Some women experience guilt after sexual activity, even in consensual or committed relationships, due to learned beliefs that sex is inappropriate or “wrong.” Sexual shame reduces sexual arousal and desire, leading to poorer sexual functioning.
https://www.psypost.org/sexual-shame-a-hidden-barrier-to-womens-intimacy-and-fulfillment/
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Scientists create hydrogen with no direct CO2 emissions at source. The process co-produces high-value acetic acid, an organic liquid used in food preservation, household cleaning products, manufacturing and medicine, and has an annual global consumption exceeding 15 million tons.
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2896934-scientists-create-hydrogen-with-no-direct-co2-emissions-at-source
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College students who use dating apps like Tinder to find casual encounters are more likely to engage in risky sexual behaviors. While a desire for excitement drives both men and women to these apps, boredom appears to be a key motivator specifically for women seeking connections on hookup platforms.
https://www.psypost.org/hookup-apps-linked-to-risky-sexual-behavior-boredom-plays-a-role-for-women/
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Researchers found that feeling satisfied in their relationship, experiencing a good quality of sexual life, possessing empathy, and having children were all linked to higher levels of psychological well-being for women.
https://www.psypost.org/study-identifies-predictors-of-womens-psychological-well-being-in-romantic-relationships/
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Study reveals that individuals who opposed COVID-19 public health mandates were also likely to oppose abortion rights. They were more likely to be politically conservative, religious, and distrustful of institutions.
https://www.psypost.org/anti-mandate-protesters-opposing-covid-19-rules-often-reject-abortion-rights/
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Study finds neurologic complications of flu nearly 50 times greater for children with underlying neurologic conditions such as seizures, meningitis, altered mental status, and movement disorders
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1073694
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Neuropsychiatric symptoms in an entire family - revealed to be vector borne zoonotic pathogens
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/14/2/110
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Losing your sense of taste, especially for salty and sour foods, could be linked to early death in older adults. Research found those whose sense of taste declined since their younger years had a 47% higher risk of dying in the six-year follow-up period.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaotolaryngology/article-abstract/2830358
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The consequences of US abortion bans - more babies and higher infant mortality: an estimated 478 additional infant deaths in the 14 states with bans and around one extra baby born per 1,000 woman, or a total of 22,180 additional babies across the country.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/the-consequences-of-us-abortion-bans-more-babies-and-higher-infant-mortality
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World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study - Peatlands occupy just 3% of all land, but contain more carbon than all of the world’s forests.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/13/worlds-largely-unprotected-peatlands-are-ticking-carbon-bomb-warns-study
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Researchers find cancer's 'off-grid' power supply and how to cut it | Researchers have discovered a particular type of cancer cell that relies on its own biological electric utility. Disrupting the utility with the help of a puffer fish showed a breakthrough way to fight the tumors in mice.
https://newatlas.com/cancer/cancer-power-supply/
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Weight loss surgery is safe and gets 61% of diabetics off their meds | A large percentage of people who were diabetic before the surgery, meant that they didn’t require diabetes medication five years after.
https://newatlas.com/disease/obesity/bariatric-surgery-safe-effective-diabetes/
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Social media can twist retracted COVID-19 papers, fueling mistrust in science. When a paper critical of hydroxychloroquine was retracted, tweets suggested it was published to undermine the drug and Trump. When a vaccine harm paper was retracted, it was seen as a conspiracy to suppress the “truth”.
https://www.psypost.org/how-social-media-twists-retracted-covid-19-papers-fueling-mistrust-in-science/
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Mars is Rocked By Powerful Quakes That Don't Always Begin Under The Surface, Research Shows
https://www.sciencealert.com/mars-is-rocked-by-epic-quakes-and-they-dont-all-come-from-within?utm_source=reddit_post
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A new study found that White young adults who accept color-blind racial ideology tend to show greater romantic attraction to White individuals, while Black young adults who are more accepting of this ideology tend to show lower romantic attraction to Black individuals.
https://www.psypost.org/color-blind-racial-ideology-linked-to-different-romantic-preferences-for-white-and-black-young-adults/
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Study finds that there is a clear wealth gap among adults over 50 who meet physical activity and dietary guidelines. The research also found that poorer adults are nearly three times more likely to be depressed than their wealthier counterparts.
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/wealth-gap-fuels-health-inequality-over-50s-new-study-reveals-lifestyle-divide-and-depression-link
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Study shows growing link between racial attitudes and anti-democratic beliefs among White Americans
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-race-ethnicity-and-politics/article/beyond-the-trump-presidency-the-racial-underpinnings-of-white-americans-antidemocratic-beliefs/919D18F05DB106D3DEC0016E9BA709A1
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Scientists have now identified the neurons behind the “dessert stomach” phenomenon. | Researchers gave mice the option to eat sugary snacks after a meal. Unsurprisingly, they dug in even when they should have been feeling pretty full.
https://newatlas.com/biology/dessert-stomach-brain-sugar/
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New research found that when it's combined with particular oral drugs, milk significantly improves their absorption by the body | It’s the latest in a series of studies showing that milk is a highly effective drug-delivery vehicle.
https://newatlas.com/medical-tech/milk-oral-bioavailability/
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A large-scale analysis of 1,705 studies shows that pesticides negatively impact non-target plants, animals, and microbes - raising concerns about biodiversity loss.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56732-x
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Expressing lower emotion on 911 calls is associated with greater suspicion that the caller is involved in the crime they are reporting,. Five studies used both real and simulated 911 calls with both police and laypeople as participants.
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-76268-001
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Zebras and giraffes herding together boosts both species’ chances of survival, researchers report in American Naturalist
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/zebras-giraffes-travel-companions
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After decades of drought, recent storms added back only 25 percent of the water lost from Southern California's aquifers since 2006
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/epic-rainfall-not-refill-socal-aquifers
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Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/solar-powered-device-captures-carbon-dioxide-from-air-to-make-sustainable-fuel
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Researchers have successfully grown bioengineered teeth in pigs using a combination of human and pig cells | While the science is still in its early stages, the findings could one day lead to a future where you could have your missing teeth replaced with biological dentition.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/human-like-teeth-grown-in-pigs-could-make-dental-implants-a-thing-of-the-past/
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Study suggests sex can provide relationship satisfaction boost that lasts longer than just act itself. Positive “afterglow” of sex can linger for at least 24 hours, especially when sex is a mutual decision or initiated by one partner, while sexual rejection creates negative effect for several days.
https://www.psypost.org/science-confirms-the-sexual-afterglow-is-real-and-pinpoints-factors-that-make-it-linger-longer/
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Astronomers confirm the existence of what might be a habitable world around a nearby star. HD 20794 d is just under 6x the mass of Earth and orbits a Sun-like star at the right distance for liquid water to form on its surface.
https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-discover-nearby-alien-world-that-may-sustain-life?utm_source=reddit_post
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Fndings confirm human-induced climate change is weakening extreme cold events | Record-breaking cold in China in 2023 was primarily caused by large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns, accounting for 83% of its intensity. Climate change reduced the event’s severity by up to 22%
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1073559
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Sea turtles learn and remember Earth's magnetic field to navigate, but RF signals disrupt their compass, affecting migration patterns.
https://www.rathbiotaclan.com/how-sea-turtles-use-earths-magnetic-field-to-navigate-the-ocean
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86.6% of the surveyed astrobiologists responded either “agree” or “strongly agree” that it’s likely that extraterrestrial life (of at least a basic kind) exists somewhere in the universe.
https://theconversation.com/do-aliens-exist-we-studied-what-scientists-really-think-241505
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