One in five U.S. food and drink products contain synthetic dyes, with highest rates in confectionery and children's products, new study finds. Ferrero, Mars, and PepsiCo among top offenders, raising health concerns over widespread exposure.
https://www.jandonline.org/article/S2212-2672(25)00166-2/abstract
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Hope is the key to a meaningful life, according to new research: « University of Missouri researchers demonstrate that boosting hope could be a game-changer for mental health and resilience. »
https://showme.missouri.edu/2025/hope-is-the-key-to-a-meaningful-life-according-to-new-research/
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Cognitive inflexibility amplifies risk of disordered exercise in men. In other words, men who were highly inflexible about their exercise and body image were more likely to engage in dysfunctional exercise when they also had a strong drive for muscularity.
https://www.psypost.org/cognitive-inflexibility-amplifies-risk-of-disordered-exercise-in-men/
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Staying physically active may slow cognitive decline
https://news.uga.edu/staying-active-may-slow-cognitive-decline/
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Many U.S. babies lack detectable levels of Bifidobacterium, a gut bacteria that trains their immune systems to protect against developing allergies, asthma and eczema
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/babies-gut-bacteria-allergies-asthma
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When a fatal school shooting takes place, people buy fewer groceries, eat out less, and spend less money in stores. Liberals felt more anxious about a school shooting than conservative participants, making them even less likely to shop in public spaces.
https://www.psypost.org/economic-data-reveal-the-disturbing-echo-of-anxiety-after-fatal-school-shootings/
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Earth Is Pulsing Beneath Ethiopia Where The Crust Is Being Torn Apart In The Early Formation Stages Of A New Ocean Basin.
https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-is-pulsing-beneath-africa-where-the-crust-is-being-torn-apart?utm_source=reddit_post
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Study finds ocean acidification is more pervasive than previously thought, significantly compromising 40% of the global surface ocean, and 60% of the subsurface ocean to a depth of 656 feet (200 meters).
https://research.noaa.gov/study-finds-ocean-acidification-is-more-pervasive-than-previously-thought/
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Semen allergy isn’t just anecdotal — and it might affect tens of thousands
https://theconversation.com/semen-allergies-may-be-suprisingly-common-heres-what-you-need-to-know-259308
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Once considered a rare combination, destructive hurricanes followed by deadly heatwaves will become far more common by the end of this century, study finds [Nature Communications]
https://engineering.princeton.edu/news/2025/06/24/once-rare-heatwaves-following-hurricanes-will-become-more-common
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Massive burps of carbon dioxide led to anoxic ocean environments in the deep past
https://lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/science-technology/massive-burps-carbon-dioxide-led-oxygen-less-ocean-environments-deep-past
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A study found that "cannabis sativa extract may be considered an adjuvant in the management of pain and quality of life in patients with metastatic lung cancer."
https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2025.43.16_suppl.12061
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‘Extinction crisis’ could see 500 bird species vanish within a century – report | Researchers say urgent conservation efforts will be needed to mitigate the ‘shocking statistic’ that threatens to unravel ecosystems
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/24/extinction-crisis-could-see-500-bird-species-vanish-within-a-century-report-aoe
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CRISPR used to remove extra chromosomes in Down syndrome and restore human cell function. Japanese scientists discovered that removing the unneeded copy using CRISPR gene-editing normalized gene expression in laboratory-grown human cells.
https://www.earth.com/news/crispr-used-to-remove-extra-chromosomes-in-down-syndrome-and-restore-cell-function/
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A study of 1,707 U.S. children aged 8-11 found that higher fruit intake is associated with lower abdominal adiposity, as measured by waist circumference and sagittal abdominal diameter
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12173886/
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Anxious minds don’t always fixate on danger, according to new study | Individuals with higher anxiety are thought to have difficulty disengaging attention from threatening stimuli, potentially fueling hypervigilance and a sense that danger is always present.
https://www.psypost.org/anxious-minds-dont-always-fixate-on-danger-according-to-new-study/
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Scientists who share failures on social media are seen as more honest, open, and relatable, boosting public trust and support for science—even without harming perceptions of competence according to U-Michigan research.
https://news.umich.edu/when-scientists-share-their-failures-the-public-trusts-them-more/
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Researchers track unprecedented ice loss. Glaciers in Canada, the U.S., and Switzerland have lost around 12% of their ice since 2001. Researchers say ice loss is now “falling off a cliff” due to heat, drought, and glacial darkening—a deadly acceleration never seen before.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL115235
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Heart attacks are no longer the leading cause of death in the US
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2485759-heart-attacks-are-no-longer-the-leading-cause-of-death-in-the-us/
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Many Uber drivers are earning “substantially less” an hour since the ride hailing app introduced a “dynamic pricing” algorithm in 2023 that coincided with the company taking a significantly higher share of fares, research has revealed.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/19/uk-uber-drivers-earning-less-an-hour-dynamic-pricing-research
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Currently, the world’s 8 richest individuals have as much wealth as the bottom 50% of people worldwide. Members of societies that are more equal and wealthy than average are more likely to believe it is wrong to have too much money. Extreme wealth, to some, is disgusting.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1088220
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Millions of children worldwide are at risk of lethal diseases because vaccine coverage has stalled or reversed amid persistent health inequalities and soaring levels of misinformation and hesitancy, the largest study of its kind has found. Vaccine-preventable disease pose a growing global risk.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/24/children-global-vaccine-rates-fall-study-finds
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New research shows 20–40-year-old regrowing forests absorb up to 8x more CO₂ per hectare than newly planted ones.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02355-5
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Researchers have discovered two new viruses in bats that are closely related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses — pathogens that can cause severe brain inflammation and respiratory disease in humans.
https://plos.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/#U0000000Ifis/a/PM000009XXo1/HKD.1.96a6ObwPE4Jsu4ogMbba_nKLF2Tr6vyzJrddI
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Video games calm the body after stress, even when players feel on edge - physiological stress indicators decreased while participants were playing the video game A Plague Tale: Requiem, regardless of which part of the game they were playing.
https://www.psypost.org/video-games-calm-the-body-after-stress-even-when-players-feel-on-edge/
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Estonian engineers found that 15-year-old smartphones, when hacked to work together as a single self-organized unit, can handle many such tasks, including image recognition, with unexpected ease
https://spectrum.ieee.org/smartphone-data-centers
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For nearly 100 million years, a 'zombifying' fungus has been infecting insects, researchers report | Ancient amber trapped Ophiocordyceps spores bursting from a fly and an ant pupa, suggesting the fungi might have been infecting the ancestors of ants almost since their origin
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/zombie-fungi-infecting-ants-fossil
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Critical thinking and academic achievement reinforce each other over time, study finds. The findings support the idea that teaching students to think critically and building their knowledge base can work hand in hand to support long-term academic development.
https://www.psypost.org/critical-thinking-and-academic-achievement-reinforce-each-other-over-time-study-finds/
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Analysis of 10,000 archaeology articles finds the field aligns more closely with social sciences than natural sciences on bibliometric measures of scientific consensus. Only 28% of reviewed archaeology articles using open-source code passed reproducibility checks.
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHjN_6yUMDGcY
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New Study: CRISPR successfully removes extra chromosome in Down syndrome cells, restoring healthy cell function
https://sinhalaguide.com/crispr-successfully-restores-down-syndrome-cells/
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