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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study found that teachers who left low-performing K-12 public schools in Tennessee as part of schoolwide turnaround reforms had positive impacts on test scores in the schools that took them in, and they were more likely to collaborate. The findings, which examined the impacts of turnaround…

Floy Agnes Lee, known as Aggie, was a hematology technician at Los Alamos. Recruited to the Manhattan Project straight out of college, she collected blood samples from many Manhattan Project scientists, including the renowned physicist Enrico Fermi. Years after the war, she returned to Los Alamos National Laboratory to study the effects of radiation on the human body. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST   EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Floy Agnes Lee: It was in 1945, and the bomb was being developed at that time. And my assignment was to…

An artist’s impression of the GPCR activation from inside the cell and the resulting targeted response. Credit: Kobayashi and Kawakami et al., 2023Scientists have discovered a new way to activate G-protein coupled receptors from inside cells, a breakthrough that helps develop drugs without side effects.Have you ever wondered how drugs reach their targets and achieve their function within our bodies? Imagine the drug molecule or ligand as a message, and the cell membrane receptor serving as the inbox. One such receptor…

According to a study conducted last year, just four alcoholic drinks per week can contribute to cognitive decline. Now, based on tests on mice, researchers may have found a way to fight booze's brain-hampering effects with the potent red ginseng root.Korean red ginseng (KRG) has been used as an overall tonic in herbal folk medicine for over 2,000 years. In more recent scientific studies, the root has shown promise in fighting heart disease; boosting the efficacy of anticancer drugs in eliminating tumors; delivering…

Sucking planet-heating carbon dioxide of the atmosphere doesn’t reverse all the effects of climate change, new research tells us. Carbon dioxide removal, as it’s called, can sound like science fiction — but many companies are already counting on it to undo some of the damage caused by their pollution.Companies might try to prevent their greenhouse gas emissions altogether, or they might try to clean it up after the fact. That’s why we’re seeing all kinds of brands, from Microsoft to the Houston Texans, saying that they’ll…

Google is celebrating the upcoming Barbie movie by introducing special effects to related searches. When users search for Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, or Ryan Gosling, their screens will light up with pink sparkles. The usual blue hyperlinks are replaced with a pink color scheme, and even the Google logo matches the Barbie theme. The entire page adopts a delicate pink hue. Google has included two buttons at the bottom, one of which triggers a party pop-up icon, allowing users to enjoy the Barbie glam repeatedly.…

Former movie mogul Barry Diller is concerned about the potential havoc the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike might wreck on the entertainment industry unless studios take action to find a prompt resolution. Appearing on CBS’ Face the Nation, Diller – the current Chairman of IAC and Expedia Group – issued a dire warning about the industry-wide effects resulting from a confluence of factors including the studios’ financial losses, declining ticket sales, and the lasting impact of the coronavirus pandemic. At the same…

Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine identified a new gene mutation causing heart failure in children, called infantile dilated cardiomyopathy, and successfully reversed its effects using a drug on heart muscle cells derived from the patient’s stem cells. The findings hint towards the development of treatments to manage this condition, currently treated through a heart transplant, by focusing on the discovered genetic mutations that lead to heart failure.In an effort to determine the cause behind…

Tom Holland has been sober for almost a year and a half now. In latest episode of Jay Shetty’s “On Purpose” podcast, released Sunday on YouTube, Holland shared that he quit drinking alcohol in January 2022. He highlighted that initially the target was not to drink for a month as he participated in the "dry January" trend- in which people commit to no booze for a month following a booze-heavy holiday season including Christmas. Tom Holland(File) Holland shared that during the whole of January, he really…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study in the International Journal of Business Forecasting and Marketing Intelligence, reveals the financial challenges faced by urban Indian consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The work then offers strategies that individuals might use to help them cope with the complexities of the post-pandemic world with greater resilience and mental well-being.…