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🐝 UK scientists say heating hives could help bumblebees overcome the cooling effects of certain pesticides ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ www.scimex.org/newsfeed/hea... #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #bumblebees #hivehealth
👩🦱 Having PMOS (also known as PCOS) could greatly increase your risk of developing heart disease, say US researchers buff.ly/bfk6MeX #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #PCOS #PMOS #heartdisease #cardiovasculardisease
📏International researchers say people with abdominal obesity could be at a higher risk of heart disease despite appearing to be healthy ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ buff.ly/LNb0Bqu #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #BMI #waistmeasurement
✋ SHOWSTOPPERS: When no news is good news 👀 Episode 2 of Off Embargo is available now, wherever you get your podcasts! ✨Or follow the link to listen to episode 2!✨ smc.org.au/off-embargo #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #offembargo #sciPod
🚨 Do you hate seeing a clickbait headline? 😤 So do WE! (well... sometimes) 🎧 Tune in Monday to hear about what we like to call a 'showstopper' ➡️ Available wherever you get your podcasts buff.ly/gqsX4Jr #science #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #offembargo #sciPod #clickbait
🚘Drivers in the US are wasting 25.4 million litres of fuel a day speeding, say researchers who found slowing down could cost you less than a minute while reducing fuel usage and carbon emissions buff.ly/Hxm5cUc #science #sciencenews #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #speeding #driving #fuelprices
🧑⚕️EXPERT REACTION: Major cyber breach at GP clinic network Partnered Health ✨Commentary from @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @curtinuniversity.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au @murdoch.edu.au @unimelb.edu.au @curtinuniversity.bsky.social: www.scimex.org/newsfeed/exp... #science #cyberattack #databreach
🥤Experts from @heartfoundationau.bsky.social #UQ #NewcastleUni respond to new research linking micro- and nano-plastics in blood and heart attack www.scimex.org/newsfeed/mic... #science #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #expertreaction #microplastics #nanoplastics #heartattack
👴👵Grandparents were nearly 10% more likely to get COVID-19 in the week of their grandchildren's birthdays during the pandemic ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ buff.ly/iggovMp #science #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #COVID #COVID19 #pandemic #infectiousdiseases
🔥 @monashuniversity.bsky.social say sustained extreme heat was linked to an increased risk of heading to the hospital for issues relating to mental health www.scimex.org/newsfeed/hea... #science #sciencenews #research #stem #heatwave #mentalhealth
🦆 EXPERT REACTION: First case of deadly H5 bird flu in a local Australian seabird detected ✨Commentary from @thedohertyinst.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au @utas.edu.au @griffith.edu.au @birdlifeoz.bsky.social @curtinuniversity.bsky.social @latrobe.edu.au www.scimex.org/newsfeed/exp... #birdflu #H5N1
👃 European scientists say that subjectively feeling like you're losing your sense of smell is linked with depression ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ buff.ly/pAFFAgT #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #senseofsmell #depression #mentalhealth
🍫 Want to feel more full, less hungry and get more reps in at the gym? Malaysian scientists say you should sniff some dark chocolate buff.ly/mAiJ8Z6 #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #gymgains #gym #weights #exercise #circuittraining
📵 There’s been a major Telstra outage, and experts from @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @curtinuniversity.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au @edithcowanuni.bsky.social @anupress.bsky.social @latrobe.edu.au @griffith.edu.au respond: www.scimex.org/newsfeed/exp... #science #telstra #telstraoutage
Happy 🍫World Chocolate Day🍫! 🎊To celebrate this wonderful day, here's new research on our favourite treat ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ buff.ly/ECRUwvO #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #worldchocolateday #chocolate #cacao
🐬 Up to 76% of the trawlers that drag the bottom of the Adriatic Sea are followed by bottlenose dolphins, which might reflect a lack of prey to hunt elsewhere buff.ly/Qffud1F #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #dolphin #bottlenose #overfishing
🎊 OFF EMBARGO IS OFFICIALLY LIVE! 🧐 This week, we talk to Professor Crystal Abidin about misinformation, meme factories, and companies being cool. 🎧 Available NOW wherever you get your podcasts! buff.ly/NuwVoiy 👯♀️ Special thank you to Inspiring South Australia #science #sciencenews #research
🎊 IT'S OFF EMBARGO! 🎧 Tune in to get a look at interesting stuff that’s just ✨off embargo✨, hear insightful interviews with scientists and journalists, and find out what goes on in the AusSMC office to ensure credible science hits the headlines. We’re giving you the stories behind the stories
💊 Some contraceptive options containing progestogens are linked to an increased risk of developing a type of brain tumour called meningioma, but experts from @unimelb.edu.au and #UQ note that the overall risk is still very low buff.ly/xKPrseb #science #birthcontrol #progestogen
🪐 International researchers using the JWST to look at a planet orbiting a distant white dwarf say they might know what will happen to our solar system after our Sun's inevitable demise buff.ly/Zj5a59f #science #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #space #whitedwarf #astronomy #astrophysics #JWST
💊 A large study of over 120,000 children has found no link between paracetamol use during pregnancy and the risk of ADHD or autism buff.ly/tLcfvd6 #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #paracetamolandpregnancy #pregnancy #autism #ADHD
🙅 Do you remember how scary the idea of growing up was? Well, US researchers say we should eventually grow out of our fears ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ buff.ly/7BelGLe #science #sciencenews #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #growingup #millennial #GenX #babyboomers
📢 COMING SOON: Our team has been working hard in the background to give YOU some background knowledge 📝 Details will come off embargo shortly - Keep your eyes on your podcast providers this July!🎙️ Made possible through the Science Engagement Grant from Inspiring South Australia 🙏
💉 People taking #Ozempic or other GLP1-RA diabetes/weight loss drugs are at higher risk of disruptions to their sense of taste or smell compared to people on other diabetes medications buff.ly/rWiXndz #science #sciencenews #research #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #ozempic #glp1 #wegovy #diabetes
🐥 Writing an article on #BirdFlu? 🔦Our #EXPERTSPOTLIGHT Dr Emma Grant from @latrobe.edu.au can help! 🔎Find her details here: buff.ly/0qhd6lK #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #birdflu #H5N1
🐶 US researchers say that, much like humans, a shorter stride may indicate your elderly pup has dementia ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ buff.ly/5Ijfsgp #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #dogs #olddogs #dementiainpets #dementiaindogs
🕷️ new spider species found in north QLD that spins an ingenious and powerful spring-actuated snare to catch a single species of ant www.scimex.org/newsfeed/mee... #science #ScienceNews #research #STEM #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #spiders #ballistaspider #australianarachnids #arachnidae
🐥H5N1 bird flu has been detected in WA Follow the link to read what Australian researchers have to say www.scimex.org/newsfeed/exp... #science #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #birdflu #H5N1
👁️Using a massage gun on or around your eyes risks major tearing and bruising to the retina, which could potentially lead to vision loss, according to UK doctors buff.ly/7mAzsAy #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #massagegun #massager #eyehealth
