A study found that smartwatches, equipped with a newly developed app by researchers, can help in quitting smoking. The app uses sensors to detect typical smoking hand movements and sends a relapse prevention message
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/january/smartwatch-stop-smoking.html
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Partisan Americans are willing to electorally reward co-partisan Presidents and Governors who say they will disregard Supreme Court decisions their party does not like.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-law-and-courts/article/abs/executives-strike-back-political-benefits-of-sanctioning-the-us-supreme-court/837AD823E75C29A3CD1679D8190EB1E7
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The ability to care for another without regard for yourself is a key component of good relationships. A new study shows willingness to care for others stems from the earliest relationships in the home. By understanding origins of your own compassionate love, you gain insight into your relationships.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202412/this-kind-of-love-begins-in-the-home
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Quantum uncertainty and wave–particle duality are equivalent, experiment shows.
https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-uncertainty-and-wave-particle-duality-are-equivalent-experiment-shows/
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Researchers have created lab-grown neurons in a network that exhibit plasticity and can be reconfigured through repetitive stimulation using microfluidic devices, similar to animal nervous systems, providing new tools for studying learning and memory
https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/press/can_labgrown_neurons_exhibit_plasticity.html
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A 2010 law in France that led to forcible mergers of municipalities resulted in an annual 12.5 percent increase in building permits. The reason is that the mergers reduced the power of NIMBYs to block housing construction.
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.20230344
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The import tariffs introduced by President Trump in 2018–2019 adversely affected US exporters by raising input costs – The cost increases for exporters were substantial enough that the import tariffs were also the equivalent of a US export tariff of 2-4 percent.
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.20210051
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The Soviet Union sent millions of its educated elites to gulags across the USSR because they were considered a threat to the regime. Areas near camps that held a greater share of these elites are today far more prosperous, showing how human capital affects long-term economic growth.
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/mac.20220231
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Narcissism is linked to higher fertility, while traits like psychopathy and Machiavellianism, mediated by criminal behavior, reduce reproductive success. Interestingly, gender differences emerged, with criminal careers negatively affecting fertility in men but showing no significant impact on women.
https://www.psypost.org/fertility-outcomes-differ-among-dark-tetrad-traits-in-criminal-populations/
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New research found that childhood neglect increases the likelihood of various adverse health outcomes in adulthood. However, having a heightened socioeconomic status and the presence of a protective adult during childhood substantially weaken this association.
https://www.psypost.org/childhood-neglect-is-linked-to-troubling-health-outcomes-but-two-factors-can-dramatically-change-this-trajectory-study-suggests/
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Study of Sherpas highlights key role of kidneys in acclimatization to high altitudes | Sherpa participants had more rapid and larger magnitude blood acid-base acclimatization than lowlanders with incremental ascent to 4,300 metres.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069225
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American parents more likely to find hitting children acceptable compared to hitting pets - New research highlights parents’ conflicted views on spanking.
https://www.psypost.org/american-parents-more-likely-to-find-hitting-children-acceptable-compared-to-hitting-pets/
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A study on 10,000 adolescents found brain structure differences are associated with early use of substances.
Many differences appeared to exist prior to any substance use, pointing to the role brain structure may play in substance use risk
https://nida.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/2024/12/brain-structure-differences-are-associated-with-early-use-of-substances-among-adolescents
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Study finds a rising trend in use of verbs discussing murder and killing in movies over 50 years. Researchers used machine learning to search a database of subtitles from more than 160,000 English-language movies produced from 1970 to 2000.
https://news.osu.edu/a-rising-trend-of-murderous-verbs-in-movies-over-50-years/
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Endocannabinoids in the brain play a key role in regulating food intake and energy use. A study on mice found that inhibiting a specific molecule (ABHD6) reduced food motivation and increased interest in physical activity, without exhibiting signs of anxiety or depressive behavior
https://www.chumontreal.qc.ca/en/actualites/targeting-brain-enzyme-curb-obesity
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A study on nearly 7 million individuals from Northern Europe found that being born preterm may increase the risk of death from external causes. Males had a higher overall death rate, while females born very/moderately preterm had a much higher (80%) risk of suicide
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2024/12/women-born-prematurely-are-at-greater-risk-of-committing-suicide/
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Human-made materials – the “technosphere” – are a deep store of fossil carbon – and possibly a ticking time bomb. If burned and sent into the atmosphere, it would be equivalent to 30 billion tonnes of CO2. The technosphere is nearing the stage where it stores more carbon than the natural world.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/climate/fossil-carbon-technosphere/
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Hospital admissions for lack of vitamins soaring in England, NHS figures show
https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/01/hospital-admissions-lack-of-vitamins-iron-nhs-figures
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Common Plastic Additives May Have Affected The Health of Millions
https://www.sciencealert.com/common-plastic-additives-may-have-affected-the-health-of-millions
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A 2010 law in France that led to forcible mergers of municipalities resulted in an annual 12.5 percent increase in building permits. The reason is that the mergers reduced the power of NIMBYs to block housing construction.
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.20230344
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Conservatives, it has been argued, are more sensitive to negative stimuli, which predisposes them to favor policies emphasizing stability and protection. However, a replication study failed to reproduce this. It found this relationship reached statistical significance in the US but not Netherlands.
https://www.psypost.org/yet-another-study-disputes-link-between-conservatism-and-negativity-bias/
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American burying beetles, which clean up dead animals in their ecosystem, are making a comeback in Nebraska
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/american-burying-beetles-comeback-nebraska
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Children and adolescents aged 2 to 17 who spend five or more hours daily watching television or videos have more than double the risk of vitamin D deficiency compared to those with two hours or less of screen time
https://news.vumc.org/2024/12/16/there-goes-the-sun/
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Hungry Sea Otters Are Taking a Bite Out of California’s Invasive Crab Problem, New Study Finds | Researchers estimate southern sea otters eat up to 120,000 European green crabs per year.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hungry-sea-otters-are-taking-a-bite-out-of-californias-invasive-crab-problem-new-study-finds-180985749/
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New moray eel discovered in Central Indo-Pacific river mouths: The Hades’ snake moray (Uropterygius hades), named after Hades, the god of the underworld, due to its unique habitat, burrowing behavior, high sensitivity to light, and most notably, its deep, dark coloration.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1069242
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A single mutation in dairy cow-associated H5N1 viruses increases receptor binding breadth
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54934-3
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A new study used satellite imagery to detect car movements, revealing East-to-West migration during the Russia–Ukraine war. This method offers a way to monitor population shifts for humanitarian aid.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-80035-8
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Nature Exposure, Even as Little as 10 Minutes, is Likely to Yield Short-Term Benefits for Adults with Mental Illness: A Meta Analysis
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/eco.2023.0063
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Study found that men in relationships experience higher levels of sexual functioning compared to their single counterparts, regardless of sexual orientation. Male sexual functioning may be more closely aligned with long-term relationship maintenance than short-term mating strategies.
https://www.psypost.org/men-in-relationships-have-better-sexual-functioning-regardless-of-sexual-orientation-study-finds/
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Breast cancer's spread may be inherited, but a lab-made antibody could stop its exodus
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/breast-cancer-spread-inherited
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