A new study finds no evidence of T cell exhaustion after multiple SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinations – even in frail older adults and immunosuppressed individuals.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60216-3
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Objectively-Assessed Napping Behaviors Predict Mortality in Middle-to-Older Aged Adults
https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/48/Supplement_1/A152/8135607?login=false
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Possible anti-aging compounds found in blood bacteria: three molecules produced by a bacterium in the blood, reduced damage and inflammatory responses in human skin cell cultures
https://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2025/june/possible-anti-aging-compounds-found-in-blood-bacteria.html
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Drug-free pain relief game progresses to the next level in clinical trial | PainWave, a game-like app with a headset, it "trains" patients to rewire brain signals in order to relieve pain.
https://newatlas.com/chronic-pain/drug-free-pain-relief-game/
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Young adults who experience ghosting are more likely to ghost others. Those who experienced breadcrumbing were more likely to breadcrumb others. People who reported higher moral disengagement, toxic disinhibition, and psychological distress were more likely to engage in ghosting and breadcrumbing.
https://www.psypost.org/young-adults-who-experienced-ghosting-are-more-likely-to-ghost-others/
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Vegetarians Are More Rebellious (and Power Hungry) Than You Think | Analysis found that vegetarians actually care less about tradition, conformity, and even benevolence than meat-eaters do. They score higher on values like achievement, stimulation, and power.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/psychology-science/vegetarians-psychology-values-study/
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Children whose parents divorce when they are aged five or younger are more likely to experience early death, a new study has claimed.
https://www.newsweek.com/divorce-increases-childrens-risk-death-incarceration-pregnancy-2080382
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First scientific observation of the largest Sahulian rodent, Mallomys istapantap, in the wild
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-06/scientists-document-wild-giant-wooly-rat-highlands/105379060
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Despite the harsh cold, precolonial farmers thrived in what is now northern Michigan, lidar surveys reveal
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/menominiee-farmers-north-america-maize
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Pregnant women are more often uninsured and have worse access to routine medical care in US states that ban (or restrict) abortion care, according to a new study. These findings suggest that the deep Medicaid cuts included in the Republican budget bill could worsen care for many pregnant women.
https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/pregnant-women-are-often-uninsured-and-go-without-needed-care-in-abortion
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Self-perceived physical attractiveness linked to stronger materialistic values. Research suggests this occurs because people who believe they are attractive are more likely to compare themselves with others in terms of abilities, opinions, and social status, which increases materialistic tendencies.
https://www.psypost.org/self-perceived-physical-attractiveness-linked-to-stronger-materialistic-values/
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Efficient mRNA delivery to resting T cells to reverse HIV latency
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60001-2
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Treating great star corals with probiotics helped fend off stony tissue loss disease
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/probiotics-great-star-corals-disease
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Longer expressions don’t slow reading. A new study shows that when readers encounter formal phrases instead of short pronouns, their reading speed and comprehension remain unchanged.
https://doi.org/10.25189/2675-4916.2025.V6.N3.ID751
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A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or more, can find its way back to the atmosphere as CO₂ is released from the surfaces of rivers, much more than previous estimates suggested
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/june/ancient-carbon-from-rivers.html
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Obeying orders lowers moral responsibility perception in the brain. People were asked to make moral decisions to inflict harm either freely or under coercion, and brain scans showed reduced neural markers of agency when following orders, with no difference found between civilians and officer cadets.
https://neurosciencenews.com/moral-perception-neuroscience-29229/
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Researchers have warned that the spread of misinformation continues to increase, and it has been identified as a significant threat to society and public health. Social media also enabled misinformation to have a global reach
https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/40/2/daaf023/8100645
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Taurine is not a reliable biomarker of aging, major longitudinal study finds. A large-scale study reveals little to no connection between taurine levels and the aging process in humans, monkeys, or mice. Researchers conclude that taurine supplements are unnecessary with a healthy diet.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl2116
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A study found "significant reductions in prescription drug claims per enrollee of $34–42 annually in the small group insurance market following recreational cannabis legalization."
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hec.4967
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Study analyzed over 740,000 posts on Reddit to explore how autism is discussed and experienced by individuals. Autistic communities view these traits as differences rather than deficits, with many challenges arising from societal expectations and the pressure to mask neurodivergent traits.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aur.70066
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Food additive titanium dioxide likely has more toxic effects than thought, study finds | Controversial additive may be in as many as 11,000 US products and could lead to diabetes and obesity in mice.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/titanium-dioxide-food-additive-toxic
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Sensory issues in autism may stem from co-occurring emotional blindness, not autism itself, finds a twin study. These sensory traits appear to be genetically linked to alexithymia—a condition characterized by difficulties in identifying and describing one’s own emotions.
https://www.psypost.org/sensory-issues-in-autism-may-stem-from-co-occurring-emotional-blindness-not-autism-itself/
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A study of 7,100+ US adolescents found that living near greenspace was linked to slower brain thinning, greater surface area, and better mental health outcomes – via changes in brain structure.
https://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(25)01120-5/fulltext
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Adopting a healthy diet may have cardiometabolic benefits regardless of weight loss
https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/adopting-a-healthy-diet-may-have-cardiometabolic-benefits-regardless-of-weight-loss/
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Researchers found that populations of dopamine neurons don’t simply signal reward prediction errors—they encode rich maps of possible future outcomes, including when and how much a reward might be
https://www.fchampalimaud.org/news/many-possible-futures-how-dopamine-brain-might-inform-ai-adapts-quickly-change-0
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A new study across 11 African reserves found that dehorning rhinos cut poaching by ~78% – far more effective than costly law enforcement alone.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado7490
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Lack of key mineral induces male mice to develop ovaries | The discovery challenges the longstanding belief that sex is determined purely by genetic factors.
https://newatlas.com/biology/male-mice-ovaries/
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Scientists map the hidden architecture of the brain’s default mode network | The findings help explain why the default mode network is involved in such a wide variety of mental states—from introspection to decision-making.
https://www.psypost.org/scientists-map-the-hidden-architecture-of-the-brains-default-mode-network/#google_vignette
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People around the world are more likely to favor dominant, authoritarian leaders during times of intergroup conflict. Drawing on data from 25 countries, the findings support that humans may have a psychological system that evolved to prioritize strong leadership when faced with external threats.
https://www.psypost.org/major-study-points-to-evolved-psychology-behind-support-for-strongmen/
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Low-calorie diets might increase risk of depression. Overweight people and men were particularly vulnerable to the mood changes that come with a low-calorie diet. Cutting calories might also rob the brain of nutrients needed to maintain a balanced mood. Any sort of diet at all affected men's moods.
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/06/04/low-calorie-diets-impact-mood-depression/1921749048018/
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