Science & Society
Snippets of hair may expose chronic stress in war refugees
Cortisol in hair shows sharper differences in chronic stress among Ukraine war refugees than standard questionnaires.
By Sujata Gupta
Science & Society
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- Climate
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- Artificial Intelligence
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- Science & Society
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- Earth
Metal pollution from a rocket reentry detected for the first time
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- Science & Society
Project Hail Mary made us wonder how to survive a trip to interstellar space
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- Climate
Halting irreversible changes to Antarctica depends on choices made today
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