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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Women tend to support stricter gun control measures more than men, and Democrats more than Republicans, but this becomes more complicated when gender and party affiliation interact. In particular, Republican women and Democratic men often hold positions that differ from their party’s mainstream.
https://www.psypost.org/republican-women-and-democratic-men-often-break-with-party-lines-on-gun-policy/
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Tens of millions of nanoneedles in a patch could replace invasive cancer biopsies
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/tens-millions-nanoneedles-could-replace-painful-cancer-biopsies
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At current rate of emissions, the remaining carbon budget to limit global warming to 1.5 °C could be exhausted in about 3 years. And human-induced global warming could cross 1.5 °C threshold approximately 5 years.
https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/2641/2025/essd-17-2641-2025.html
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Researchers identify two proteins abundant on drug-resistant ovarian cancer cells that become receptive to chemotherapy when treated with light
https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/06/13/new-ovarian-cancer-therapy-uses-light-to-boost-chemo-effectiveness/
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First ever skull from ‘Denisovan’ reveals what ancient people looked like: A prominent brow ridge with a brain as large as modern humans and Neanderthals — that’s what the archaic human group, the Denisovans, looked like.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01899-y
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First Signs of a 'Ghost' Plume Reshaping Earth Detected Beneath Oman
https://www.sciencealert.com/first-signs-of-a-ghost-plume-reshaping-earth-detected-beneath-oman?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/science
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US teens showing high and increasing addictive use of social media and mobile phones were linked to two to three times greater risk of suicidal behaviour and ideation compared to kids with low addictive use patterns
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/18/teenagers-social-media-mobile-phones-video-games-mental-health
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Artificial light at night outweighs temperature in lengthening urban growing seasons
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-025-00258-2
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Scientists demonstrate superior cognitive benefits of outdoor vs indoor physical activity. Children experience greater improvements in attention, memory, and thinking speed after physical activity when it takes place outdoors rather than indoors.
https://www.psypost.org/scientists-demonstrate-superior-cognitive-benefits-of-outdoor-vs-indoor-physical-activity/
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Racial insecurity helped shield Trump from Republican backlash after Capitol riot, study suggests. The findings highlight how feelings of group threat can protect political leaders from consequences—even after violent, anti-democratic actions.
https://www.psypost.org/racial-insecurity-helped-shield-trump-from-republican-backlash-after-capitol-riot-study-suggests/
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Republicans are flagged more often than Democrats for sharing misinformation on X's Community Notes according to a new analysis of the crowd-sourced program.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2502053122
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As romantic couples accumulate shared experiences, shared feelings, goals, and memories, they develop a generalized shared reality. Couples who co-create a shared worldview find greater meaning and satisfaction in life and work. It’s not just ‘my partner gets me,’ it’s ‘we get it.’
https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/couples-who-co-create-shared-worldview-find-greater-meaning-life-365744
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Relationship satisfaction fluctuates frequently—even daily—but these shifts are a normal part of romantic dynamics. Using high-frequency surveys from over 700 couples, researchers found that satisfaction often rises and falls in sync between partners.
https://press.uni-mainz.de/satisfaction-in-romantic-relationships-significantly-fluctuates-over-several-days-and-even-within-a-24-hour-period/
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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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Most people believe they would defy immoral orders from authority figures more than others would. This cognitive bias, known as the “better-than-average effect,” causes individuals to underestimate their own susceptibility to social pressure. The study was based on the 1960s Milgram experiment.
https://neurosciencenews.com/moral-courage-pressure-psychology-29289/
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A new study finds that 1 in 3 Ukrainian high school seniors in 2022 were displaced or dropped out due to Russia’s invasion – a stark reminder of war’s long shadow on learning.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04675-5
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The brain parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, can significantly disrupt brain function, even when it infects only a small number of neurons, finds murine study. 10–30% of Americans are infected with it, often without knowing it. It is typically contracted through undercooked meat or exposure to cat feces.
https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2025/06/18/how-common-brain-parasite-disrupts-neural-communication
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A new study finds disadvantaged US communities have 64% fewer public EV chargers per capita – and face more outages when they do exist. Renters and urban residents are hit hardest.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60091-y
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Bats don't get cancer: Study shows that the "little brown" bat carries two working copies of the key tumor suppressor gene p53, while humans carry only one. “High levels of p53 in the body can kill cancer cells before they become harmful in a process known as apoptosis”
https://www.earth.com/news/bats-dont-get-cancer-now-scientists-think-they-know-the-reason/
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As concern grows about America’s falling birth rate, new research suggests that about half of women who want children are unsure if they will follow through and actually have a child. About 25% say they won't be bothered that much if they don't.
https://news.osu.edu/most-women-want-children--but-half-are-unsure-if-they-will/?utm_campaign=omc_science-medicine_fy24&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
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Science Clears the Way to Treating the Trickiest Bladder Cancers | Bladder tumors that have been excluded from clinical trials have a few things in common that could lead to new therapies.
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/06/430226/science-clears-way-treating-trickiest-bladder-cancers
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Corporate executives with subprime credit scores tend to make poorer business decisions involving risk, a new experiment shows. They tend to be "yes persons" who seeks consensus even when it is counterproductive.
https://news.osu.edu/credit-scores-of-corporate-executives-may-reveal-their-decisions/?utm_campaign=omc_science-medicine_fy24&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
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Anti-aging "glue" naturally repairs damaged DNA to protect brain cells | A protein known as disulphide isomerase (PDI) assists against biological aging to ward off neurological degeneration including that seen in motor neuron, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.
https://newatlas.com/aging/anti-aging-cells/
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A study of microplastics in U.S. coastal waters found that residents of counties adjacent to the most heavily microplastic-polluted waters had significantly higher rates of Type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease and stroke compared to similar counties with low microplastic pollution
https://newsroom.heart.org/news/living-near-an-ocean-polluted-by-microplastics-may-increase-cardiometabolic-disease-risk
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Low sodium in blood can directly cause anxiety-like behaviors in mice by disrupting key neurotransmitters in the brain
https://www.fujita-hu.ac.jp/en/news/respr20250612.html
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Frequent pornography use linked to altered brain connectivity and impaired cognitive performance, finds a new brain imaging student with college students. Frequent pornography consumption may lead to neural and behavioral patterns that mimic other forms of addiction.
https://www.psypost.org/frequent-pornography-use-linked-to-altered-brain-connectivity-and-impaired-cognitive-performance/
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Drinking 1–3 cups of black or lightly sweetened coffee per day is associated with a 14–17% lower risk of death from all causes and cardiovascular disease, but only when sugar and saturated fat were kept low
https://now.tufts.edu/2025/06/16/hold-cream-and-sugar-black-coffee-linked-lower-risk-death
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