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ScienceModerator OP t1_j2sv5bp wrote on January 3, 2023 at 6:48 PM

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shiruken t1_j2swup4 wrote on January 3, 2023 at 6:59 PM

The US has increased its funding for public schools. New research shows additional spending on operations—such as teacher salaries and support services—positively affected test scores, dropout rates, and postsecondary enrollment. But expenditures on new buildings and renovations had little impact. by u/rustoo

shiruken t1_j2sxaeo wrote on January 3, 2023 at 7:01 PM

Covid vaccines prevented at least 330,000 deaths and nearly 700,000 hospitalizations among adult Medicare recipients in 2021. The reduction in hospitalizations due to vaccination saved more than $16 billion in medical costs by u/Wagamaga

shiruken t1_j2sw97g wrote on January 3, 2023 at 6:55 PM

For more than 14% of people who use insulin in the U.S., insulin costs consume at least 40% of their available income, a new study finds by u/marketrent

shiruken t1_j2sxuy8 wrote on January 3, 2023 at 7:05 PM

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first clear evidence for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system by u/shiruken

shiruken t1_j2swmm4 wrote on January 3, 2023 at 6:57 PM

The Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 significantly lowered both the rate *and* the total number of firearm related homicides in the United States during the 10 years it was in effect by u/nowlan101

shiruken t1_j2t61sr wrote on January 3, 2023 at 7:55 PM

5-year study of more than 300 transgender youth recently found that after initial social transition, which can include changing pronouns, name, and gender presentation, 94% continued to identify as transgender while only 2.5% identified as their sex assigned at birth. by u/drewiepoodle

shiruken t1_j2swqkr wrote on January 3, 2023 at 6:58 PM

Federally funded sex education programs linked to decline in teen birth rates, new study shows. by u/thebelsnickle1991

shiruken t1_j2txh2i wrote on January 3, 2023 at 10:43 PM

A team of researchers have determined that the earliest cases of COVID-19 in humans arose at a wholesale fish market in Wuhan China in December, 2019. They linked these cases to bats, foxes and other live mammals infected with the virus sold in the market either for consumption or for their fur. by u/thebelsnickle1991