Special ADHD Diet May Improve Kids' Behavior
Posted on July 5, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
A restrictive diet may help some children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) improve their behavior, according to a new study.
In the study, about three-quarters of children with ADHD on the diet were found to be less hyperactive and impulsive than children not on the diet, the researchers said.
Some improved so much that that "they wouldn't satisfy anymore the criteria for ADHD," said study researcher Jan Buitelaar, of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands.
[Read More]Turkey's Deadly Earthquake Explained
Posted on July 5, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
The magnitude 7.2 earthquake that rattled eastern Turkey on Sunday (Oct. 23) was a rare, powerful temblor for the area, but not entirely a surprise given the web of active faults in the region, earthquake scientists say.
Turkey rumbles often and has seen many destructive earthquakes throughout recorded history. The last major quake to strike the country was the Izmit earthquake of 1999, a magnitude 7.6 to the west of the Oct.
[Read More]Using Faulty Forensic Science, Courts Fail the Innocent (Op-Ed)
Posted on July 5, 2023
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| Trudie Dory
Karen Kafadar is Commonwealth Professor and chair of the Department of Statistics at the University of Virginia and a member of the Forensic Science Standards Board. Anne-Marie Mazza is the director of the Committee on Science, Technology and Law of the National Academy of Sciences. The authors contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
Historically, forensic science has had a huge impact on identifying and confirming suspects in the courtroom, and on the judicial system more generally.
[Read More]What's the World's Fastest Car?
Posted on July 5, 2023
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| Fernande Dalal
The world’s fastest car is split into two categories: production cars and racing vehicles that can’t be driven on streets.
For production cars, the fastest in the world is the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport. In 2010, the Bugatti was speeding at 268 mph (which is dreadfully over the speed limit on the world’s highways). According to Guinness World Records, the car clocked the time at the Volkswagen proving grounds in Ehra-Lessien near Wolfsburg, Germany.
[Read More]Why Is This Year's Flu Season So Bad?
Posted on July 5, 2023
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| Trudie Dory
One reason for the high flu activity this season may be the specific flu strains that are circulating. The most prevalent strain making the rounds this season is influenza A (H3N2). Typically, flu seasons in which this strain dominates are more severe, and result in a higher number of hospitalizations and deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The flu season also started early this year — the first week of December instead of the usual January or February.
[Read More]Why We Blink Without Noticing
Posted on July 5, 2023
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| Trudie Dory
Scientists have figured out why we rarely notice our own blinking. Our brains simply miss it, they say.
The quest for the new discovery began in the 1980s, when researchers found that visual sensitivity starts decreasing just before we blink. But what goes on in the brain remained a mystery.
In the new study, scientists put fiber-optic lights in the mouths of people. The lights were powerful enough to penetrate the roofs of their mouths and strike their retinas, where light is recorded.
[Read More]As Schools Boost Access to EpiPens, Do Teachers Know How to Use Them?
Posted on July 4, 2023
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| Fernande Dalal
Dr. Dave Stukus, a pediatric allergist at Nationwide Children's Hospital, contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
Anyone with severe allergies knows that an epinephrine auto-injector can be the difference between life and death. With approximately two and a half million epinephrine auto-injectors (such as EpiPens and Auvi-Qs) in circulation, my colleagues and I at Nationwide Children's Hospital want to ensure that people know how to administer them appropriately — you could save a life.
[Read More]Barry Becomes a Hurricane, Barrels Toward Louisiana Coast
Posted on July 4, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
Hurricane Barry is barreling northwest toward Louisiana, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h), with heavy rain, storm surges and dangerous winds expected along the northwest Gulf Coast.
As of 11 a.m. ET, Barry was moving northwest in the Gulf of Mexico at 6 mph (9 km/h), and its eye was about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Lafayette, Louisiana, and about 50 miles (80 km) west of Morgan City, Louisiana.
[Read More]Deep, Hidden Trench Discovered Beneath Antarctic Glacier
Posted on July 4, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
Ice-penetrating radar has uncovered a previously unknown ice-covered trench, and other detailed terrain, in the bedrock hidden beneath two massive, bluish glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica.
The gaping features were revealed in the first, highly detailed 3D maps of the frozen bedrock — the land under Greenland's Jakobshavn Glacier and Antarctica's Byrd Glacier —which may help researchers predict how glaciers, ice sheets and sea levels may change in the future.
[Read More]Early Earthlings May Have Watched the Galaxy's Center Explode 3.5 Million Years Ago
Posted on July 4, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
At the center of our galaxy is a supermassive black hole which, apparently, likes to blow bubbles.
Ballooning out of both poles of the galactic center, two gargantuan orbs of gas stretch into space for 25,000 light-years apiece (roughly the same as the distance between Earth and the center of the Milky Way), though it's visible only in ultra powerful X-ray and gamma-ray light. Scientists call these cosmic gas orbs the Fermi bubbles and know that they're a few million years old.
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