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Stating the truth, America wake up, stand up!

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Japanese Americans Won Redress, Now Fight for Black Reparations

When Miya Iwataki and other Japanese Americans fought in the 1980s for the U.S. government to apologize to the families it imprisoned during

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Ultra-Processed Food May Exacerbate Cognitive Decline, New Studies Show

Scientists have known for years that unhealthy diets – particularly those that are high in fat and sugar – may cause detrimental changes to the brain and lead to cognitive impairment.

Many factors that contribute to cognitive decline are out of a person’s control, such as genetics and socioeconomic factors. But ongoing research increasingly indicates that a poor diet is a risk factor for memory impairments during normal aging and increases the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

But when evaluating how some diets may erode brain health as we age, research on the effects of consuming minimally processed versus ultra-processed foods has been scant – that is, until now.

Two recent large-scale studies suggest that eating ultra-processed foods may exacerbate age-related cognitive decline and increase the risk of developing dementia. In contrast, another recent study reported that ultra-processed food consumption was not associated with worse cognition in people over 60.

Although more research is needed, as a neuroscientist who researches how diet can influence cognition later in life, I find that these early studies add a new layer for considering how fundamental nutrition is to brain health.

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Jason Stewart on Instagram: "The fact that fungus can start to think for itself and make these decisions. Sheeeesh Disclaimer : No copyrigh

Jason Stewart shared a post on Instagram: "The fact that fungus can start to think for itself and make these decisions. Sheeeesh Disclaimer

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"Terrifying" study links climate hazards to hundreds of infectious diseases — CBS News

"There is no speculation here whatsoever," the study's lead author said. "These are things that have already happened."

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The conservative Supreme Court is just getting warmed up — POLITICO

Affirmative action, voting rights and state power over elections are on the line next.

This is unacceptable.

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Lilith or Black moon is a point in the horoscope that is linked to the inner rebel, raw femininity. But it also stands for an unknown wound

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Too rageful to be eloquent right now so the words of others will have to suffice for the moment.

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New research finds way to scrub carbon dioxide from factory emissions, make useful products

Cyclic carbonates have a broad range of industrial applications, including as polar solvents, precursors for polycarbonate materials such as eyeglass lenses and digital discs, electrolytes in lithium batteries, and precursors for pharmaceuticals.

Carbon dioxide can be harvested from smokestacks and used to create commercially valuable chemicals thanks to a novel compound developed by a scientific collaboration led by an Oregon State University researcher.

Published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, the study shows that the new metal organic framework, loaded with a common industrial chemical, propylene oxide, can catalyze the production of cyclic carbonates while scrubbing CO2 from factory flue gases.

Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, results from burning fossil fuels and is one of the primary causes of climate change. Cyclic carbonates are a class of compounds with great industrial interest, meaning the findings are a boost for green-economy initiatives because they show useful products such as battery electrolytes and pharmaceutical precursors can be derived from the same process deployed to clean emissions from manufacturing facilities.

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Bangladesh: How climate-resilient farming is helping women — DW

Efforts are on to help local communities, particularly women, overcome the effects of climate-related problem.

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Seaweed Extract Stops COVID in Early Testing

As scientists hunt for alternatives for people who can't access vaccines for COVID-19, they are searching underwater in unexpected places to

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Almost half a million US households lack indoor plumbing: ‘The conditions are inhumane’ — The Guardian (US/CA)

Renters and people of color are most likely to be living without water or flushing toilets in some of America’s wealthiest cities, new resea

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Animals Are Changing Shape to Cope With Rising Temperatures

Birds, bats, rabbits, mice and other creatures are growing bigger body parts to cool themselves off

Global warming is reshaping our planet. It intensifies hurricanes, causes more fires and dries up rivers. Now, scientists are finding that climate change is also turning animals into shape-shifters. Many creatures are changing the sizes and shapes of certain body parts. Some are growing bigger wings, some are sprouting longer ears and others are growing larger bills. These changes aren’t happening at random, scientists say. Animals are undergoing them to better regulate their body temperatures—basically to cool off.

A group of scientists at Deakin University in Australia, along with collaborators at Brock University in Canada, have traced how about 30 species changed across various timeframes in response to rising temperatures. In their work, they combed through nearly 100 previous studies by other researchers, some based on field work, some on laboratory experiments and others on vast museum collections that preserved, catalogued and measured animal specimens for decades. The researchers tracked comparisons that date back a century or two in some cases. They and published their findings in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

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