Monday Citations: Unexpected advantages of wearing hearing aids, honey yields, and jogging when intoxicated
It's 2024, a futuristic year! The natural philosophers have been promising me a power loom; where is it? What is that? Has Edmund Cartwright produced one already? in 1785? And did it transform industrial weaving? I apologize; I've been so out of touch with scientific developments since the last Saturday post. To start the new year, consider these few tales.
Death noiseless
Researchers have found that using hearing aids can provide older persons with hearing loss with a number of ancillary benefits that are not directly related to hearing, such as a much lower risk of geriatric-onset dementia.
People with hearing loss who wear hearing aids have a 24% decreased risk of dying overall, according to research from the University of Southern California. 10,000 participants were chosen by the researchers from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to participate in audiometry assessments and provide information on their use of hearing aids.
The study's principal researcher, Janet Choi, MD, MPH, stated, "We found that adults with hearing loss who regularly used hearing aids had a 24% lower risk of mortality than those who never wore them." "These results are exciting because they suggest that hearing aids may play a protective role in people's health and prevent early death."
Angry bees
Since the 1990s, U.S. honey harvests have been declining, and scientists have been attempting to determine why. Is it using pesticides? The fall in biodiversity of flowers? Bears with sticky paws? A corpus of data covering all 50 states over a 50-year period was created by Pennsylvania State University researchers through the analysis of databases run by several government agencies.
They discovered a correlation between decreased honey yield and the use of herbicides and land use regulations that do not promote pollinators. Their research revealed that states with both cool and warm climates produced more honey, and that estimating honey yield might be surprisingly accurate based on local soil productivity.
"Our findings provide valuable insights that can be applied to improve models and design experiments to enable beekeepers to predict honey yields, growers to understand pollination services, and land managers to support plant-pollinator communities and ecosystem services," stated Gabriela Quinlan.
Exercise 420
Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have reported a startling finding that contradicts the anecdotal reports of marijuana users worldwide: cannabis does not enhance exercise performance.
Forty-two runners were enlisted by the researchers. While one group used THC to exercise, another used non-psychotropic CBD. While all participants reported increased motivation, enjoyment, and a more intense "runner's high," those in the THC group said that running at the same effort was noticeably harder during the cannabis run than it was during the sober run—possibly due to THC's heart-rate-raising effects. According to our research, cannabis is not a substance that enhances performance, as Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Angela Bryan stated.
Dinosaur hobbits
Scientists examining fossils thought to be young tyrannosaurs have discovered that the bones are actually adults of a smaller species that is currently known as Nanotyrannus lancensis.
Pee assessed
According to research from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Maryland, bilirubin reductase, a previously unidentified microbial enzyme, is the reason why pee appears yellow.
It's 2024, a futuristic year! The natural philosophers have been promising me a power loom; where is it? What is that? Has Edmund Cartwright produced one already? in 1785? And did it transform industrial weaving? I apologize; I've been so out of touch with scientific developments since the last Saturday post. To start the new year, consider these few tales.
Death noiseless
Researchers have found that using hearing aids can provide older persons with hearing loss with a number of ancillary benefits that are not directly related to hearing, such as a much lower risk of geriatric-onset dementia.
People with hearing loss who wear hearing aids have a 24% decreased risk of dying overall, according to research from the University of Southern California. 10,000 participants were chosen by the researchers from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to participate in audiometry assessments and provide information on their use of hearing aids.
The study's principal researcher, Janet Choi, MD, MPH, stated, "We found that adults with hearing loss who regularly used hearing aids had a 24% lower risk of mortality than those who never wore them." "These results are exciting because they suggest that hearing aids may play a protective role in people's health and prevent early death."
Angry bees
Since the 1990s, U.S. honey harvests have been declining, and scientists have been attempting to determine why. Is it using pesticides? The fall in biodiversity of flowers? Bears with sticky paws? A corpus of data covering all 50 states over a 50-year period was created by Pennsylvania State University researchers through the analysis of databases run by several government agencies.
They discovered a correlation between decreased honey yield and the use of herbicides and land use regulations that do not promote pollinators. Their research revealed that states with both cool and warm climates produced more honey, and that estimating honey yield might be surprisingly accurate based on local soil productivity.
Gabriela Quinlan, the study's lead author, stated that "Our discoveries offer valuable insights that can be utilized to enhance models and plan experiments that will help beekeepers predict honey yields, assist growers in understanding pollination services, and enable land managers to support plant-pollinator communities and ecosystem services."
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