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00:45 Investigating the day-to-day impacts of Financial Abuse
Nature: Trendl et al.
Support organizations UK: Surviving Economic Abuse US: National Domestic Violence Helpline
12:14 Research Highlights Nature: Mercury is shrinking with age — faster than thought Nature: Cognitive resilience helps to predict Alzheimer’s dementia
14:55 How opposing forces in the Earth's core alter how the planet spins Nature: Gravitational tug-of-war inside Earth is changing the length of our days
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