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  • Cognitive fitness and mental health outcomes following COVID-19 lockdowns in Australia

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  • What you eat could decide the planet’s future

    What you eat could decide the planet’s future

    eople, the holidays often bring joyful indulgence, followed by regret and ambitious New Year’s resolutions to eat better.

    A recent study from the University of British Columbia suggests moderation should not be a seasonal goal but a long-term…

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  • AI supercharges scientific output while quality slips

    AI supercharges scientific output while quality slips

    After ChatGPT became widely available in late 2022, many researchers started telling colleagues they could get more done with these new artificial intelligence tools. At the same time, journal editors reported a surge of smoothly written…

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  • It's (not) a new bike! How to manage kids' gift expectations at Christmas

    It's (not) a new bike! How to manage kids' gift expectations at Christmas

    Holiday celebrations involving gift giving can be roller coasters. The excitement of tearing into gifts is often mixed with intense anticipation—and sometimes, disappointment.

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  • Is democracy always about truth? Why we may need to loosen our views to heal our divisions

    Is democracy always about truth? Why we may need to loosen our views to heal our divisions

    We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge (schools, legacy media, universities and experts) is at an all-time low, and blatant liars are drawing political support around the world. It seems we…

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  • Perspective: Improving social connection and inclusion through equitable digital health solutions

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  • Merge-based syntax is mediated by distinct neurocognitive mechanisms in 84,000 individuals with language deficits across nine languages

    Merge-based syntax is mediated by distinct neurocognitive mechanisms in 84,000 individuals with language deficits across nine languages

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  • Conserving key coastal areas for mangrove expansion and eco-tourism secures ecosystem services under sea-level rise

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  • Oceans and Coastal Ecosystems and Their Services. in Climate Change 2022 –…

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  • Testing the simplification universal in game localization: a quantitative comparison of linguistic complexity in black myth, Sekiro, and RDR2

  • Ackerman F, Malouf R (2013) Morphological organization: the low conditional entropy conjecture. Language 89(3):429–464

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