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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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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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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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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