Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his)

The moment the earliest known man-made fire was uncovered - BBC News Archaeologists in the UK have discovered the world's oldest evidence of humans lighting fires

🧪🧪A stunning discovery at an archaeological dig in the UK is rewriting the timeline of when humans first made fire --
The new discovery pushes the origin of human fire-making back by more than 350,000 years, far earlier than previously thought

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What will be the first AI-designed drug? These disease-fighting antibodies are top contenders Just a year after the first AI-designed protein was made, scientists are preparing for clinical trials testing AI-designed antibodies.

🧪🧪 What will be the first AI-designed drug? These disease-fighting antibodies are top contenders -- Just a year after the first AI-designed protein was made, scientists are preparing for clinical trials testing AI-designed antibodies.

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Nanotyrannus Represents Distinct Species of Tyrannosaurid Dinosaur, New Research Confirms | Sci.News Nanotyrannus lancensis -- long thought by many to be a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex -- was in fact a fully mature, distinct species of smaller tyrannosaurid, according to a team of U.S. paleontologists.

🧪🧪 Nanotyrannus Represents Distinct Species of Tyrannosaurid Dinosaur, New Research Confirms -- Nanotyrannus likely was a tiny adult dino and not a teen T. rex

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Will blockbuster obesity drugs revolutionize addiction treatment? Scientists are testing whether GLP-1 drugs can help to cut cravings for cigarettes, alcohol and opioids — as well as food.

🧪🧪 Can GLP-1 meds revolutionize addiction treatment?Scientists are testing whether GLP-1 drugs can help to cut cravings for cigarettes, alcohol and opioids — as well as food.

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YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning Metallica's gift of giving

🎸🎸 Metallica's gift of giving. The heavy metal band Metallica has not only changed lives with their music; they've also changed lives with their philanthropy

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On this day in history in 1964: Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald

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The 1859 cover of the 'On the Origin of Species' Public domain Via: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Origin_of_Species.jpg

24 November 1859: 'On the Origin of Species', Charles Darwin's groundbreaking book, was published.

Darwin's magnum opus is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology and is undoubtedly one among the most important books in the history of science.

🧪 #science #histsci #Darwin

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Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear

🧪🧪 CDC to end all monkey research -- Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear

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Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of Modified mRNA Influenza Vaccine | NEJM Influenza remains a major health burden despite the use of licensed vaccines. Nucleoside-modified messenger RNA (modRNA) influenza vaccines have shown promising immunogenicity against influenza and...

🧪🧪 Nucleoside-modified messenger RNA (modRNA) influenza vaccine had statistically superior efficacy over the control vaccine, with greater immune responses to A/H3N2 and A/H1N1 strains, but was associated with more reactogenicity events.

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Has birds’ mysterious ‘compass’ organ been found at last? Multiple lines of evidence suggest that pigeons sense magnetic fields by detecting electric currents in their inner ears.

🧪 🧪 Has birds’ mysterious ‘compass’ organ been found at last? -- Multiple lines of evidence suggest that pigeons sense magnetic fields by detecting electric currents in their inner ears.

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A brain implant that could rival Neuralink's enters clinical trials Neurotechnology company Paradromics will test its device in a trial aimed at safely restoring speech for people with severe motor impairments.

🧪🧪 A brain implant that could rival Neuralink's enters clinical trials -- Neurotechnology company Paradromics will test its device in a trial aimed at safely restoring speech for people with severe motor impairments.

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Lancet journal retracts COVID-19 metformin paper nearly 2 years after authors request correction A paper on a clinical trial of metformin for the treatment of COVID-19 has been retracted nearly two years after the authors flagged data issues that resulted in an expression of concern.  The…

🧪🧪 Lancet retracts COVID-19 metformin paper nearly 2 yrs after authors' request correction--A paper on a clinical trial of metformin for the treatment of COVID-19 has been retracted nearly two years after the authors flagged data issues that resulted in an expression of concern

Women seem to retract fewer papers than men — but why? In an analysis of nearly 900 retracted medical research studies, the number of female authors is disproportionately low.

🧪🧪Women seem to retract fewer papers than men — but why? -- In an analysis of nearly 900 retracted medical research studies, the number of female authors is disproportionately low.

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Ultra-processed foods and human health: the main thesis and the evidence This first paper in a three-part Lancet Series combines narrative and systematic reviews with original analyses and meta-analyses to assess three hypotheses concerning a dietary pattern based on ultra...

🧪🧪Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and human health: The totality of the evidence supports the thesis that displacement of long-established dietary patterns by UPFs is a key driver of the escalating global burden of multiple diet-related chronic diseases.

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Measles makes a comeback: four charts show where and how With gaps in vaccine coverage, nowhere is safe from measles outbreaks. But the disease has hit the Americas hard this year.

🧪🧪 Measles makes a comeback: four charts show where and how -- With gaps in vaccine coverage, nowhere is safe from measles outbreaks. But the disease has hit the Americas hard this year.

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Author changes name, publishes 10 papers in journals that banned him How to render a publishing ban moot? Change your surname and just keep submitting. That’s what happened in the case of Hashem Babaei, aka Hashem Gharababaei. In 2010, the Institution of Mechanical …

🧪🧪 Author changes name, publishes 10 papers in journals that banned him 😲

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🧪🧪 “The inner workings of a paper mill”: A pharmacologist on his “sting operation.”

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‘Godfather of AI’ becomes first person to hit one million citations The milestone makes machine-learning trailblazer Yoshua Bengio the most cited researcher on Google Scholar.

🧪🧪 ‘Godfather of AI’ becomes first person to hit one million citations - The milestone makes machine-learning trailblazer Yoshua Bengio the most cited researcher on Google Scholar.

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Scientists pull ancient RNA from a woolly mammoth's body Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in the extinct mammal's body just before it died.

🧪 🧪 Scientists extract ancient RNA from a woolly mammoth's body

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Cationic nanogel–based nasal therapeutic HPV vaccine prevents the development of cervical cancer Cationic nanogel–based nasal therapeutic vaccine induces cancer-specific immune responses and inhibits cancer development in cervical tissue.

🧪🧪 Nanogel–based nasal therapeutic HPV vaccine prevents the development of cervical cancer -- "The cCHP-E7 + c-di-AMP nasal therapeutic vaccine is an effective and safe therapeutic vaccine candidate for cervical cancer"

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Astronomers Captured a Star’s Final Explosion in Stunning Detail Scientists caught a star dying in real time — and its explosion wasn’t round, but olive-shaped.

🧪🧪 Astronomers Captured a Star’s Final Explosion in Stunning Detail -- In a groundbreaking observation, astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured a massive star’s explosion at the exact moment it burst through its surface — a first in cosmic history.

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How much protein do you really need? What the science says Fitness influencers promote super-high-protein diets, but studies show there’s only so much the body can use.

🧪🧪 How much protein do you really need? What the science says -- Fitness influencers promote super-high-protein diets, but studies show there’s only so much the body can use.

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Nobel laureate Hamilton Smith, who discovered molecular 'scissors' to cut DNA, dies at 94 Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumnus and professor emeritus

🧪🧪 Nobel laureate Hamilton Smith, who discovered molecular 'scissors' to cut DNA, dies at 94 -- Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionized the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumnus and professor emeritus

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YouTube TV Starts Giving $20 Credits for Extended ESPN and ABC Outage As its contract dispute between Disney stretches into its second full week, YouTube has started sending subscribers payouts.

YouTube TV Starts Giving $20 Credits for Extended ESPN and ABC Outage --> I'd rather have ESPN and ABC!!! 😠

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Maternal paracetamol (acetaminophen) use during pregnancy and risk of autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in offspring: umbrella review of systematic reviews Objective To assess the quality, biases, and validity of evidence on maternal paracetamol (acetaminophen) use during pregnancy and the risk of autism spectrum disorder (referred to as autism) and atte...

🧪 🧪 New Published Review Shows Studies Linking Autism and Tylenol Are False -- The current evidence base is insufficient to definitively link in utero exposure to paracetamol with autism and ADHD in childhood.

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Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision

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Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision

Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision -- Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, had asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

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Pressure to publish is rising as research time shrinks, finds survey of scientists Researchers feel that pressures to publish are increasing, but the time and resources available to do research are decreasing, according to a survey by Elsevier.

🧪🧪 Survey Study: Pressure to publish is rising as research time shrinks, finds survey of scientists -- Researchers feel that pressures to publish are increasing, but the time and resources available to do research are decreasing

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