzed mice walk again by giving them spinal cord implants. 12 out of 15 mice suffering long-term paralysis started moving normally. Human trial is expected in 3 years, aiming to ‘offer all paralyzed people hope that they may walk again’" | science |
"A single dose of psilocybin enhances creative thinking and empathy up to seven days after use, study finds (n=55), providing more evidence that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, can improve creative thinking, empathy, and subjective well-being." | science |
"Under Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has dramatically shifted away from its stated mission to “protect human and environmental health.” Instead, the agency is clearly favoring the interests of the polluting industries that it is mandated to regulate, according to a study" | science |
"Generation Z – those born after 1995 – overwhelmingly believe that climate change is being caused by humans and activities like the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and waste. But only a third understand how livestock and meat consumption are contributing to emissions, a new study revealed." | science |
"Requiring your kids to do chores on a regular basis may be associated with them having better academic performance and problem solving skills. Regular chores were associated with better executive functions – planning, self-regulation, switching between tasks and remembering instructions." | science |
"The rate of teen pregnancy in the United States reached a historic low in 2015 due to higher contraceptive use, according to a study published last month by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention" | science |
"After 40 Years of Searching, Scientists Identify The Key Flaw in Solar Panel Efficiency: A new study outlines a material defect in silicon used to produce solar cells that has previously gone undetected." | science |
"A chemotherapy drug derived from a Himalayan fungus has 40 times greater potency for killing cancer cells than its parent compound." | science |
"80% of those diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer are men, the leading cancer caused by HPV, surpassing cervical cancer. However, just 16% of men aged 18 to 21 years old have received a dose of the HPV vaccine, which is a cancer-prevention vaccine for men as well as women." | science |
"Just 5% of the world’s power plants account for almost three-quarters of carbon emissions from electricity generation. A crackdown on a limited number of ‘hyper-emitting’ power plants could yield outsize cuts in the carbon emissions resulting from global electricity generation." | science |
"Cannabis use after work (N=281) didn't negatively affect work performance in any way as rated by the user's supervisor." | science |
"Babies can learn that hard work pays off. MIT researchers found that babies who watched an adult struggle at two different tasks before succeeding tried harder at their own difficult task, compared to babies who saw an adult succeed effortlessly." | science |
"Remains of high-THC cannabis discovered in 2,500-year-old funerary incense burners in the Pamir Mountains is the earliest known evidence of psychoactive marijuana use. It was likely used in mortuary ceremonies for communicating with the dead." | science |
"Masks Not Enough to Stop COVID-19’s Spread Without Social Distancing. Every material tested dramatically reduced the number of droplets that were spread. But at distances of less than 6 feet, enough droplets to potentially cause illness still made it through several of the materials." | science |
"Women in Congress are about 10% more likely to be interrupted in Senate committees than men. When discussing women's issues, women are more than twice as likely to be interrupted than on other issues." | science |
"Teen dating violence is down, but boys still report more violence than girls - When it comes to teen dating violence, boys are more likely to report being the victim of violence—being hit, slapped, or pushed—than girls, finds new research (n boys = 18,441 and n girls = 17,459)." | science |
"Lab Grown Meat: Scientists grew rabbit and cow muscles cells on edible gelatin scaffolds that mimic the texture and consistency of meat, demonstrating that realistic meat products may eventually be produced without the need to raise and slaughter animals." | science |
"An estimated 8.5% of American adults shared at least one fake news article during the 2016 election. Age was a big factor. People over age 65 were seven times more likely to share a fake news article." | science |
"Snakes and spiders evoke fear and disgust in many people. There has been debate about whether this aversion is innate or learnt. Scientists discovered that babies as young as six months old feel stressed when seeing these creatures, long before they could have learnt this reaction." | science |
"The brains of people with excellent general knowledge are particularly efficiently wired, finds a new study by neuroscientists using a special form of MRI, which found that people with a very efficient fibre network had more general knowledge than those with less efficient structural networking." | science |
"Study finds that red seaweed dramatically reduces the amount of methane that cows emit, with emissions from cow belches decreasing by 80%. Supplementing cow diets with small amounts of the food would be an effective way to cut down the livestock industry's carbon footprint" | science |
"Simply giving cash with a few strings attached could be one of the most promising ways to reduce poverty and insecurity in the developing world. Today, over 63 countries have at least one such program. So-called conditional cash transfers (CCT) improve people's lives over the long term." | science |
"Study of 95,000 children finds no link between MMR vaccines and autism, even within high-risk populations" | science |
"The first complete dinosaur skeleton ever identified has finally been studied in detail and found its place in the dinosaur family tree, completing a project that began more than 150 years ago." | science |
"We can now decode pigs’ emotions. Using thousands of acoustic recordings gathered throughout the lives of pigs, from their births to deaths, an international team is the first in the world to translate pig grunts into actual emotions across an extended number of conditions and life stages" | science |
"A new study has shown a "reverse gateway effect" among street-involved young people, many of whom have been using cannabis to help transition off of more harmful drugs amid the ongoing opioid epidemic." | science |
"17 US states implemented laws allowing people age >21 to possess, use and supply limited amounts of cannabis for recreational purposes. This has led to a 93% decrease in law enforcement seizures of illegal cannabis and >50% decrease in law enforcement seizures of heroin, oxycodone, and hydrocodone." | science |
"Researchers identify a new personality construct that describes “an ongoing feeling that the self is a victim”, the Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood (TIV). It involves 4 dimensions: moral elitism, a lack of empathy, the need for recognition, and rumination." | science |
"A Harvard study finds that official death certificates in the U.S. failed to count more than half of the people killed by police in 2015—and the problem of undercounting is especially pronounced in lower-income counties and for deaths that are due to Tasers" | science |
"The average person eats at least 50,000 particles of microplastic a year and breathes in a similar quantity, according to the first study to estimate human ingestion of plastic pollution. The scientists reported that drinking a lot of bottled water drastically increased the particles consumed." | science |
"Dogs trained using punishments for incorrect behavior show evidence of higher stress and anxiety levels compared to dogs trained with reward-based method. Dogs from aversive method schools also responded more pessimistically to ambiguous situations." | science |
"A new study finds that levels of oxytocin, “the love hormone," are significantly lower in adults who were children when their parents divorced. This might explain why children of divorce struggle to form their own relationships in adulthood." | science |
"An engineered "glue" inspired by barnacle cement can seal bleeding organs in 10-15 seconds. It was tested on pigs and worked faster than available surgical products, even when the pigs were on blood thinners." | science |
"It's safer to be a cop in the U.S. today than 50 years ago, finds a new study. Despite increases in violent crimes, the hazards of policing has dramatically declined since 1970 with a 75 percent drop in police officer line-of-duty deaths." | science |
"Tobacco farmers could make more money converting their fields to solar arrays, land use study finds." | science |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.