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Welcome to The Conversation Canada’s first newsletter of new stories in 2020!
If you’re someone who woke up nursing a New Year’s hangover, Amy Reichelt from Western University writes about the connections between alcohol consumption and anxiety.
For some, the New Year is all about new resolutions and plans for self-improvement and better health. It takes hard work and self-discipline to commit to a work-out plan or new diet regimen, but what if we resolved to be kinder?
And for something completely different, here’s a great story about how technologies like underwater cameras and 3D printing are helping Grégory Bulté learn more about the underwater sex lives of turtles.
Happy New Year!
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Alcohol interferes with the consolidation and retrieval of memories, leading to confusion and uncertainty the next day.
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Amy Reichelt, Western University
Post-party 'hangxiety' is common after drinking alcohol. It is caused by changing levels of chemicals and neurotransmitters in the brain.
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The idea that fat is lazy and thin is virtuous has its roots in Christianity and is perpetuated by industry and media today.
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Patty Thille, University of Manitoba
Moralistic talk about food, exercise and bodies has its roots in Christianity and is perpetuated by corporations. Collectively, we can resist.
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The northern map turtle is listed as a species at risk in Canada. Little is known about its reproductive behaviour as it spends most of its life underwater.
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Grégory Bulté, Carleton University
New technologies are revealing more about the secret lives of underwater turtles. Using underwater cameras and 3D printing, researchers are learning more than ever before.
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Health + Medicine
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Brian Harman, De Montfort University; Janine Bosak, Dublin City University
The trick is changing our actual behaviour, as well as our intentions.
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Erin Elizabeth Bramwell, Lancaster University
How a centuries-old product got a makeover for the Instagram age.
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Science + Technology
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Robert Hassan, University of Melbourne
As the head of a media and communications program, my life's digital-analogue balance was off. Four weeks at sea with no devices refocussed my views – even on things that had been there all along.
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