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A ‘hidden gem’ of the Amazon is a frog with odd habits
Rice paddies produce food for billions ― and lots of methane
China’s dementia incidence is rising fast ― outpacing the global average
Google AI better than human doctors at diagnosing rashes from pictures
How political attacks could crush the mRNA vaccine revolution
‘Orwellian’: planetary scientists outraged over deletion of research records
Physicists turn lead into gold — for a fraction of a second
A pope, a polymath and plucky women: Books in brief
Author Correction: 2023 summer warmth unparalleled over the past 2,000 years
Stem cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease
NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring
Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff
Mosquito-borne viral disease sweeping Indian Ocean islands
Safety issues with the only available vaccine complicates response to chikungunya
Gold standard or appalling? HHS’s $500 million vaccine bet on inactivated viruses puzzles field
Department selected universal flu vaccine work by NIH leaders without “transparency,” some scientists say
Ancient mariners used this boat to crisscross Mesopotamian canals
Sediments deposited long ago reveal the vessel’s age
Neanderthals made mysterious horse-hunting spears, new dates reveal
Ancient amino acids suggest German weapons are some 100,000 years younger than once thought
Watch cuttlefish communicate—with enthusiastic gestures
By moving their arms, these smart cephalopods seem to send signals via visual cues and pressure waves
Bronze Age leprosy hitched rides along ancient copper and pottery trade route
4000-year-old scarred jaws in Oman hub mark oldest cases outside South Asia
NF-kappaB-mediated developmental delay extends lifespan in Drosophila
Developmental time (or time to maturity) strongly correlates with an animal's maximum lifespan, with late-maturing individuals often living longer. However, the genetic mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain largely unknown. This may be because most previously identified longevity genes regulate growth rate rather than developmental time. To address this gap, we genetically manipulated prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH), the primary regulator of developmental timing in Drosophila, to...
Gender-specific association of oxidative balance score with sarcopenia in American adults: NHANES 2011-2018
CONCLUSIONS: Higher oxidative balance scores are associated with a lower prevalence of sarcopenia, particularly among women. These findings support the importance of antioxidant-rich diets and healthy lifestyles in mitigating sarcopenia risk, especially in aging female populations.
# Language processing characteristics in normal pressure hydrocephalus: insights from eye-tracking analysis of incorrect responses
INTRODUCTION: In patients with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH), the aging process results in decreased efficiency of cerebrospinal fluid circulation, leading to ventricular enlargement. This enlargement compresses several brain structures, impairing functions such as visual perception, semantic memory processing, and phonological encoding contributing to language processing difficulties. This study examines real-time language processing in NPH patients and healthy elderly (HE) controls by...