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Looking in the digital mirror: Mizzou researchers introduce concept of ‘social self-comparison’
University of Missouri-ColumbiaWhat happens when people look at their edited photos on social media and then compare those images to how they look in real life? Researchers at the University of Missouri now call it “social self-comparison” — the process of comparing one’s own appearance to digitally altered selfies.
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- Computers in Human Behavior
From fear to fascination: Mizzou wildlife ecologist challenges misconceptions about sharks
University of Missouri-ColumbiaFifty years after "Jaws" captured the imagination — and fear — of the public, Mizzou wildlife ecologist Michael Byrne is working to change the pop culture narrative.
Amazon scorpion toxin kills breast cancer cells
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- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
New and urgent museologies
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- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Science is essential for curbing global warming, forest loss, and biodiversity loss
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- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Building a health system that speaks your language
University of California - Los Angeles Health SciencesAs a child of immigrant parents who didn’t speak English, Cecilia Canales(Link opens in new window), MD, often found herself interpreting for her family during medical appointments.
She recalls accompanying her mother to a gynecology appointment and stumbling over complex medical jargon, trying to translate terms she didn’t fully understand. “It was overwhelming,” Dr. Canales says. “I was just a kid, yet I was responsible for conveying critical health information.”
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- Anesthesia & Analgesia
Solving big problems, one burrito truck at a time
Lehigh UniversityNew global research center a Rosetta Stone for understanding the universe at all scales
Institute for Advanced StudyCitizens can be part of wetland research in Denmark’s largest protected peatland
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- HORIZON EUROPE Climate