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Puffins stay cool thanks to their large beak

https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/puffins-stay-cool-thanks-their-large-beak-302883

A little prairie can rescue honey bees from famine on the farm, study finds

https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/804708

Japanese anime and zoos boost public interest in conservation of real-life animal characters

https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00084.html

U of T research reveals why nicotine initially feels disgusting, could help smokers quit

https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-study-reveals-why-nicotine-initially-feels-disgusting-could-help-smokers-quit

Potential harm of new viruses predicted by study

https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2019/potential-harm-of-new-viruses-predicted-by-study

In a BMBF-funded project, LMU linguist Julia Büttner-Kunert plans to assess the quality of interpersonal communication in individuals with dementia and people traumatic brain injuries, with the aim to develop new approaches to therapy.

http://www.en.uni-muenchen.de/news/newsarchiv/2019/buettner_neuroprag.html

Glass from a 3D printer

https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2019/11/glass-from-a-3d-printer.html

Cosmic explosions: detecting the highest-energy light

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2019/nov/cosmic-explosions-detecting-highest-energy-light

NUS researchers create new metallic material for flexible soft robots

http://news.nus.edu.sg/research/nus-researchers-create-new-metallic-material-flexible-soft-robots

‘Trickster god’ used fake news in Babylonian Noah story

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/trickster-god-used-fake-news-in-babylonian-noah-story

Unique sledge dogs helped the Inuit thrive in the North American Arctic

http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2019-11-28-unique-sledge-dogs-helped-inuit-thrive-north-american-arctic

Study shows there’s nothing wacky about conspiracy theorists

https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/study-shows-there%E2%80%99s-nothing-wacky-about-conspiracy-theorists

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Games can protect thinking skills in older age

https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2019/games-can-protect-thinking-skills-in-older-age

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subreddit with full intake

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Identifying a gene for canine night blindness

https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/identifying-gene-canine-night-blindness

Get moving! The mystery of animal group behavior

https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/09/30/get-moving-mystery-animal-group-behavior

Collapse of desert birds due to heat stress from climate change

https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/collapse-desert-birds-due-heat-stress-climate-change

‘Poisoned arrowhead’ used by warring bacteria could lead to new antibiotics

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/193148/poisoned-arrowhead-used-warring-bacteria-could/

Stanford psychologists show leading with flavor encourages healthy eating

https://news.stanford.edu/2019/10/02/leading-flavor-encourages-healthy-eating/

Golden Ratio Observed In Human Skulls

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/golden-ratio-observed-in-human-skulls

One-Dimensional Objects Morph Into New Dimensions

https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2019/october/one-dimensional-objects-morph-new-dimensions.html

A new way to corrosion-proof thin atomic sheets

http://news.mit.edu/2019/corrosion-proof-atomic-sheets-1004

In a first, optical tweezers give Harvard scientists the control to capture ultracold molecules

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/harvard-scientists-use-optical-tweezers-to-capture-ultracold-molecules/

Nationally significant works by Darwin’s mentor secured

https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2019/nationally-significant-works-by-darwin-s-mentor-se

Health worsens the longer you live in a deprived neighbourhood

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2019/oct/health-worsens-longer-you-live-deprived-neighbourhood

KU Leuven researchers reveal deepest layers of Bruegel drawings

https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/en/content/2019/ku-leuven-researchers-reveal-deepest-layers-of-bruegel-drawings/view

Inspired by Northern clingfish, researchers make a better suction cup

https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/10/02/inspired-by-northern-clingfish-researchers-make-a-better-suction-cup/

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‘Impossible’ nano-sized protein cages made with the help of gold
http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2019-05-15-%E2%80%98impossible%E2%80%99-nano-sized-protein-cages-made-help-gold

Self-repairing batteries
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00044.html

Efficient catalyst for water splitting
https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/article/35448/

It’s in the Weeds: Herbicide Linked to Human Liver Disease
https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2019-05-14-herbicide-linked-to-human-liver-disease.aspx

The insular cortex processes pain and drives learning from pain
https://news.epfl.ch/news/the-insular-cortex-processes-pain-and-drives-learn/

Brain Changes Linked With Alzheimer’s Years Before Symptoms Appear
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/brain-changes-linked-with-alzheimers-years-before-symptoms-appear

Scientists find new type of cell that helps tadpoles’ tails regenerate
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-find-new-type-of-cell-that-helps-tadpoles-tails-regenerate

Mapping the global distribution of phytoplankton
https://www.ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2019/05/mapping-the-global-distribution-of-phytoplankton.html

HKU Earth Scientists Discovered Century-scale Deep-water Circulation Dynamics in the North Atlantic Ocean throughout the last 20,000 years
https://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_19458.html

Education may not be the solution to reducing female genital cutting
http://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2019/05-May-19/Education-may-not-be-the-solution-to-reducing-female-genital-cutting

Archaeopteryx gets company (Alcmonavis Poeschli)
http://www.en.uni-muenchen.de/news/newsarchiv/2019/rauhut_alcmonavispoeschli.html

More mysterious jars of the dead unearthed in Laos
https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/more-mysterious-jars-of-the-dead-unearthed-in-laos

Lasers Aim to Replace Scalpels in Cutting-Edge Biopsy Technique
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/lasers-aim-replace-scalpels-cutting-edge-biopsy-technique

Climate a driver of language diversity
https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/climate-a-driver-of-language-diversity

Incarceration for Low-Level Drug Crimes Rapidly Spreading TB in Brazil
https://publichealth.yale.edu/article.aspx?id=20191

Eating insects makes sense. So why don’t we?
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/191214/eating-insects-makes-sense-so-dont/

Full Intake

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A test from when the show was originally UK centric.

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Saving Old Master paintings with chemistry

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2019/jan/saving-old-master-paintings-chemistry

Natural Killer cells used to treat chronic pain by removing damaged nerves after injury

http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2019-02-01-natural-killer-cells-used-treat-chronic-pain-removing-damaged-nerves-after-injury

Extreme rainfall events are connected across the world

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/190029/extreme-rainfall-events-connected-across-world/

Black holes shed light on expanding Universe

https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/news/item/?itemno=37415

DCU researchers central to solving cosmic riddle on the birth of massive black holes in the early universe

https://www.dcu.ie/news/news/2019/Jan/DCU-researchers-central-solving-cosmic-riddle-birth-of-massive-black-holes-early

Dr Raugei's 'Net energy analysis must not compare apples and oranges' published in Nature

https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/news/dr-raugei-s--net-energy-analysis-must-not-compare-apples-and-oranges--published-in-nature/

‘Magnetic graphene’ switches between insulator and conductor

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/magnetic-graphene-switches-between-insulator-and-conductor

Newborn babies have inbuilt ability to pick out words, finds study

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/newborn-babies-have-inbuilt-ability-to-pick-out-words-finds-study/

Train the brain to form good habits through repetition

https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/train_the_brain

Scientists identify new messenger molecules between cells which could protect neurones against degeneration

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/new-messenger-molecules-could-protect-survival-of-neurones-1.828611

Superbug gene’ found in one of the most remote places on earth

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2019/01/arcticbugs/

‘Well-meaning’ Buddhist practices are putting ecosystems at risk

https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2019-01-30/well-meaning-buddhist-practices-are-putting-ecosystems-risk

Puffin bills 'glow' under UV light, study discovers

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2019/jan/puffin-bills-'glow'-under-uv-light-study-discovers.aspx