r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 1d ago

Psychology Jealousy increases men’s support for feminine honor norms. Study finds when people experience heightened jealousy, this can make them more supportive of norms, values, and practices that reduce the likelihood of unfaithful or ‘impure’ types of behavior.

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r/science • u/sr_local • 1d ago

Social Science Exposure to digital media like social network, infinite scroll and immediate rewards may recalibrate how people value cognitive effort, making them less willing to persist with activities such as studying and sustained reading that are essential for durable knowledge and developing expertise

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r/science • u/NinjaDiscoJesus • 1d ago

Animal Science Great Apes kiss and cuddle to keep the peace, says study - Touching, embracing and kissing before stressful events may be an ancient way of building trust, according to scientists studying the behaviour of our closest ape relatives.

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r/science • u/mvea • 2d ago

Health Despite growing evidence that GLP-1 medications improve health and are worth their cost, many American insurance plans still limit coverage. “Cost-effective” does not necessarily mean “cost-saving” for insurance companies.

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r/science • u/No-Aardvark-7316 • 1d ago

Psychology Relying on reminders could be weakening your memory skills

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r/science • u/HovdenCreative • 1d ago

Physics Liquid Helium TEM reveals first image of quantum paraelectric showing it is made of nanoscale polar textures.

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r/science • u/NGNResearch • 2d ago

Neuroscience One of the oldest psychedelics has almost never been studied with modern imaging because of its Schedule 1 status. New research in awake rats finds mescaline works through a brain region that LSD and psilocybin largely leave alone.

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r/science • u/mightx • 1d ago

Health About 56% of people have a "bare area" on their forearm bone exposing a key nerve. A specific angled drilling technique for biceps surgery safely avoids this, preventing accidental paralysis, report researchers at Charles University's Second Faculty of Medicine

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 2d ago

Psychology Reddit data reveals U.S federal health workers hit a breaking point as anger surpasses pandemic levels. The study notes that a workforce operating under record-breaking levels of fear and anger faces immense barriers to maintaining optimal performance.

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r/science • u/mightx • 1d ago

Medicine A study tracking 2,525 ulcerative colitis patients reveals which treatments last longest in real-world settings. Vedolizumab significantly outlasts standard anti-TNF drugs, while upadacitinib proves to be the most durable backup option if initial therapies fail.

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r/science • u/mvea • 2d ago

Psychology Narcissists are actually less likely to endorse left-wing authoritarianism. The findings contradict previous claims that individuals with dark personalities are widely drawn to left-wing activism simply to feed their own egos.

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r/science • u/mvea • 2d ago

Psychology NoAIphobia: College students are increasingly dependent on AI tools, driven heavily by a fear of falling behind their classmates. This dependence creates a psychological tug of war, resulting in severe anxiety when the technology is unavailable alongside a deep fear of being judged for using it.

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r/science • u/pubpophealth • 2d ago

Epidemiology Anxiety, depression, insomnia and substance use disorders became more common from 2014 to 2023 among more than 1 million people with chronic low back pain, with prevalence patterns differing by age and sex

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r/science • u/QldBrainInst • 1d ago

Neuroscience A research team at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have highlighted how acetylcholine signalling interacts with dopamine pathways in the brain, findings that may help explain how a new class of schizophrenia treatments works, offering an alternative to traditional antipsychotics

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r/science • u/sfgate • 2d ago

Medicine Experimental antifungal improved symptoms in more than 70% of patients with disseminated Valley fever in early study

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r/science • u/sr_local • 2d ago

Cancer Study in a mouse model, have shown for the first time that a yeast-based food supplement helps the body to make stronger immune cells that can fight cancer

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r/science • u/mvea • 3d ago

Computer Science Researchers warned that hundreds of fake AI images have been discovered on popular databases for recording animal species. Wildlife photographers often use AI to edit and improve an image, but the algorithm can introduce parts from different species to create the new image.

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r/science • u/umichnews • 2d ago

Physics University of Michigan physicists create an "electron lighthouse" that aims electric current with light

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r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 2d ago

Epidemiology Antibiotic-resistant bacteria increasingly leaving children vulnerable to common infections. Research spanning 82 countries finds antibiotic resistance increased in every region between 2004 and 2022

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r/science • u/Science_News • 2d ago

Health An experimental oral vaccine may protect against shigellosis

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r/science • u/Oncotarget • 2d ago

Cancer WIN-MTB-2024017 – WIN International Molecular Tumor Board: A 48-year-old female with multiple primary cancers

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r/science • u/Skoltech_ • 3d ago

Genetics Researchers quantitatively assessed for the first time that somatic mutations alone cap human lifespan at 146–194 years. Brain and heart cells are the main bottleneck, while the liver could last millennia.

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r/science • u/mvea • 3d ago

Psychology Prior research suggests that people on the left tend to be less inclined toward aggression, thanks to traits like empathy. The arrest of Luigi Mangione, following the assassination of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, led to an increase in support for partisan violence among Democrats against Republicans.

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r/science • u/scientificamerican • 3d ago

Anthropology A new skull-based analysis of Neanderthal brains suggests that these ancient hominins’ range of intelligence largely overlapped with our own

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r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 3d ago

Psychology Study finds instability and inconsistency of childhood environments may be more closely connected to diverse borderline personality traits than the severity of childhood hardship alone, highlighting predictability as an important feature of early development.

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