Study found that there was a substantial amount of disagreement about what constituted racism within each racial group in US.The level of disagreement within each racial group was just as high as the disagreement across all participants combined.
https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/xge0001673
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"Injectable bone" gel may be a radically better treatment for osteoporosis | Osteoporosis is typically treated with orally administered drugs, which may take up to a year to have a noticeable effect. A new injectable hydrogel, is claimed to drastically boost bone density in as little as two weeks.
https://newatlas.com/disease/injectable-hydrogel-bone-density-osteoporosis/
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Groundwater in the Arctic is Delivering More Carbon into the Ocean Than Was Previously Known. The groundwater is liberating an estimated 230 tons of organic carbon per day along the almost 2,000-kilometer coastline of the Beaufort Sea in summer.
https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2025/01/groundwater-in-the-arctic-is-delivering-more-carbon-into-the-ocean-than-was-previously-known/
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‘Female narcissism often misdiagnosed’: Diagnostic protocols like DSM-5 are skewed towards men, focusing on grandiose narcissism, with female narcissism misdiagnosed as borderline PD. European ICD-11 is more likely to capture female narcissists as it includes vulnerable traits, finds new study.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/02/female-narcissism-is-often-misdiagnosed-how-science-is-finding-women-can-have-a-dark-streak-too
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Does drinking alcohol really take away the blues, It's not what you think | New study finds that heavy drinkers with depression experience the same buzz as those without depression, countering long-held belief that the pleasure people get from drinking decreases with addiction.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1072112
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Study confirms the benefits of commuting by bicycle in particular in reducing sickness absences | Associations Between Active Commuting and Sickness Absence in Finnish Public Sector Cohort of 28,485 Employees
https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/70828168/study-confirms-the-benefits-of-commuting-by-bicycle-in-particular-in-reducing-sickness-absences?lang=en
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US FDA approves suzetrigine, the first non-opioid painkiller in decades, that delivers opioid-level pain suppression without the risks of addiction, sedation or overdose. A new study outlines its pharmacology and mechanism of action.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00274-1
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Lightsail propulsion could enable interstellar travel at speeds never before imagined | The Breakthrough Starshot Initiative — backed by theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and scientist Yuri Milner — aims to send miniature spacecraft to Alpha Centauri, our nearest star system.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-024-01605-w
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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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Neuroimaging study links anhedonia to altered brain connectivity. Anhedonia is the inability to experience pleasure or enjoyment from activities that were once found enjoyable, such as hobbies, social interactions, or food
https://www.psypost.org/neuroimaging-study-links-anhedonia-to-altered-brain-connectivity/
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Climate change reshuffles species like a deck of cards. Rising temperatures caused by climate change have a profound and dual impact: they destabilize animal populations and speed up these changes as temperatures rise more rapidly.
https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/01/biodiversity-turnover.html
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Gamers with lower social skills are more likely to make impulsive in-game purchases. While competitiveness alone does not directly lead to impulsive purchases, the desire for popularity acts as a key motivator, and the effect is especially strong for players with lower social competence.
https://www.psypost.org/gamers-with-lower-social-skills-are-more-likely-to-make-impulsive-in-game-purchases/
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A new study finds that global water shortages will worsen as temperatures rise. Under 3°C warming, water gaps could grow by nearly 15%, worsening scarcity.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56517-2
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American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) as wetland ecosystem carbon stock regulators. Study finds alligators may enhance soil carbon sequestration within coastal wetlands.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-87369-x
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Scientists Just Created a Full Synthetic Yeast Genome for the First Time
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-achieved-a-major-milestone-in-creating-synthetic-life?utm_source=reddit_post
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Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right for fruit fly maggots | Food hardness preference reveals multisensory contributions of fly larval gustatory organs in behaviour and physiology
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/01/nx-s1-5281436/not-too-hard-not-too-soft-rotting-fruit-is-just-right-for-fruit-fly-maggots
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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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