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Social Science

Screen time once in bed negatively impacts youth sleep

Ashwini Sakharkar

Keep devices out of bed for better sleep

Image showing A reconstructed image of Pakudyptes at a New Zealand coast.
Biology

Fossil shows penguin wing evolution

Dr. Prajakta Banik

According to an international study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, a tiny fossil penguin is crucial to understanding...

Four discrete episodes of IGD
Health

Vitamin D deficiency was common among children during the industrialization period in England

PLOS

The deficiency was indicated in the teeth of three-quarters of individuals, especially males.

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Environment

The environment plays an important role in hoiho protection

Vidya Nagalwade

How hoiho foraging grounds overlap with commercial fisheries and marine protected areas?

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Science

Species-wide genomics of kākāpō provides tools to accelerate recovery

Vidya Nagalwade

High-quality kākāpō population sequencing provides a breakthrough in understanding key conservation genetics.

Assortment of gluten free food on a wooden table
Health

Gluten may cause brain damage, a new study suggests

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Gluten induces brain inflammation in mice.

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Education & Business

Why teens are saying “no” to alcohol

Dr. Prajakta Banik

How has the function of alcohol use changed among adolescents over the past 20 years?

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Social Science

Men and women experience change while traveling in similar ways

Pranjal Malewar

The study revealed men and women experience change while traveling in similar ways.

Scientists held individual atoms in place
Science

Scientists held individual atoms in place

Amit Malewar

For the first time in quantum physics, scientists from the University of Otago became successful in holding individual atoms in place. They also observed...

A ecent review assesses current knowledge of the interaction between obesity and olfaction.
Science

New study finds link between smell and obesity

Pranjal Malewar

Scientists at the University of Otago have made a groundbreaking revelation by identifying an association between smell and obesity. The study suggests that there...

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