Scientists develop methanol breathalyser that could prevent thousands of poisonings each year | Prototype is able to detect small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breath
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/11/scientists-develop-methanol-breathalyser-that-could-prevent-thousands-of-poisonings-each-year
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Children exposed to PFAS chemicals in the womb had higher blood pressure through childhood – especially boys, teens, and Black children.
https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.124.039949
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Stalled planetary waves tied to extreme summer weather—like floods and heatwaves—have tripled since 1950, a new study finds. By locking weather patterns in place for weeks, they cause prolonged droughts or floods and reveal another way humans disrupt the climate system.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2504482122
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Glyphosate linked to rare and aggressive tumors in rats, new study shows. Alarming rise in cancers across multiple organs including leukemia, liver and brain following lifetime exposure starting even before birth.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40490737/
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Men are at risk of mental distress during transition to fatherhood, with prevalence as high as 8% for clinical depression, 11% for anxiety, and 6% to 9% for elevated stress. Fathers’ mental distress is linked to subpar child cognitive, social-emotional, language and physical development.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/16/health/father-mental-health-child-development-wellness
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Window-sized device taps the air for safe drinking water: « MIT engineers developed an atmospheric water harvester that produces fresh water anywhere — even Death Valley, California. »
https://news.mit.edu/2025/window-sized-device-taps-air-safe-drinking-water-0611
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Men more likely than women to orgasm from anal penetration, study finds. Overall, about one-third of women and one-quarter of men reported having engaged in receptive anal intercourse.
https://www.psypost.org/men-more-likely-than-women-to-orgasm-from-anal-penetration-study-finds/
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In post-WWII America, the American Medical Association (AMA) played a central role in preventing national health insurance and pushing instead for the widespread adoption of private health insurance.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-policy-history/article/voluntary-way-is-the-american-way-the-amas-campaign-for-private-health-insurance-19451950/83D90184942B0303EE9E04AA81AE00AA
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New US study found that after Dobbs, 42% of clinicians who provided abortions in states banning abortion relocated to another state. Almost all of them relocated to states not banning abortion. These relocations have implications for abortion access and broader maternal health.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2835179
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Over half of doctors surveyed would consider assisted dying if they had advanced cancer or Alzheimer’s disease. Findings show that across all jurisdictions physicians largely prefer intensified alleviation of symptoms and to avoid life-sustaining techniques like CPR, mechanical ventilation
https://bmjgroup.com/over-half-of-doctors-surveyed-would-consider-assisted-dying-if-they-had-advanced-cancer-or-alzheimers-disease/
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Among new American dads, 64% take less than two weeks of leave after baby is born. Lack of leave means missing important time to bond with babies and support mothers. Findings support U.S. lagging ‘behind the rest of the world in availability of paid family leave’.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/06/among-new-dads-64-take-less-than-two-weeks-of-leave-after-baby-is-born/?fj=1
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Highly stylized TikTok videos, known as “edits,” portraying politicians as physically attractive or “badass” increased ratings of their attractiveness and, in some cases, improved their favorability among viewers. These effects were particularly strong for Donald Trump.
https://www.psypost.org/tiktok-edits-can-reshape-how-voters-see-politicians-study-suggests/
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A massive subnational study across 75 countries found that nearly 95% of households miss at least one essential – like healthcare, sanitation, or housing.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60195-5
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New paper shows that stereotyping potentiate gender disparities in math learning in the early school years. Girl math gender gap isn't born, it's made—right in the first-grade classroom
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09126-4
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Gator research uncovers increased levels of mercury in Georgia and South Carolina swamps
https://news.uga.edu/georgia-alligators-show-high-levels-of-mercury/
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Neglecting Dads’ Mental Health May Harm Kids’ Development: Depression, anxiety, and stress in new dads are linked to worse outcomes in children’s emotional, cognitive, and social growth. Support that exists for mothers is lacking for fathers, even though 14% of dads experience postpartum depression.
https://neurosciencenews.com/dads-ppd-neurodevelopment-29276/
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The Replication crisis hits sports and exercise research: only 28% replicate fully, effect sizes are reduced by 75% on average. Only 14% of original authors were willing to share their data.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-025-02201-w?s=03
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People were wrecking the climate 140 years ago — we just lacked the tech to spot it. Models suggest that human-caused global warming would have been detectable in the 19th century with today's know-how.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01909-z
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Medicaid cuts in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will increase the number of uninsured persons by 7.6 million, undermining the coverage, financial well-being, medical care, and health of low-income Americans, and lead to an additional 16,642 medically-preventable deaths annually.
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-25-00716
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Bisexual, gay and lesbian medical students are more likely to leave school before graduation, a new study says. Bisexual medical students were twice as likely to drop out or be dismissed from medical school, and gay and lesbian students were 47% more likely.
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/06/12/study-lesbian-gay-bisexual-medical-students-less-likely-graduate/8201749734967/
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A new US study finds that even when parents lock up their guns, teens often still feel they can access them.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.14443
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A new study finds that young adults who eat more fruits, vegetables, and healthy carbs during the day sleep better at night. Just 5 extra cups of produce = 16% better sleep
https://www.sleephealthjournal.org/article/S2352-7218(25)00089-0/abstract
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Australian children’s screen time soars to nine hours daily | Study finds children as young as 10 show clinical-level gaming disorder, which researchers say could affect 100,000 Australian children, with a further 350,000 at risk of smartphone addiction.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/australian-childrens-screen-time-soars-to-nine-hours-daily
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Bioengineered tooth "grows" in place to look and feel like real thing: scientists developed innovative new implant that "grows" into the gum and fuses with existing nerves to mimic a real tooth. It has been successfully trialed in rodents and was functioning like a normal tooth 6 weeks post-surgery.
https://newatlas.com/medical-devices/tooth-implant-innovation/
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A new study identifies 195 million hectares globally as optimal for reforestation without harming people or wildlife. Restoring these areas could remove 2.2 billion tonnes of CO₂ per year—equivalent to the annual emissions of the European Union.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59799-8
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An analysis of 30,000 police warrant applications in Utah shows that the warrant review process is fast (median time = three minutes) and nearly always results in approval (98% of applications get approved).
https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-138/unwarranted-warrants-an-empirical-analysis-of-judicial-review-in-search-and-seizure/
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"A new study reveals the importance of cardio fitness for individuals with depression. Physical exercise is one of the keys to addressing the growing wave of depression among young people.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12141363/
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A 'cheat-proof' protocol for generating random numbers could prevent hidden tampering or rigged outcomes in drawings. The technology uses a system of photons and hash chains to make manipulation practically impossible.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/no-cheating-random-number-generator
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By affecting cows’ diets, climate change can affect cheese’s nutritional value and sensory traits such as taste, color and texture
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-coming-for-cheese
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Scientists observe an abnormal attentional bias in depressed individuals | Study found that individuals with depression looked at threatening and neutral images longer than healthy individuals in an experimental setting.
https://www.psypost.org/scientists-observe-an-abnormal-attentional-bias-in-depressed-individuals/
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