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Climate change: "The threats to come are reinforcing the fear of downward social mobility and individual social ascension strategies"

Climate shocks like fires do not necessarily change lifestyles, historian Béatrice Cherrier recalls in her column in The World: the fight against warming is not played out solely in awareness of it.

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Climate change: "The threats to come are reinforcing the fear of downward social mobility and individual social ascension strategies"

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Electric fish keep from blinding themselves with these brain cells

The brain cells you see in the above image help an African fish decode electric signals to spot prey, scan its murky surroundings and communicate with its fellows. By rigorously mapping how these cells in the electrosensory lobe are wired together, scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute and their colleagues reveal how this brain…

GLP-1 treatment late in life extends lifespan in animal model

A study published in Nature has shown that the GLP-1 drug semaglutide extended the lifespan of older, healthy mice by tempering the detrimental effects of aging. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, directly compared the effects of the treatment with those of reduced food intake.

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