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Ultrarunning is a professional profession — nuanced, interdisciplinary, layered, science-driven, and community-oriented. The conference was a weekend filled with inspiration and the dissemination of expert scientific knowledge about our niche, but growing, sport of ultrarunning. Here are some key takeaways that are worth emphasizing: Focus on being as fit and healthy as possible.
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2 years ago Read more at iRunFar

The cell is not a ‘factory’ but is present throughout the cell. The nucleus providing instructions and the ‘underling’ cytoplasm is a direct challenge to the coercive, top-down order of a centralised factory. It is also generated when people with different perspectives take a look at the same data.
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2 years ago Read more at Aeon

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies. A team from the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) has contributed to developing the method that exploits neutrino data to reveal if quantum gravity exists. More than 300,000 neutrinos have been studied.
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2 years ago Read more at Phys.org

In a world where every customer has a broadcast platform, failure to meet or exceed customer expectations can have material impacts. In 2016, US companies lost $1.6 trillion from customer switching caused by poor service. The path to customer science is fraught with paradoxes.
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2 years ago Read more at CIO

The problem is that there are no life-transforming discoveries, because most of what works has already been talked about. Social connection, mindfulness, gratitude letters, acts of kindness, going for a walk in nature, limiting social media use are some of the 80 or so psychological interventions which have been shown to work to improve our wellbeing. Learning the science of happiness Advertisement We award credit based on engagement — an important component of not only education, but also getting the most out of life —.
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2 years ago Read more at The Indian Express

Nearly 63% of all abortions in the United States in 2023 utilized mifepristone, according to the pro-abortion-rights Guttmacher Institute. However, a recent study from the healthcare policy think tank KFF found that nearly two-thirds of people had not heard of the impending Supreme Court decision on whether the FDA provided sufficient evidence of the drug. About 13% of adults incorrectly believe that medication abortion is legal in their state.
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2 years ago Read more at Washington Examiner

The 35th awards program is sponsored by the Springfield Rotary Club, First Energy, The Springfield Foundation, the Greater Springfield Partnership and the Springfield News-Sun. Recipients will give a short presentation on what teaching has meant to them and the importance of being a teacher. Brown was offered a biology substitute position at then-Springfield South High School, and this is now my 16th year here.
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2 years ago Read more at Springfield News Sun

swarm of ants carrying food froze until the sun reemerged during an 1851 eclipse in Sweden. A pantry in Massachusetts was “greatly infested” with cockroaches just after totality in 1932. Many scientists see eclipses as rare opportunities to bolster anecdotal reports by studying how nature responds to a few minutes of dusk in the middle of the day.
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

Ehud Gazit has been given the Meitner-Humboldt Research Award from Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The annual award comes with a prize of €60,000 and the opportunity to conduct research in Germany for up to a year. Gazit works at TAU’s Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research.
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2 years ago Read more at NoCamels - Israeli Innovation News

Texas Lutheran University’s annual Chemistry CHAOS Night! Kids of all ages will be fueled with questions such as "Ever wonder why eggs turn white when you cook them? Or why cookies baking in the oven smell so great?" Kids from kindergarten through high school-as well as kids at heart-are invited to join the fun and learn about the processes that happen in the world of food and cooking through a variety of experiments.
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2 years ago Read more at Seguin Today