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Your DNA says less about your personality than a short online quiz ✍️ Anirban Mukhopadhyay
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Your DNA says less about your personality than a short online quiz: mrf.lu/2XLgL

Your DNA says less about your personality than a short online quiz

The findings of new research reinforce a long-standing idea in genetics that there is no single ‘personality gene’. The dataset the researchers used also directly challenged older theories that...

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Lula’s win gives Brazil an opportunity to cement its climate leadership, but challenges remain ✍️ @1amnerd
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Lula’s win gives Brazil an opportunity to cement its climate leadership, but challenges remain: mrf.lu/2XcZn

Lula’s win gives Brazil an opportunity to cement its climate leadership, but challenges remain

Lula’s win positions Brazil to lead global climate action amid regional challenges and shifting international cooperation.

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What is ‘human composting’ — how does it work? ✍️
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What is ‘human composting’ — how does it work?: mrf.lu/2HJ72

What is ‘human composting’ — how does it work?

Explains human composting (terramation), its process, legality in NSW, and how it compares to burial and cremation options.

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Plant-based meat yields higher share of absorbable protein than traditional meat: study ✍️ @neutranino
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Plant-based meat yields higher share of absorbable protein than traditional meat: study: mrf.lu/2HKtl

Plant-based meat yields higher share of absorbable protein than traditional meat: study

Plant-based meats show higher protein bioavailability than chicken in lab tests, though health benefits require further study.

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In Kashmir’s traditional rice, clues to a journey from East Asia ✍️ Hirra Azmat
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In Kashmir’s traditional rice, clues to a journey from East Asia: mrf.lu/2Hnbg

In Kashmir’s traditional rice, clues to a journey from East Asia

Kashmir’s traditional varieties carry cold-tolerance and other locally adapted genes that modern varieties have partly lost, making them potentially valuable as climate change increases stress on...

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Seven caveats in the claim about turning mercury into gold with nuclear fusion ✍️ @1amnerd
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Seven caveats in the claim about turning mercury into gold with nuclear fusion: mrf.lu/2HXpX

Seven caveats in the claim about turning mercury into gold with nuclear fusion

Seven caveats reveal why Marathon Fusion’s mercury-to-gold claims, tied to fusion, are unverified, potentially misleading, and scale-infeasible.

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India needs to train its clinical staff before erecting data shields ✍️ C. Aravinda
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India needs to train its clinical staff before erecting data shields: mrf.lu/2Hvhq

India needs to train its clinical staff before erecting data shields

User data is routinely commoditised today, and passing a law assuming compliance and waiting for complaints or litigation will not suffice. As the DPDP Act comes into effect, the government must...

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Remembering Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and his bridge to India ✍️
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Remembering Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and his bridge to India: mrf.lu/2Hb_p

Remembering Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and his bridge to India

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji had many connections with India, including acknowledging the work of a little-known scientist who had died three decades before Cohen-Tannoudji won the Nobel Prize.

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Award-winning theoretical physicist Ashoke Sen has focused on string theory ✍️ @1amnerd
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Award-winning theoretical physicist Ashoke Sen has focused on string theory: mrf.lu/2Hmpg

Award-winning theoretical physicist Ashoke Sen has focused on string theory

Ashoke Sen wins 2026 Oskar Klein Medal, first Indian laureate, for groundbreaking string theory and quantum gravity contributions.

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Science Snapshots: October 25, 2026 ✍️ @1amnerd
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Science Snapshots: October 25, 2026

Three key science updates in one minute: Starry Night’s dawn matched to Jul 22, 1889; cold boosts lifespan via BH2/BH4; cluster similar-buildings cools cities.

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