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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-08-22 22:59:49+00:00.

Original Title: Pharmaceuticals are polluting almost all of England's National Parks. New study found widespread contamination of rivers in the parks, with antidepressants, anticonvulsants, antimicrobials, anti-inflammatory, lipid regulators and diabetes drugs in 52 out of 54 locations in all 10 national parks.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Creative_soja on 2024-08-22 22:00:15+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-08-22 20:38:04+00:00.

Original Title: A new study that examined health data on 18 million people reveals higher incidence of mental illnesses for up to a year following severe COVID-19 in unvaccinated people. Vaccination appeared to mitigate the adverse effects of COVID-19 on mental illnesses.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/MistWeaver80 on 2024-08-22 19:26:55+00:00.

Original Title: Bees are increasingly under threat due to environmental degradation caused by changes in land use. Changes such as land clearing and urban development, altered the availability of flowers in the landscape, significantly impacting bee populations, especially larger-bodied species.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/ChallengeAdept8759 on 2024-08-22 17:43:03+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Science_News on 2024-08-22 16:57:54+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/amberblissuk on 2024-08-22 15:52:53+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2024-08-22 16:33:11+00:00.

Original Title: Low-dose long-term administration of cannabis compound reverses brain aging | Study suggests that THC can rejuvenate cognitive function in older mice by influencing key molecular pathways in the brain.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2024-08-22 15:55:54+00:00.

Original Title: Troubling link between slavery and Congressional wealth uncovered. US legislators whose ancestors owned 16 or more slaves have an average net worth nearly $4 million higher than their colleagues without slaveholding ancestors, even after accounting for factors like age, race, and education.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/giuliomagnifico on 2024-08-22 14:32:08+00:00.

Original Title: Study on 17,855 pregnant women demonstrates a positive association between exposure to PM2.5 and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Specifically, exposure to NO3−, NH4+, and OM was particularly associated with an increased risk (up to 20%)

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Science_News on 2024-08-22 13:57:26+00:00.

Original Title: Prescribing widespread antibiotics to children under age 5 in Niger reduced mortality among infants, researchers report in the New England Journal of Medicine | The trial — a follow up on work from 2018 — saw a 17 percent drop in infant mortality during the study period

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/giuliomagnifico on 2024-08-22 13:35:46+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2024-08-22 12:42:40+00:00.

Original Title: Larger teams worsen academic career prospects | As teams grow, new Ph.D. graduates are less likely to land tenure-track jobs and more likely to leave science—especially women and international researchers

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-08-22 12:01:23+00:00.

Original Title: Democrats rarely have Republicans as romantic partners and vice versa, study finds. The share of couples where one partner supported the Democratic Party while the other supported the Republican Party was only 8%.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2024-08-22 07:50:42+00:00.

Original Title: Research found about 34% of postmenopausal women with COVID-19 had symptoms that lasted at least eight weeks, according to the first of two recent surveys. A second survey showed that 84% and 61% of all infected patients still had symptoms one and two years later

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/unsw on 2024-08-22 06:36:53+00:00.

Original Title: Study challenges view that non-native species can only reach Antarctica from remote Southern Ocean islands, shows Antarctica's coastlines at risk of species incursions from all major Southern Hemisphere landmasses

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/universityofturku on 2024-08-22 11:02:04+00:00.

Original Title: A new study reveals that tarantulas are actually often on friendly terms with amphibians, reptiles, and even army ants, which are known to feed on spiders. The researchers suggest that the dense hair covering tarantulas may have in fact evolved as a defense mechanism against these predatory ants.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/AnnaMouse247 on 2024-08-22 09:22:00+00:00.

Original Title: Self-guided cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) app significantly reduces anxiety in young adults with mental health challenges, finds study. Decrease in anxiety symptoms was significant at 6 weeks and continued at the 12-week follow-up, showing improvement similar to anxiety medication studies

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2024-08-22 08:51:31+00:00.

Original Title: World's fastest microscope freezes time at 1 quintillionth of a second | Physicists at the University of Arizona have developed the world’s fastest electron microscope to capture events lasting just one quintillionth of a second.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2024-08-22 07:10:07+00:00.

Original Title: Catastrophic giant underwater avalanche hit 60,000 years ago. The event grew from a relatively small start into a huge and devastating submarine avalanche reaching heights of 200 meters as it moved at a speed of about 15m/s, ripping out the sea floor and tearing everything out in its way

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-08-22 06:43:33+00:00.

Original Title: Suicide risk is 76% higher for female doctors compared with the general population, finds new analysis from 20 countries. According to previous estimates, 1 doctor dies by suicide every day in the US, and about 1 every 10 days in the UK.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/QldBrainInst on 2024-08-21 23:36:39+00:00.

Original Title: Researchers from UQ's Queensland Brain Institute have discovered a mechanism in DNA that regulates how disease-causing mutations are inherited. These findings could provide a promising therapeutic avenue to stop the onset of heritable and age-related diseases.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/grimisgreedy on 2024-08-21 22:36:10+00:00.

Original Title: Palaeontologists have described Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus, a new genus and species of large theropod dinosaur characterised by an extremely developed orbital brow on the postorbital, amongst other features, from the Callovian Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Hilla007 on 2024-08-21 22:16:34+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/grimisgreedy on 2024-08-21 21:49:15+00:00.