I am Professor Joel Pearson, a psychologist and neuroscientist studying Aphantasia - the fascinating condition of ‘minds eye blindness’ - Ask Me Anything about Aphantasia and Hyperphantasia!
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I'm Professor Toby Walsh, a leading artificial intelligence researcher investigating the impacts of AI on society. Ask me anything about AI, ChatGPT, technology and the future!
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[OC] We're working to reintroduce Platypuses to Australia's oldest national park [more in captions]
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People with right-leaning political views tend to trust climate scientists less than other scientists
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Receiving a booster vaccine in the same arm as your first dose can generate a more effective immune response more quickly
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Analysis of 30 year old humerus bone suggests Australian echidnas evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor, challenging the understanding that the monotreme descended from a land-bound ancestor
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Quit-smoking medicines such as nicotine patches and varenicline do not increase the risk of major birth defects in babies
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New breath test uses combination of mass spectrometry and machine learning to detect silicosis before irreversible lung damage occurs, providing a fast, non-invasive diagnostic tool for at-risk workers
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Taking creatine at the recommended level (5 grams daily) has little to no effect on muscle growth
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Quitting smoking after cancer diagnosis can improve patient quality of life and survival length. Patients who quit smoking could live from a median of several months to more than two years longer than those who keep smoking.
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2% of the world’s amphibians are at risk of overheating, and climate change could push 7.5% of amphibian species beyond their physiological heat tolerance
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COVID-19 not likely linked to early stage of type 1 diabetes in children, study of 1277 Australian children finds
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Study finds highly concerning levels of air pollution in Pacific Island urban areas, with acceptable PM2.5 and PM10 particle limits exceeded in both Fiji and the Solomon Islands
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Platypus-themed love letters for your Valentine 💌
Dedicated to the Marvellous Monotreme. Whether you call them "platypuses" or the incorrect "platypi," you have to admit that these cute little creatures are interesting and delightfully strange. Did you know platypuses have poison barbs on their legs with venom? Or that they have a buncha chromosomes? Why? When speaking of platypuses, the operating phrase is "we don't know."
Drowning risk is higher on days with greater leisure time, spiking on public holidays, school holidays and long weekends - study of fatal and non-fatal drowning incidents in Australia shows
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Four quantum researchers and four cats explain how their real-world “Schrödinger’s cat” experiment uncovered a new way to perform quantum computations
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Researchers complete real-world “Schrödinger’s cat” experiment by embedding an atom of antimony inside a silicon chip. The findings provide a new and more robust way to perform quantum computations and have important implications for quantum error correction
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People with aphantasia still activate their visual cortex when trying to conjure an image in their mind’s eye, but the images produced are too weak or distorted to become conscious to the individual
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World Cup Football is getting faster for men and women alike: new study finds stoppage time, ball speed and passing rates have all increased significantly in the FIFA World Cup finals
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A drug used to manage excess copper levels could improve the odds for children battling the rare cancer, neuroblastoma from 10% to 50%, new study in mice shows
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Popular diabetes drugs like Ozempic can reduce the risk of kidney failure and death due to kidney or cardiovascular causes in people with and without diabetes
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Mandating less salt in packaged foods could prevent 40,000 cardiovascular events, 32,000 cases of kidney disease, up to 3000 deaths, and could save $3.25 billion in healthcare costs
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Study links hot weather to an increase in suicidal thoughts among young people. For every 1°C rise in daily temperature emergency department presentations for suicidal behaviours increased by 1.3%
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Study finds a secure visa, employment, income, good housing conditions and control over environmental circumstances are associated with good mental health outcomes in refugees
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Modelling shows that widespread rooftop solar panel installation in cities could raise daytime temperatures by up to 1.5 °C and potentially lower nighttime temperatures by up to 0.6 °C
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