New material made from fungi is biodegradable, edible... and alive | This thin mycelial film is almost transparent, has good tensile strength, and could be used as a living bioplastic
https://newatlas.com/materials/material-fungi-biodegradable-edible-alive-empa/
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A new study finds that AI cannot predict the stock market. AI models often give misleading results. Even smarter models struggle with real-world stock chaos.
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04761-8
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Leukaemia patients have 61% lower death risk with statins. New research suggests that statins—one of the most commonly prescribed cholesterol medications—may help prevent deaths when taken during blood cancer treatment.
https://ashpublications.org/bloodadvances/article/doi/10.1182/bloodadvances.2024015287/536859/Statin-use-and-survival-in-SLL-CLL-treated-with
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World’s first personalized CRISPR therapy given to baby with genetic disease. Little KJ Muldoon, now nearly ten months old, is doing well after receiving three doses of a gene-editing treatment to mend a mutation that had impaired his body’s ability to process protein.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01496-z
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This strange mutation explains the mystifying color of orange cats
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-strange-mutation-explains-the-mystifying-color-of-orange-cats/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit
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Brain imaging study reveals the power of 'eureka moments'. New evidence from brain imaging research shows that these flashes of insight aren't just satisfying - they actually reshape how your brain represents information, and help sear it into memory.
https://today.duke.edu/2025/05/brain-scans-reveal-what-happens-mind-when-insight-strikes
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In Hawaii, scientists have identified a newly discovered species of carnivorous caterpillar, nicknamed the "Bone Collector." It drapes itself in the dismembered remains of dead insects, wearing them like macabre camouflage, hidden from the sharp eyes of predators.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/carnivorous-bone-collector-caterpillars-wear-corpses-as-camouflage/
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ADHD symptoms appear to influence women’s orgasms | The researchers found that women with inattentive ADHD symptoms reported lower orgasmic consistency than those without ADHD symptoms or with other subtypes.
https://www.psypost.org/adhd-symptoms-appear-to-influence-womens-orgasms/
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The reasons why romantic couples move in together may matter. Those who do it in order to spend more time together had a better relationship well-being over time. But those who do it to "test" their relationship had worse relationship health over time.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/meet-catch-and-keep/202505/why-do-couples-move-in-together-the-reasons-matter
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Loss of Medicaid coverage linked to higher mortality among low-income older adults – The risks were particularly high among individuals with greater clinical needs and on more expensive medications.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa2414435
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Researchers estimate that 19 million children—1 in 4 of Americans under age 18—live with a parent or other adult who meets the definition for a substance use disorder, raising the risk that those children will go on to do the same
https://news.umich.edu/1-in-4-kids-live-with-parents-who-have-alcohol-other-drug-problems-u-m-study-finds/
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People with more nature in their neighborhood smoke and drink less, study finds | Those who make regular visits to nature tend not to smoke.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1353829225000693?dgcid=author
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Audits of the 2020 American election show an accurate vote count – Scholars have compiled every available audit of votes cast in the 2020 elections, finding an inconsequential net error rate (an error rate on the order of thousandths of a percent)
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2419633122
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Men are more likely to die of 'broken heart syndrome,' study says. The condition is usually brought on by the stress of an event like losing a loved one. The syndrome is formally called takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Men die from it at more than twice the rate.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna206276
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Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical aid to other chimps and even removing others from snares left by human hunters. The behaviors provide new clues about the origin of medical care in humans.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna205732
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Scientists use brain activity to predict StarCraft II skill in l new neuroscience research. The results suggest that efficient attentional processing and underlying neural traits can facilitate skill development in fast-paced gaming environments.
https://www.psypost.org/scientists-use-brain-activity-to-predict-starcraft-ii-skill-in-fascinating-new-neuroscience-research/
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Moderate caffeine consumption may help protect against the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, especially in individuals with mild cognitive impairment. The findings point toward a possible dose-dependent relationship, with higher caffeine levels associated with slower cognitive decline.
https://www.psypost.org/caffeine-and-alzheimers-disease-moderate-intake-may-slow-cognitive-decline/
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Companies with LGBTQ+ board members outperform peers, research from Northeastern University finds.
https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/05/12/lgbtq-representation-company-performance/
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Conservatives privately support several firearm policies, but don’t publicly demand them. The findings demonstrate that the majority of Americans support a range of firearm policies. The issue is that more conservative communities tend to support these policies in private.
https://www.rutgers.edu/news/conservatives-privately-support-several-firearm-policies-dont-publicly-demand-them
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Sitting for hours daily shrinks your brain, even if you exercise. Research showed that even older adults who exercised for 150 minutes a week still experienced brain shrinkage if they sat for long hours. Memory declined, and the hippocampus lost volume
https://www.earth.com/news/sitting-for-hours-daily-shrinks-your-brain-even-if-you-exercise/
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Scientists have developed a gel that releases some of coral larvae's favorite scents. When applied to a surface, coral larvae settlement increased by twenty times that of untreated surfaces, suggesting it may be useful in aiding with coral reef restoration.
https://www.cell.com/trends/biotechnology/fulltext/S0167-7799(25)00126-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS016777992500126X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
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The effect of physical fitness on mortality is overestimated | New research shows that people with high fitness levels in their late teens also have a reduced risk of dying from random accidents. This suggests that previous studies have probably been misleading.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1083939
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Feelings of frailty can set in at 40. Loneliness, feeling older than your age and a negative attitude to ageing are all associated with early stages of frailty, even in people as young as 40. Many people assume frailty is something that happens when we get much older.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/feelings-of-frailty-can-set-in-at-40
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Newborns who are deficient in vitamin D have a higher chance of developing autism, schizophrenia and ADHD, finds the largest study of its kind of more 70,000 people in Denmark.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/queensland-study-reveals-link-vitamin-d-mental-disorders-babies/105290774
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PBS and NPR Got Their Start in Physics Education 100 Years Ago
https://theconversation.com/trump-and-many-gop-lawmakers-want-to-end-all-funding-for-npr-and-pbs-unraveling-a-us-public-media-system-that-took-a-century-to-build-253206
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Honey bee sleep shows brain activity patterns similar to humans, offering insight into memory and pollinator health | Sleep appears to carry the same "signature" at the neuronal level.
https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/honey-bee-sleep-mirrors-human-brain-activity-399621
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After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional protection of abortion rights in 2022, Democratic candidates became significantly more likely to campaign on abortion and to do so using unambiguous language, while Republicans increasingly obfuscated their positions on the issue.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2503080122
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Autistic people communicate just as effectively as others. There is no significant difference in the effectiveness of how autistic and non-autistic people communicate, according to a new study, challenging the stereotype that autistic people struggle to connect with others.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1083553
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Long work hours linked with altered brain structure. Research has shown that people who worked 52 or more hours a week displayed significant changes in brain regions associated with executive function and emotional regulation, unlike participants who worked standard hours every week.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/long-work-hours-linked-with-altered-brain-structure
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Chimps use medicinal plants to treat their wounds - Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical aid to other chimps and even removing others from snares left by human hunters, new research suggests.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna205732
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