Quick Take

• Newly Found Cells Could Help Restore Hearing Loss from Aging A single master gene has been identified that can program ear hairs and help restore hearing, according to Northwestern Medicine scientists.
  Quick Take, May 23, 2022
• Minerals Called Perovskites May Hold the Key to New Energy Crystalline minerals called perovskites could be the key to new, innovative electronics and energy technologies and could play a major role in a carbon-free energy future, according to researchers.
  Quick Take, May 18, 2022
• Logging Reduction Helped Tasmania Meet Carbon Milestone By reducing logging, Tasmania has become the first jurisdiction in the world to become carbon negative, according to new research from The Australian National University and Griffith University.
  Quick Take, May 12, 2022
• Bald Eagles Are Dying in Unprecedented Numbers From Bird Flu This year's bird flu outbreak is ravaging the wild bird population, including a high population of bald eagles, according to an assessment of several wildlife monitoring groups.
  Quick Take, May 09, 2022
• Cows Burp Enough Methane to Be Spotted by Satellites Methane from cattle burping in a California feed lot has been detected on satellites in something scientists say sheds light on how agriculture may be contributing to climate change.
  Quick Take, May 06, 2022
• There's a Shortage of Cadavers for Surgeons to Practice Not enough people are donating their bodies to science, and this is affecting surgeons' ability to hone their skills by practicing on cadavers, according to a new study.
  Quick Take, May 03, 2022
• One Fifth of the World's Reptiles Face Extinction More than one fifth of the world's reptiles are in danger of extinction, according to the first-of-its-kind global study of 10,000 species conducted.
  Quick Take, April 29, 2022
• Sleep Disorders Lead to Risky Driving Habits Among people who suffer from sleep apnea, driving habits become riskier as their problem with sleep progresses, according to researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine.
  Quick Take, April 25, 2022
• The World's Coral Reefs Could Disappear in 30 Years The world's oceans are facing dire threats, and the coral reef ecosystems of the world will become functionally degraded by 2050 without urgent intervention, according to a new study.
  Quick Take, April 19, 2022
• People Have Become More Willing to Accept and Excuse Lies People are willing to ignore facts and excuse falsehoods and misinformation if they feel it’s possible the lies could become true eventually, according to a new study.
  Quick Take, April 15, 2022
• Vegan Dogs May Be Healthier Nutritionally sound vegan diets for dogs may be healthier and less hazardous than conventional or raw meat-based diets, according to a study by the UK's University of Winchester.
  Quick Take, April 14, 2022
• Late-Onset Alcohol Abuse Could Be a Sign of Dementia People who start abusing alcohol later in life may have an underlying neurologic condition such as dementia, according to researchers.
  Quick Take, April 12, 2022
• Plastic Pollution Is Affecting Habitats and Climate in the Arctic Although the Arctic is considered remote and pristine, plastic pollution has found its way to its water, beaches, ice, and the seafloor and is affecting climate change, according to a new report.
  Quick Take, April 11, 2022
• There's a Reason People Love Puppy-Dog Eyes An anatomic feature shared by humans and dogs has helped domesticated canines develop an ability to mimic and respond to human emotions, according to a study from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.
  Quick Take, April 08, 2022
• Study Shows That Fish Can Count Even though they don't have cerebral cortexes like humans, cichlids and stingrays can perform simple addition and subtraction, according to researchers from the University of Bonn.
  Quick Take, April 07, 2022
• Women Are Perceived as Happy Whereas Men Are Seen as Angry Humans have built in biases that perceive voices and faces as male when angry or as female if they are happy, according to researchers from the University of Essex in the UK.
  Quick Take, April 06, 2022
• Drunk Monkeys Help Explain Why Humans Love Booze Primates of various species tend to seek out ripe, fermented fruit, and that is shedding light on the enjoyment and abuse of alcohol by humans, according to researchers.
  Quick Take, April 05, 2022
• Shape Shifting Magnetic Slime Could Retrieve Things From Your Body A magnetic slime that can be maneuvered to navigate tight spaces could be used to retrieve items in your body, according to scientists from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  Quick Take, April 04, 2022
• Sea Snail Venom Could Lead to New Painkillers Chemicals found in the venom of the sea-dwelling cone snail are being used to develop less addictive painkillers, according to researchers at the University of Glasgow.
  Quick Take, March 31, 2022
• Being Spiritual Is Good for Your Heart Heart failure patients’ quality of life improves as they become more spiritual, according to researchers at Duke University Hospital.
  Quick Take, March 30, 2022