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Sweating the details: Sauna’s potential health benefits draw scientists’ interest
A group of international researchers is pushing to rigorously study the potential health benefits of sauna and other heat therapies. They hope to bring scientific legitimacy to the age-old practices.
How Can A Podcast Help Us To Distinguish Social Change? A MediaEd Insights Collaboration
One principle of media literacy involves stepping back from a favored topic and doing a deep dive to figure out what motivates our interest in that topic. Known as metacognition, gaining such critical distance asks us to reflect on our self-knowledge and evaluate the sources that contribute to our perspectives. … [continued]
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Michigan fisheries get one-time funding for whitefish restoration
By Anna Barnes Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division has received one-time funding of $350,000 for whitefish recovery. The ailing species has undergone a rapid population decline in recent years, and for the first time, recovery efforts have landed a specific line in the state budget. But officials said while the money will help rescue some of the most vulnerable […]
Energy Discovery Awaits Within the Spin of Atoms
National Laboratory of the Rockies Researchers Use Nuclear Magnetic Resonance To Advance Innovation in Batteries, Semiconductors, and Bioplastics When researchers bring their inventions into the laboratory of Bennett Addison, he often has one question for them: “Did you really make what you think you made?” At the atomic level, the answer … [continued]
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Do Our Individual Behaviors Speed Up Or Inhibit Collective Climate Action?
Occasionally, there is dissension among climate activists and the experts who study them about whether individual behaviors help or hurt collective climate action. In other words, if I walk the climate talk, am I more likely to persuade others — including corporations and governments — to do the same? A … [continued]
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