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Dec 15 2024SCIENCE

Faces and Sexual Orientation Judgments: Belief Matters

People often use facial features to guess someone's sexual orientation. Masculine men and feminine women are usually judged as straight, while feminine men and masculine women are considered not straight. Two studies explored how strongly believing in gender stereotypes affects these judgments. In b

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Dec 15 2024HEALTH

Exercise After Chest Trauma: How Soon is Too Soon?

Imagine getting into a minor car accident and walking away with a bruised chest. You might think rest is the best medicine, but what if exercise could help? That's what researchers wanted to find out. They did a big study across many hospitals to see if starting certain exercises right after a chest

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Dec 15 2024RELIGION

Exploring the Rosary's Role in Catholic Well-Being

The Rosary, a Catholic prayer practice dating back centuries, has been a subject of recent study in Germany. Researchers sought to understand the characteristics and prayer habits of those who use the Rosary, as well as the relationship between their religion/spirituality (R/S) and overall well-bein

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Dec 15 2024BUSINESS

Predicting Drug Sales: Pfizer's Post-Revenue Assets in the Spotlight

Accurately estimating the future sales of drugs that are already on the market, known as post-revenue assets, is a big deal in the pharmaceutical world. It helps companies like Pfizer make smart decisions about where to invest their money. This study introduces a new way to forecast these sales by u

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Dec 15 2024FINANCE

How AI is Helping Investors Plan Their Future

Financial planning isn't one-size-fits-all, and traditional algorithms often struggle with complex data. That's where reinforcement learning comes in. This type of machine learning can handle complex datasets better than traditional methods. Vanguard is using deep reinforcement learning to help cli

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Dec 15 2024SCIENCE

Exploring the Frozen History of Yana: What Ice-Rich Permafrost Reveals

Imagine delving into the ancient past through the icy lens of permafrost. In the Arctic regions of East Siberia, particularly the lower Yana River area, scientists have uncovered a wealth of information hidden within Ice Complex deposits. These deposits, formed during the Late Pleistocene, contain b

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Dec 15 2024CRIME

A Woman's Claims About Jay-Z and Diddy: What's True and What's Not?

A young woman recently claimed that hip-hop legends Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs sexually assaulted her at an after-party in 2000. But her story has some holes. Her lawyer is still looking into her claims, even though there are inconsistencies. For example, her dad doesn't remember the long drive ho

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Dec 15 2024EDUCATION

Math and Words: A Surprising Connection

Imagine this: kids who are great at talking and listening often shine at math too. Scientists in Hong Kong discovered that understanding key words like 'more', 'less', and 'count' can make a big difference. It’s not about having a huge vocab, but knowing the right words that link to numbers. This wa

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Dec 15 2024SPORTS

Sports and Spirit: A Two-Decade Look from Psychologists

Over the past 23 years, sports psychology researchers have delved into the connection between spirituality and sports. They scoured databases like Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus. Out of hundreds of articles, 61 made the cut. This review breaks down t

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Dec 15 2024HEALTH

ChatGPT's Nutrition Advice for PCOS: Good, But Could Be Better

When women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) look for nutrition advice, they often turn to chatbots like Chat Generative Pretrained Transformer (ChatGPT). But is this advice reliable and easy to understand? A recent study checked out ChatGPT's responses to common nutrition questions from women w

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