A neuroimaging study of over 200 individuals with autism found no evidence of atypical functional connectivity in the amygdala, a brain region critical for processing emotions, particularly fear, and for threat detection.
https://www.psypost.org/large-scale-neuroimaging-study-finds-no-evidence-of-atypical-amygdala-connectivity-in-autism/
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Saharan dust storms do not present a risk to public health in terms of radioactivity exposure. And the radiation they carry is not connected with French nuclear tests in the Sahara.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr9192
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Replacing meat with plant-based alternatives reduces total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and weight, study finds
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S000291652401428X
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Although most people think of narcissists as impervious to the judgment of others, new research on personality shows how easy it is to provoke their insecurity. Narcissists may be more sensitive than you think and hypersensitivity may be an important component of narcissism.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202501/did-you-ever-think-the-narcissist-is-just-overly-sensitive
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India doubled its tiger population in a little over a decade by protecting the big cats from poaching and habitat loss, ensuring they have enough prey, reducing human-wildlife conflict, and increasing communities' living standards near tiger areas, a new study found.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/31/nx-s1-5281938/india-tiger-population-conservation
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Cold-water immersion (from early ocean dips to ice-cold polar plunges) can temporarily lower stress, improve sleep, and slightly enhance quality of life, finds new study. However, benefits faded within months, and claims about immune or mood boosts lack evidence.
https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/does-cold-water-immersion-work-new-study-finds-limited-benefits-395693
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Study of incel forums for men experiencing involuntary celibacy: r/IncelExit, where users aim to leave, and Incels.is, for those who remain embedded in incel ideology. On r/IncelExit, informational support was 74.7% of posts. In contrast, Incels.is was mainly emotional support, 55.8%.
https://www.psypost.org/support-dynamics-in-incel-forums-reveal-contrasts-between-problem-solving-and-empathy/
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Rising temperatures linked to increased risk of depression, study finds. For every 1°C increase in average annual temperature due to climate change, the odds of having at least moderate depressive symptoms increased by 13%. These increases were 14% for adults between 19 and 40 years of age.
https://www.psypost.org/rising-temperatures-linked-to-increased-risk-of-depression-study-finds/
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Gavi, a vaccine program led by the Gates Foundation, WHO, UNICEF and World Bank, has provided over $16 billion in funding for vaccination in low-income countries since 1999. The aid has been uniquely effective, saving around 1.5 million lives at a cost of $9,000 per life saved.
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20230036
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Microplastics in placentas linked to premature births, study suggests | Tiny plastic pollution more than 50% higher in placentas from preterm births than in those from full-term births
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/30/microplastics-placentas-link-premature-births-study
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Younger men tend to partner with women about 3 years younger, but as they aged, their partners became younger, with some older men in relationships with women a decade younger. Conversely, younger women tend to partner with men a few years older, but by age 60, women seek men of similar age.
https://www.psypost.org/romantic-age-gaps-evolve-over-time-new-psychology-research-shows/
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‘A neural fossil’: human ears try to move when listening - Researchers found that muscles move to orient ears toward sound source in vestigial reaction. It is believed that our ancestors lost their ability to move their ears about 25m years ago but the neural circuits still seem to be present.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/31/neural-fossil-human-ears-move-when-listening-scientists-say
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Currently, zero percent of the world’s thermoset materials are recycled (car tires, hip joints, bowling balls, etc) – they’re either incinerated or thrown in landfills. New plastic is made from a bio-sourced material that has crosslinked thermosets’ durability but can be easily recycled, degraded.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/01/durable-plastic-gets-sustainability-makeover
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Jupiter’s moon Europa is the subject of much speculation about extraterrestrial life, which could exist in the ocean buried beneath the body’s icy surface. Now researchers suggest that a small metallic core could lie at the centre of this moon.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02469-4
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When a movie is led by female actors, reviewers dial up the sexism. An AI-driven analysis of 17,000 professional film reviews reveals that movies with female-dominated casts receive up to 149% more hostile sexism and 44% more benevolent sexism in their reviews compared to male-dominated films.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/when-a-movie-is-led-by-female-actors-reviewers-dial-up-the-sexism
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Brain health is a human right
https://www.ibroneuroscience.org/article/S0306-4522(25)00079-X/fulltext
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Research found young children of parents who declined the COVID-19 vaccine were about 25 percent less likely to receive vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR).
https://health.mountsinai.org/blog/research-suggests-link-between-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-and-increasing-uncertainty-in-routine-vaccines-for-young-children/
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Women who are more attuned to their bodily sensations may experience more frequent and satisfying orgasms. The study also found that women reported higher orgasm frequency and satisfaction during solitary sexual activity compared to partnered sex, consistent with the “orgasm gap”.
https://www.psypost.org/women-with-heightened-interoceptive-awareness-have-more-frequent-and-satisfying-orgasms-study-finds/
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A new study maps where electric vehicle fast chargers are missing across the US. While federal funding boosts coverage, rural gaps remain. Even with full buildout, some areas will still lack continuous charging access.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-55696-8
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Early adult mortality higher in US post-COVID | Early adult death rates in 2023 were about 70 percent higher if death rates had not begun to rise about a decade before the pandemic, and 20 percent higher than in 2019.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1072371
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More than 8,000 of the world’s most-cited scientists have at least one retraction, according to a database that links retractions to top-cited papers. Database shows that researchers with retracted papers had higher self-citation rates and published more than those without retractions.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00257-2
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India doubled its tiger population in a little over a decade by protecting the big cats from poaching and habitat loss, ensuring they have enough prey, reducing human-wildlife conflict, and increasing communities’ living standards near tiger areas
https://apnews.com/article/tigers-india-population-figures-study-7c09fec9b973c91dd659cd14d9858f13
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Polar Bear Population Decline Due to "Lack of Food" | Sea ice loss is starving polar bears in Western Hudson Bay, reducing their size, cub survival and overall population.
https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/polar-bear-population-decline-due-to-lack-of-food-395654
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"Kick and kill": FDA-approved drug could be hiding to permanently eliminate HIV | A new study, shows that the compound EBC-46 can reactivate dormant virus cells, allowing them to be targeted by immunotherapy.
https://newatlas.com/infectious-diseases/hiv-cure-kick-kill-fda-approved-drug/
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Homosexuality is estimated to be about 30% heritable, with genetic factors potentially increasing mating success in heterosexual males. Outside of humans, exclusively homosexual behavior is primarily observed in domestic rams, though macaques may exhibit similar sexual orientations to humans.
https://kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fauthors.elsevier.com%2Fc%2F1kWEacQbJBLQ-/1/01020194ad2d8596-ea8f3fd9-551e-4bf1-97d0-20b627f90ef1-000000/vm3wYqKROujmEHrTCNdTCZZXHuY=411
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Research shows that a diet low in vegetables and fruits and high in red meat, fast food, and sugar-sweetened soft drinks was associated with accelerated biological aging even in young adulthood.
https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/suboptimal-dietary-patterns-may-accelerate-biological-aging-already-in-young-adulthood
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For the first time, DNA evidence has confirmed killer whales in Australia hunted a white shark for its liver, based on DNA analysis from the bite wounds of a large white shark washed ashore near Portland in Victoria in 2023
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1072258
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Canadian human-study research establishes gut biome restoration diet – new study
https://theconversation.com/why-we-should-all-try-to-eat-like-people-in-rural-papua-new-guinea-new-study-248064
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Grey matter changes in the brains of fathers postpartum.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2825647?guestAccessKey=760be7ec-c00f-4a7c-9396-ced02a9de3ba&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamapsychiatry&utm_content=mostreadwidget&utm_term=012925&adv=
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Study found that employees who psychologically disengaged from work on their vacations saw the most improvement in their well-being. Ideally, that means not answering emails, taking work calls or even thinking about the office.
https://news.uga.edu/vacations-are-good-for-employees/
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