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(Victor Gevers 转) ICYMI: We found Trump's email server passwords in plain text and did not read his mails, because we are wearing white hats here. https://t.co/F5G5mvWbTd https://twitter.com/MayhemDayOne/status/1184943739510444042

How species in the wild are managing the risks and rewards of sharing space with humans. Endangered monkeys living in the wild are intelligently adapting their lifestyle to fit with their human neighbours, learning to avoid manmade risks and exploiting increased contact with people Read Full Article

A new study by researchers at UCLA shows that even a short-term visit to a severely polluted city can be detrimental to one’s health. The study involved 26 non-smoking, healthy adults who traveled from LA to Beijing during the summers of 2014 and 2015 over a 10-week period. Read Full Article

Longevity genes that helped humans survive ancient airborne toxins may be the same genes that make humans resilient to pollution from fossil fuels and cigarette smoke today, according to a study published in the December 2019 issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology. Read Full Article

Listening to 78 minutes of music per day, in a mix of five different 'moods', leads to an improvement in physical and mental wellbeing, claims a study (n=7500). Read Full Article

Mental health phone apps are efficacious for treating many common mental health conditions, new research shows. The meta-analysis of 66 randomized controlled trials showed the apps could be a gamechanger — providing cost-effective care to people lacking access to traditional treatments/providers. Read Full Article

Earth broke another record: Carbon dioxide levels are highest recorded in human history Read Full Article

Scientists Create a Device that Mimics Human Synapses to 'Forget' Memories. The smart design imitates a human brain synapse in a way it remembers information, and gradually drops that data if it's not accessed for a more extended period. Read Full Article

A study reveals that living within 50 metres of a busy road may increase the risk of lung cancer by 10%, and stunt lung growth in children by 3–14%. The analysis compared 13 different health conditions, including heart disease, stroke and bronchitis, across 13 cities in the UK and Poland. Read Full Article

While studying a mouse model that replicates key features of early-stage human breast cancer, researchers found that blocking the activity of a single enzyme can prevent a common type of breast cancer from spreading to distant organs. Read Full Article

Study suggests young people’s views may conflict with older Americans on bathroom policies affecting trans people. Eight in ten people aged 14-24 years polled, say that bathroom use by trans people should not be restricted, which differs from the narratives often represented in public debates. Read Full Article

Research has found for the first known time that enough physical evidence spanning millennia has come together to allow researchers to say definitively that: El Ninos, La Ninas, and the climate phenomenon that drives them have become more extreme in the times of human-induced climate change. Read Full Article

A recent study that found no general decline in the numbers of species in individual ecosystems has sparked controversy. Some scientists see it as evidence of how species adapt, while others see it as a sign that common invasive species, such as rats and mosquitoes, are the real winners. Read Full Article

Social Cognition May Rely Heavily on a Healthy Cerebellum,Damage to specific regions of the "little brain" may impair social perceptions. Read Full Article

Freakonomics Podcast discusses how vaping can improve public health through reduced cancer risk, helping people quit smoking, and when regulated properly (like the UK) will not cause a Youth Vaping Epidemic Read Full Article

Two-thirds (65%) of child abuse survivors thrive as adults, finds a new Canadian study (n=651), although this is still substantially less than that found in the general population (77%). Having a confidante increased odds of good mental health nearly sevenfold, but chronic pain reduced it by half. Read Full Article

Studies show that yoga may help improve heart health and reduce several risk factors for heart disease. One study found that participants over 40 years of age who practiced yoga for five years had a lower blood pressure and pulse rate than those who didn't Read Full Article

Humans often have false beliefs about how much they can affect the world around them. A new paper suggests these false beliefs may actually be justified. Read Full Article