New MRI Technique Could Improve Breast Cancer Spread Detection Without Surgery
https://fewdy.com/new-mri-technique-could-improve-breast-cancer-spread-detection-without-surgery-2025-6
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Zimislecel treatment restored pancreatic islet cell function in a small group of 12 patients. Ten of the 12 patients no longer needed insulin.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/health/diabetes-cure-insulin-stem-cell.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Qk8.HL7Z.XeiBTeCBANgf&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Heavy drinkers who have 8 or more alcoholic drinks per week have signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and thinking problem. They also had higher odds of developing tau tangles, a biomarker associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/Home/PressRelease/5251
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New dating of ancient lake sediments at White Sands, New Mexico, confirms footprints were made 21,000+ years ago – supporting early human presence in the Americas.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv4951
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Social success not about who you know – it’s about knowing who knows whom. University students who ended up with the most influence were not necessarily the most popular, but those who had a good idea about who belonged to which clique or community.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/20/social-climbing-stanford-university-research
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Low-fibre diet is associated with high-risk coronary plaque features
https://academic.oup.com/cardiovascres/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cvr/cvaf088/8162637
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Marijuana use dramatically increases risk of dying from heart attacks and stroke, large study finds. Cannabis users faced a 29% higher risk of heart attack and a 20% higher risk of stroke compared to nonusers, according to a pooled analysis of medical data from 200 million people aged 19 to 59.
https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2025/06/10/heartjnl-2024-325429
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Babies can sense pain before they can understand it. The results suggest that preterm babies may be particularly vulnerable to painful medical procedures during critical stages of brain development.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jun/babies-can-sense-pain-they-can-understand-it
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Climate warming increases variability of summer North Atlantic Oscillation, raising extreme event risk in Europe
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02422-x
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Banning Plastic Bags Works to Limit Shoreline Litter, Study Finds. Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer bags littering their lakes, rivers and beaches than those without them.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp9274
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Scientists raised a mouse born from two male parents to adulthood for the first time
https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-raised-mouse-born-from-two-male-parents-to-adulthood-imprinting-genes/
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New Research: "Male children are faster than female children at running 1600 m at ages 6–12 yr. This sex difference was not a result of lower female participation and suggests that innate physiological sex differences may be responsible."
https://journals.lww.com/acsm-esm/fulltext/2025/07000/sex_differences_in_1600_m_running_performance_and.5.aspx
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Flight tax could raise €100bn to tackle climate crisis, study finds. A CE Delft analysis shows that a flight levy starting at €10 for short-haul economy and rising to €120 for long-haul business could generate about €106 billion annually.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/19/flight-tax-climate-crisis-airline-tickets-levy-environment
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Religious attendance may not boost mental health, long-term study finds | In the few cases where an association was observed, an increase in religious attendance was followed by somewhat worse mental health symptoms.
https://www.psypost.org/religious-attendance-may-not-boost-mental-health-long-term-study-finds/
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Menstrual cycle hormone levels influence women’s attention to female faces, brain imaging study finds
https://www.psypost.org/menstrual-cycle-hormone-levels-influence-womens-attention-to-female-faces-brain-imaging-study-finds/
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More microplastics in glass bottles than plastic: Researchers found an average of around 100 microplastic particles per litre in glass bottles of soft drinks, lemonade, iced tea and beer. That was five to 50 times higher than the rate detected in plastic bottles or metal cans..
https://www.bssnews.net/news/284374
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Parental overprotection might lead to higher anxiety, which, in turn, reduces life satisfaction. Similarly, better parental care could lead to greater anger control, which may enhance life satisfaction.
https://www.psypost.org/anxiety-and-anger-may-explain-how-parenting-styles-shape-life-satisfaction/
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Why some pain lingers. Research pinpoints a biological “braking system” in the brain that normally keeps short-term pain in check. But when pain becomes chronic, this system appears to malfunction, allowing pain signals to keep firing.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/health/brains-braking-system-fails-chronic-pain-sufferers/
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Alcohol intake and pancreatic cancer risk: An analysis from 30 prospective studies across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America
https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004590
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Study shows that hope may be even more essential to well-being than happiness or gratitude
https://showme.missouri.edu/2025/hope-is-the-key-to-a-meaningful-life-according-to-new-research/
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Competition among news sources over public opinion can incentivize them to resort to misinformation. Sharing misinformation may lead to a short-term gain in audience engagement but ultimately damages the credibility of the source, resulting in a loss of audience.
https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adu7743
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Rare post-orgasm illness causes days-long flu-like symptoms, but research into its cause remains limited. These symptoms, which can include exhaustion, difficulty concentrating, and muscle weakness, often begin within minutes to hours after orgasm and can persist for several days.
https://www.psypost.org/rare-post-orgasm-illness-causes-days-long-flu-like-symptoms-but-research-into-its-cause-remains-limited/
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Replicated blood-based biomarkers for myalgic encephalomyelitis not explicable by inactivity
https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.1038/s44321-025-00258-8
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A new study models how mushroom networks adapt their strength by changing filament angles – opening pathways to design tuneable, bioinspired materials.
https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202402949
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Scientists discover that brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii can ‘decapitate’ human sperm and may be contributing to the dramatic global decline in male fertility. The study was done with human sperm and mice. 1 in 3 people may carry the parasite which reproduces in cats, with their eggs in cat litter.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/could-the-answer-to-the-male-fertility-crisis-be-cat-litter/
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A new study reveals that AI tools undermine our sense of creativity. The research found that people tend to feel less creative when using AI tools, even if they consider themselves generally creative. The study also highlights how beliefs about personal creativity shift in AI-assisted contexts.
https://www.psypost.org/do-ai-tools-undermine-our-sense-of-creativity-new-study-says-yes/
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[Study] Scientists reverse age-related memory loss in mice by reactivating dormant genes using epigenetic reprogramming (Cell, 2023)
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-reverse-age-related-memory-loss-in-mice
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Doctors find Parkinson's markers by looking inside ears | Analysis of ear wax to detect Parkinson's Disease would be a cheap, non-invasive way to detect the condition in its early stages
https://newatlas.com/medical/ear-wax-parkinsons/
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CEOs that exhibit Machiavellian personality traits earn more, according to researchers at the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business.
https://www.newsweek.com/ceo-dark-personality-success-machiavellian-psychology-2087839
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Surveys in 20 countries reveal strong public support for global policies such as a tax on millionaires to finance low-income countries or a carbon price to finance a global basic income.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02175-9
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