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Oxytocin administered to the nose increases emotion perception in autism
Intranasal oxytocin can influence how individuals with autism perceive emotion in others, a recent study has…
Your mobile phone can reveal whether you have been exposed to radiation
In accidents or terror attacks which are suspected to involve radioactive substances, it can be difficult…
Border walls may pose big challenges to biodiversity, but smaller ones to humans
Walls such as the proposed barrier along the US-Mexico border lead to habitat fragmentation and can…
Program helps reduce risk of delirium, hospital length of stay for older patients undergoing surgery
Older patients who underwent major abdominal surgery and received an intervention that included nutritional assistance and…
Just after the Big Bang: Galaxies created stars a hundred times faster now
A team of astronomers has discovered a new kind of galaxy which, although extremely old --…
Health benefits of moderate drinking may be overstated, study finds
The benefits of light alcohol consumption, as well as the risks associated with not drinking at…
Metals from Bolivian mines affect crops and pose potential health risk, study suggests
Exposure to trace metals from potatoes grown in soil irrigated with waters from the Potosi mining…
Benefits of medical marijuana for treatment of epilepsy examined
Although cannabis had been used for many centuries for treatment of seizure disorders, medical use became…
Fossil beetles suggest that LA climate has been relatively stable for 50,000 years
Research based on more than 180 fossil insects preserved in the La Brea Tar Pits of…