Playfulness predicts attachment and jealousy in romantic relationships -Researchers found that certain types of playfulness are linked to more secure attachment styles, while others are connected to different facets of jealousy.
https://www.psypost.org/playfulness-predicts-attachment-and-jealousy-in-romantic-relationships/
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Dark matter dominating halos of supermassive black holes 13 billion light-years away
https://c.newsnow.com/A/1261788720?-317:58697
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NIH Grants- Indirect Budget Limits
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-068.html
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Effects of Vegetable and Fruit Juicing on Gut and Oral Microbiome Composition
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/17/3/458
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The ‘bad boy’ appeal may be a myth. Study does not provide support that Dark Triad traits are attractive for men and women. Higher levels of Dark Triad traits were not found to increase attractiveness, and in fact, lower levels were generally preferred, especially for long-term commitment.
https://www.psypost.org/is-the-bad-boy-appeal-a-myth-study-investigates-dark-triad-attractiveness/
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COVID-19 increases kids' risk of gut problems once symptoms die down - data on more than 1.5 million US children and found kids with COVID-19 were 25% more likely to experience GI tract symptoms.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/covid-19-increase-kids-risk-of-gut-problems-once-symptoms-die-down
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Textbook math and real-life math are not the same: kids who do math in real situations don't do well at school and vice versa
https://www.zmescience.com/science/math/our-schools-have-a-problem-textbook-math-doesnt-help-in-real-life-and-vice-versa/
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Western diet since adolescence impairs brain functional hyperemia at adulthood in mice | A balanced ω-6:ω-3 PUFAs ratio in WD achieved by docosahexaenoic acid supplementation efficiently restores glucose homeostasis and functional hyperemia in adults
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-025-01711-x
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A new study has found that young adults who have recovered from COVID-19 show distinct patterns of brain activity during cognitive tasks. These brain activity changes are similar to those seen in much older adults.
https://www.psypost.org/new-neuroscience-research-shows-covid-19-leaves-mark-on-young-adult-brains/
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Israeli startup grows world’s first real dairy protein in potatoes—no cows needed
https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/hksw6cztjx
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Gene-edited transplanted pig kidney 'functioned immediately' in 62-year-old dialysis patient. The kidney, which had undergone 69 gene edits to reduce the chances of rejection by the man's body, promptly and progressively started cutting his creatine levels (a measure of kidney function).
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/gene-edited-transplanted-pig-kidney-functioned-immediately-in-62-year-old-dialysis-patient
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Study finds that patients who saw a within-group family physician after hours were 10% less likely to visit the emergency department within seven days compared to those who saw an out-of-group walk-in clinic physician.
https://www.annfammed.org/content/22/6/483/tab-figures-data
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Researchers have achieved a total synthesis of ibogaine and ibogaine analogs. This could enable studies of the pharmaceutical properties of ibogaine and how to alter the molecule to avoid cardiac side effects.
https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davis-researchers-achieve-total-synthesis-ibogaine
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Humpback whale songs have patterns that resemble human language
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2467170-humpback-whale-songs-have-patterns-that-resemble-human-language/
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Adverse childhood experiences in firstborns linked to poor mental health in siblings. Children are nearly three-quarters (71%) more likely to develop mental health problems between the ages of five and 18, if the firstborn in the family experiences adversity during their first 1,000 days of life.
https://www.nursinginpractice.com/clinical/paediatrics/adverse-childhood-experiences-in-firstborns-linked-to-poor-mental-health-in-siblings/
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Scientists find abnormally slow neural dynamics in visual cortex of depressed individuals - this sluggishness is linked with both the severity of depressive symptoms and the slowing of physical movements.
https://www.psypost.org/scientists-find-abnormally-slow-neural-dynamics-in-visual-cortex-of-depressed-individuals/
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A new study reconstructs 1100 years of Atlantic cod fishing. Viking-era cod were 25% larger & lived 3x longer than today. Overfishing and not climate drove down size and populations.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt4782
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COVID-19 increases kids' risk of gut problems once symptoms die down
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2830031?utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_term=020725
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Unmarried voters are more inclined to support Democratic presidential candidates compared to married. Higher proportion of Black voters among unmarried individuals and lower levels of religious observance in this group compared to married voters, significantly contribute to this political divide.
https://www.psypost.org/racial-and-religious-differences-help-explain-why-unmarried-voters-lean-democrat/
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First demonstration of quantum teleportation over busy Internet cables: « Advance opens door for secure quantum applications without specialized infrastructure. »
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/12/first-demonstration-of-quantum-teleportation-over-busy-internet-cables/
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Popular antidepressants don’t appear to dull romantic love, study finds
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0165032725001004
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Scientists have made a leap forward in understanding the pattern and structure of turbulence
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/scientists-make-rare-advance-in-tackling-the-oldest-unsolved-problem-in-physics/
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Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans | The loss of whales because of commercial hunting may have had far-reaching consequences on marine life that extend beyond simply decreasing the number of marine predators in the environment.
https://www.washington.edu/news/2025/02/06/whale-poop-contains-iron-that-may-have-helped-fertilize-past-oceans/
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A new study finds that classical music exposure in the third trimester reduces the complexity of fetal heart rate variability, leading to more regular and stable cardiac patterns, potentially linked to fetal movements.
https://publishing.aip.org/publications/latest-content/music-can-touch-the-heart-even-inside-the-womb/
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Children’s arithmetic skills do not transfer between applied and academic mathematics
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08502-w
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New research finds whale vocal sequences follow both Menzerath’s law (longer phrases use shorter sounds) and Zipf’s law (frequent sounds are shorter) - patterns seen in human language.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads6014
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Body weight and body mass index alone are not enough to predict whether someone will develop a metabolic disease. Around a quarter of all obese individuals are healthy. Fat cells of unhealthy obese individuals can no longer burn fats as effectively, finds a new study.
https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/02/obese-and-healthy.html
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National Science Foundation list of keywords to flag
https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/02/04/national-science-foundation-trump-executive-orders-words/
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Masculine lesbians tend to have higher testosterone levels, study finds
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40750-024-00248-z
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US health department condemns private equity firms for role in declining healthcare access - Government report says private equity investment in nursing homes led to 11% increase in patient deaths.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/private-equity-healthcare
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