Brain scans reveal who may benefit most from MDMA for trauma-related symptoms. Researchers found that participants with heightened brain reactivity to unconscious threat cues showed marked changes in neural activity after receiving MDMA.
https://www.psypost.org/brain-scans-reveal-who-may-benefit-most-from-mdma-for-trauma-related-symptoms/
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Utilization of thorium in accelerator driven subcritical system
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306454925005456
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Optimization of nuclear powered remote microgrid integrated energy systems
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149197025003026
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People in the United States who have sex fewer than a dozen times a year appear more likely to die during follow-up if they carry extra abdominal fat or score high on a standard test of depression symptoms, according to a study.
https://www.psypost.org/low-sexual-activity-body-shape-and-mood-may-combine-in-ways-that-shorten-lives-new-study-suggests/
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Dopamine doesn’t flood the brain as once believed – it fires in exact, ultra-fast bursts that target specific neurons, suggests a new study in mice. The discovery turns a century-old view of dopamine on its head and could transform how we treat everything from ADHD to Parkinson’s disease.
https://newatlas.com/mental-health/dopamine-precision-neuroscience/
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From Depression to Parkinson’s. How Fecal Transplants Were Once Hailed as a Universal Therapy—and What Happened Next
https://sfg.media/en/a/from-depression-to-parkinsons/
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Childhood trauma cortisol and immune cell glucocorticoid transcript levels are associated with increased risk for suicidality in adolescence
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-025-02923-3
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Overall, US gun law scores were low, with 52% of states achieving an F grade and 16% an A grade in 2022. Stronger gun laws correlated with decreased overall firearm mortality, with the strongest correlations for decreased suicides.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2836390
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Lyme Disease study finds CDC test misses most cases of early Lyme
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2025.1577936/full
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Children (10-16Y) are at a similar risk of dehydration and hyperthermia in extreme heat as adults, contradicting previous advice that children are more susceptible to heat-related illnesses
https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2025/07/10/hot-weather-causes-children-to-sweat-at-the-same-rate-as-adults-study-shows.html
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Research studying GABA's effects in mental hygiene showed correlations between high cortisol levels and low GABA levels in depressive people
https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-025-07056-z
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Climate change and aerosol pollution made drought inevitable in the US Southwest: Study
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/5392107-climate-change-aerosol-pollution-southwest-drought/
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Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth’s poles slightly away from the planet’s axis of rotation | The construction of nearly 7,000 dams from 1835 to 2011 shifted the poles about a meter in total and caused a 21-millimeter drop in global sea levels.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/we-dammed-so-much-water-it-moved-earths-poles
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Researchers summarised data of 85 studies from more than 8 million people, finding that lifelong physical activity reduced the risk of premature death, while inactive people who became active later in life could lower their risk by 20-25%.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/staying-physically-active-cuts-risk-of-early-death-by-40-per-cent
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Denmark has been offering free vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) to girls since 2008. New data show vaccination has effectively reduced infections with cancerogenic HPV 16/18 types covered by the vaccine, indicating population immunity.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1090640
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A new study created the first mice that glow all on their own, no chemicals or injections required. By adding bacterial light-producing genes, these 'Lux mice' emit a soft glow across their bodies, powered by their cells.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads0463
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Uranium extraction from seawater via novel collagen-based porous aerogel
https://jlse.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42825-025-00201-0
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New research aims to better predict and understand cascading land surface hazards | Cascading land surface hazards as a nexus in the Earth system
https://news.iu.edu/college/live/news/46116-new-research-aims-to-better-predict-and-understand
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Termite gut microbes produce Hydrogen, and they're difficult to culture outside Termites
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10643389.2025.2484892?src=exp-la#d1e388
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A whole-food plant-based diet was significantly associated with an adequate-fiber diet, as well as reductions in metabolic syndrome components (hyperglycemia, hypertension, and low HDL) and metabolic syndrome in the adjusted model, study finds
https://www.academia.edu/3067-1345/2/2/10.20935/AcadNutr7669
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Conservative students spend more time in noisy social environments, attend religious spaces, and be present at fraternities or sororities. Liberal students spent more time at home and reported higher use of the internet and social media. These differences were small but statistically robust.
https://www.psypost.org/liberals-and-conservatives-live-differently-but-people-think-the-divide-is-even-bigger-than-it-is/
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A new study finds major disagreements between satellite-era sea surface temperature datasets, with warming trends differing by up to 70%.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02362-6
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In a national trial of 570 adults, suicidal ideation declined within 1 week of starting Opioid use disorder meds. Both buprenorphine-naloxone and extended-release naltrexone helped, but buprenorphine showed stronger early effects.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00952990.2025.2524110
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Autistic adults overwhelmed by non-verbal social cues, describing the intense mental effort it takes to navigate nonverbal communication in a new study. These challenges often lead to misunderstandings from those around them. This mutual disconnect is known as the Double Empathy Problem.
https://drexel.edu/news/archive/2025/July/Autistic-Adults-Overwhelmed-by-Nonverbal-Social-Cues
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Despite warming trends, the US still gets hit by brutal cold snaps. A new study links these outbreaks to shifts in the stratospheric polar vortex: high-altitude winds that can steer winter weather far below.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq9557
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Adults with autism show similar brain mapping of body parts as typically developing adults | Researchers reveal that adults with autism show brain patterns for body part perception similar to typical adults, despite behavioral differences
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1090726
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A new study suggests that adding okra to the diet can protect against long-term metabolic problems caused by early-life overfeeding. In a rat model, okra supplementation prevented obesity, high blood sugar, and brain inflammation associated with being overnourished during infancy.
https://www.psypost.org/a-common-vegetable-may-counteract-brain-changes-linked-to-obesity/
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Fish may be smarter than we think. Lab-based studies of learning and memory in fish may underestimate their true cognitive abilities in the wild. A new tool allows scientists to study fish cognition in the wild. The study of fish cognition has implications for the care of captive fish.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/animal-minds/202507/fish-are-smarter-than-you-think
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Dopamine doesn’t flood the brain as once believed – it fires in exact, ultra-fast bursts that target specific neurons | The discovery turns a century-old view of dopamine on its head and could transform how we treat everything from ADHD to Parkinson’s disease.
https://newatlas.com/mental-health/dopamine-precision-neuroscience/
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New study: 4 years after pre-surgical immunotherapy, most patients with advanced melanoma remain alive and disease-free
https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/most-patients-with-advanced-melanoma-who-received-pre-surgical-immunotherapy-remain-alive-and-disease-free-four-years-later.h00-159778023.html
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