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I just watched the new Spiderman movie, made me miss old fandom days :(((

#we would have a ball #so many fanfics #the gifsets #the conversation #high school petra would have a ball #(heartache)#petra talks

Ozempic και εθισμός: Η επιστημονική εξήγηση για τη δράση του

Τα δημοφιλή φάρμακα απώλειας βάρους και διαχείρισης διαβήτη αλλάζουν τα δεδομένα στη νευρολογία, στοχεύοντας άμεσα το σύστημα ανταμοιβής του εγκεφάλου. Εμείς στο TechNoid εξετάζουμε πώς η τεχνολογία και η φαρμακολογία συγκλίνουν στην αντιμετώπιση των εξαρτήσεων. Σύνοψη Άρθρου Τα GLP-1 φάρμακα όπως το Wegovy επηρεάζουν την περιοχή του ιππόκαμπου στον εγκέφαλο, μειώνοντας τις λιγούρες και τις…

#Addiction #Diabetes #Neuroscience #The Conversation #Weight Loss

Σφήκες: Γιατί εξαφανίζονται φέτος το καλοκαίρι;

Οι φετινές καλοκαιρινές εξορμήσεις σου στη φύση έχουν έναν απρόσμενο απών, καθώς οι παραδοσιακοί ενοχλητικοί επισκέπτες των υπαίθριων γευμάτων μας είναι αισθητά λιγότεροι από ποτέ. Σύμφωνα με πρόσφατες επιστημονικές παρατηρήσεις οικολογικών οργανισμών, τα ακραία καιρικά φαινόμενα έχουν αποδεκατίσει τους πληθυσμούς των κοινών κοινωνικών σφηκών. Εμείς στο TechNoid ερευνήσαμε πώς οι κλιματικές…

#Biodiversity #Climate Change #Ecology #Insect #The Conversation #Wasp

قضاء دقائق يوميًا في الطبيعة يحسن الصحة النفسية رغم ساعات العمل الطويلة كشفت دراسة أن قضاء وقت قصير يوميًا في المساحات الخضراء يحسن الصحة النفسية، ويقلل التوتر، ويعزز المزاج حتى مع ساعات العمل الطويلة.... https://greenfue.com/%d9%82%d8%b6%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%af%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%82-%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85%d9%8a%d9%8b%d8%a7-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b7%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%b9%d8%a9-%d9%8a%d8%ad%d8%b3%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%ad/

Αρχαίο φυτό Αβοριγίνων: Παράξενο γενετικό χαρακτηριστικό

Η αποκρυπτογράφηση του ανθρώπινου και φυτικού DNA δεν είναι απλώς μια εργαστηριακή άσκηση, αλλά το βασικό εργαλείο για το μέλλον της τροφικής ασφάλειας. Ανακαλύψαμε πώς ένα αρχαίο δημητριακό στην Αυστραλία επαναπροσδιορίζει τις AgTech εφαρμογές και τη γενετική μηχανική. Αν αναρωτιέσαι πώς η τεχνολογία αλληλούχισης DNA λύνει το πρόβλημα της λειψυδρίας, η απάντηση βρίσκεται σε γενετικά αποτυπώματα…

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David Shire - Whatever Was Arranged

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Trust in science seems compatible with believing almost anything, so long as it is expressed in plausibly scientific terms.

In a world where trust in institutions is mostly in decline, levels of trust in science remain relatively high. Yet at the same time, belief in scientific conspiracy theories, such as hushed-up effects of vaccines or aeroplane “chemtrails”, is also widespread.

What explains this apparent contradiction? Our work suggests we need to ask a different question – not how much people trust science, but which sources inform their understanding of what science is and how it works.

In our recent study of 843 US residents, we found that people who picture scientific progress as the work of lone geniuses, and who learn about science mainly from podcasts and documentaries, are markedly more drawn to conspiracy theories – whatever their level of education.

This fits the bigger picture very well. In a 16-country survey, 70% of respondents believed at least one false or unproven health claim. High trust in science and widespread conspiracy beliefs appear to coexist in the same populations.

We fear that trust in science is compatible with believing almost anything, so long as it is expressed in plausibly scientific terms. This can lead to some people refusing vaccines, trusting miracle cures or dismissing climate warnings – all while remaining convinced that science is on their side.

The ‘lone genius’ trope

At school, science is almost always presented as a linear sequence of achievements, or in the form of impersonal theories. The human side of discovery is largely stripped out.

In contrast, most science-focused films and documentaries build their narratives around biographies of exceptional individuals.

These often yield a familiar plot. Society is facing an intractable problem. A genius arrives with the exact solution – but is ignored and mocked until, after much personal pain, everyone realises he (for it is invariably a man) was right all along.

From the martyrdom of Giordano Bruno, the Renaissance friar burned at the stake partly for defending an infinite universe, to A Beautiful Mind, the Oscar-winning portrait of the mathematician John Nash, this lone-genius arc has permeated popular depictions of science for centuries.

Many conspiracy theorists seek to exploit this trope – in part to suggest that those who recognise it must be unusually smart too, living in a world where everyone else is “naive” or “brainwashed”.

Yet these lone genius plots leave out nearly everything that makes science work. Namely, the rather boring and complex processes of accumulation and evaluation, from peer review to replication and endless disagreements, through which reliable knowledge emerges from a crowd of people and institutions.

Research also shows that people presented with academic research “in the making”, without definitive conclusions, often read any hesitations or equivocations as scientific weakness, rather than honesty.

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