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Compulsive exercise is a socially acceptable prison cell

Mar 18, 2022

Compulsive exercise (CE) gets little attention, despite being a fairly common and serious condition. The researchers believe that the multiple approaches to developing healthy exercise habits shared online could potentially...

Stemming the tide of invasive species in Great Lakes

Mar 18, 2022

“I'm aware of no other documented case in which the invasion rate of a large aquatic system has been suppressed through a management intervention,”said Ricciardi. There are many highly invasive...

McGill24 raises $3.95 million for causes across the University in seventh annual day of giving

Mar 18, 2022

On March 9, the global McGill University community came together once again to make a difference on McGill24, raising a record $3,949,997 in 24 hours during the seventh edition of...

Research briefs: Cheaper electric cars and freezable printed human tissue

Mar 18, 2022

They found that nearly every plot in the study was deficient in sulfur, which is critical for achieving the highest maize yields. The study found that plot-specific fertilizer recommendations based...

First UK pilot study of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy launched in Oxford

Mar 18, 2022

Oxford University is initiating a population-based newborn screening study in the Thames Valley. It is hoped that it will pave the way for a national newborn screening that will save...

Choosing diet soda actually leads to reduced calorie counts overall

Mar 18, 2022

Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Choosing diet soda actually leads to reduced calorie counts overallA recent study settles the debate on whether or not diet...

Science and Technology Studies Pioneer Sheila Jasanoff Named 2022 Holberg Laureate

Mar 17, 2022

Today, the Board of the Holberg Prize named American scholar Sheila Jasanoff as the 2022 Holberg Laureate. Sheila Jasanoff is the Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies (STS) at...

Beheaded croc reveals ancient family secrets

Mar 17, 2022

The partially fossilized remains of a giant extinct crocodilian that could have been ritualistically beheaded explain how modern crocodilian species may have evolved. The discovery may impact knowledge of ancient...

Solving problems with intuition

Mar 17, 2022

“The ancient Greeks of 2,000 years ago were already studying some of the problems that my colleagues and I are working on now,” Zerbes says. Learning Latin as a living...

Automatically filter and block cookies

Mar 17, 2022

But cookies can also collect data on user behaviour, opening the door to personalised ads, which is why legislators regulate how cookies are used. The European Union’s General Data Protection...