A new study offers strong support for the hypothesis that pets increase human satisfaction and well-being. Pets do so similarly to family and friends and to some extent they are even a substitute for these people.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/animal-emotions/202505/the-positive-value-of-dogs-and-cats-on-human-well-being
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Cancer patients treated with a pioneering immunotherapy that genetically modifies their own cells to wipe out tumours live 40% longer, according to “exciting” and “groundbreaking” results from a world-first clinical trial.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/31/immunotherapy-trial-helps-cancer-patients-with-tumours-live-40-longer
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Mangrove forests in Florida show rapid carbon recovery after hurricanes, regaining lost carbon within four years. Despite structural damage, canopy regrowth and carbon uptake rebound quickly, confirming mangroves’ climate resilience.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.70124
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Adults with ADHD face long-term social and economic challenges — even with medication. They are more likely to struggle with education, employment, and social functioning. Even with prescribed medication over a 10-year period, educational attainment or employment did not improve by the age of 30.
https://www.psypost.org/adults-with-adhd-face-long-term-social-and-economic-challenges-study-finds-even-with-medication/
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Health and educational outcomes improved for each American cohort across the 20th century until the period 1947-1960. Americans born in each year of that period have worse outcomes than those born a year earlier. The most likely cause for the decline is lead pollution from motor vehicle exhaust.
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aeri.20230588
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New fuel cell could enable electric aviation: « These devices could pack three times as much energy per pound as today’s best EV batteries, offering a lightweight option for powering trucks, planes, or ships. »
https://news.mit.edu/2025/new-fuel-cell-could-enable-electric-aviation-0527
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Reddit study of engaged people asking whether to get married found advice to OP is to leave if behavior (1) is violent; (2) makes you feel worthless; (3) pulls you from friends/ family; (4) makes you physically, emotionally, financially unsafe; (5) major betrayal of trust; or (6) feels unsettling.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/assembly-required/202505/is-this-cold-feet-or-a-red-flag
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Low-cost device could allow homeowners to test their own tap water for lead | An experimental new device could soon allow homeowners to check for themselves, instead of waiting for the city to do so.
https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/e-tongue-tap-water-lead-sensor/
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Social impacts of glacier loss: "More than three-quarters of global glacier mass is projected to disappear under present-day policies"
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady1688
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A growing number of incels ("involuntary celibates") are using their ideology as an excuse for not working or studying - known as NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training). These "Blackpilled" incels are generally more nihilistic and reject the Redpill notion of alpha-male masculinity.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/why-incels-take-the-blackpill-and-why-we-should-care/
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Cross-cultural differences in abilities of non-autistic and autistic individuals: Non-autistic British adults struggled to interpret animations created by autistic peers. Conversely, Japanese autistic and non-autistic adults interpreted animations created by own and other group with accuracy.
https://www.waseda.jp/top/en/news/84693
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A new study found that ending water fluoridation would lead to 25 million more decayed teeth in kids over 5 years – mostly affecting those without private insurance.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.1166
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A study on medical cannabis use by older adults provided "evidence of momentary improvements in pain, anxiety, depression, and indirect benefits for sleep quality."
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00332747.2025.2484827
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Coronavirus anxiety linked to obsessive healthy eating behaviors during the pandemic | In addition, people with lower cognitive flexibility—a psychological trait that helps individuals adapt to stress—were more vulnerable to these symptoms when anxiety was high.
https://www.psypost.org/coronavirus-anxiety-linked-to-obsessive-healthy-eating-behaviors-during-the-pandemic/
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The popular image of tech workers as a single, cohesive class is misleading. Developers are more individualistic, open to change, idealistic and less conservative compared to non-developers, who are more closely aligned with other occupational elites like managers and professionals.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1085624
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Research found individuals who reduced their weight from overweight to a healthy range during midlife, without medications or surgery, experienced meaningful long-term health benefits. These included a lower risk of developing chronic diseases and, in some cases, a reduced risk of death
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2834426#:~:text=Findings%20In%20this%20cohort%20study,2%20diabet
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A study of 300,000+ children in the US found that even small amounts of lead in early childhood were linked to lower reading and maths scores all the way through school. Kids with 'low' lead levels still fell behind.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2834519
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Self-employed women may be at significantly lower heart attack risk compared with women employed for salary or wages. There is also positive associations between health outcomes and self-employment among white men. The work environment may play a role in risk factors that can lead to heart attacks.
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/release/self-employed-women-may-be-significantly-lower-heart-attack
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Singing to your infant can significantly boost their mood, with the improvement being observed generally, not just as an immediate response to music
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/singing-to-babies-improves-their-moods/
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Researchers discovered a never-before-seen flagellate species
https://www.scisuggest.com/researchers-discovered-a-never-before-seen-flagellate-species/
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A new triple therapy for aggressive, advanced breast cancer delays the progression of the disease by 17.2 months on average, delays the need for further chemotherapy by 2 years and helps patients live longer.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2501796
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Current evidence does not indicate that the absence of retinol, vitamin K2, carnitine, and creatine in plant-based diets adversely affect health or confer disadvantages compared to omnivorous diets, study finds
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/17/3/525
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New attractiveness study found that most people showed an overall preference for more feminine facial features, both in men’s and women’s faces. Japanese people preferred more feminine facial features than British people did, particularly when judging men’s faces.
https://www.psypost.org/new-attractiveness-research-reveals-surprising-preference-for-femininity-in-mens-faces/
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Researchers found an entirely new way to search for gravitational waves
https://www.scisuggest.com/researchers-found-an-entirely-new-way-to-search-for-gravitational-waves/
https://redd.it/1kzq27m
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US meteorologists and climate scientists are presenting their work in a 100hr free conference
https://wclivestream.com/
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Researchers have proposed transforming the narrative on ultraprocessed foods by mirroring the strategies that have successfully reshaped public perceptions of tobacco
https://news.umich.edu/study-suggests-food-industry-messaging-should-take-cues-from-anti-tobacco-success/
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People overtrust AI-Generated medical advice. 300 participants evaluated AI and doctor-written medical advice. They found low-accuracy, AI-generated responses to be trustworthy, and expressed an intention to follow the potentially harmful advice.
https://ai.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/AIoa2300015
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Thousands of fossils discovered in California’s La Brea tar pits reveal that mammals and birds did not exhibit any evolutionary changes in response to climate fluctuations over the last 50,000 years.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/reevaluating-climate-change-responses-in-rancho-la-brea-birds-and-mammals-new-dates-and-new-data/54424451D0B553B60EA3DD83CD4ED407
https://redd.it/1kz4xdn
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Study helps explain rising Trump support among minority voters. Support for strong leaders isn't just a right-wing thing. Ethnic minorities, regardless of political affiliation, tend to favor strong leaders. Groups expressing lower trust in others are more likely to support authoritative leadership.
https://www.psypost.org/new-study-helps-explain-rising-trump-support-among-minority-voters/
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Swine industrial livestock operations in North Carolina were found to contaminate 44% of neighboring households. Fecal contamination was found on both the outer and inner surfaces of the homes, and increased with higher swine production intensity, study finds
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S004896972501232X
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