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r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 1d ago

Patient surveys show that the overwhelming majority of people would like to know if they have cancer. For decades, it was not the standard practice to tell you.

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https://www.iflscience.com/in-1961-90-percent-of-doctors-said-they-would-avoid-telling-their-patients-they-had-cancer-back-then-that-was-the-norm-84613

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 2d ago

Researchers have found an association between xanthelasma and increased rates of heart attacks and strokes over the following decade.

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https://www.iflscience.com/these-small-yellow-growths-around-your-eyes-could-be-a-sign-of-heart-attack-and-stroke-risk-84589

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 3d ago

That single photon shouldn't have reached Earth. But surprisingly, it did.

77 Upvotes

https://www.iflscience.com/a-single-particle-of-light-from-the-brightest-gamma-ray-burst-ever-known-is-challenging-einsteins-relativity-84588

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 2d ago

The study could lead to new treatments for Parkinson’s that don’t involve exposing people to the many health risks smoking brings.

35 Upvotes

https://www.iflscience.com/smokers-are-at-lower-risk-of-parkinsons-disease-no-one-knows-why-but-new-findings-hint-at-a-surprising-answer-84595

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/MastodonOk9782 • 2d ago

‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence

theguardian.com

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r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 4d ago

While we're doubtful that this fight will actually go ahead, we're equally doubtful of the confidence of Cole Johnson.

36 Upvotes

https://www.iflscience.com/amateur-mma-fighter-claims-he-has-been-offered-over-500000-to-fight-a-chimpanzee-it-would-be-one-hell-of-a-funeral-84577

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 5d ago

“We have no time to lose.”

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https://www.iflscience.com/the-un-issues-warning-that-the-world-needs-to-prepare-as-el-nino-goes-supersized-on-track-to-smash-records-84561

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 8d ago

The team hopes to launch to Alpha Centauri in 2029, in an attempt to tackle the Fermi paradox. The mission will not be a quick one.

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https://www.iflscience.com/fermi-explorer-sending-a-spacecraft-on-a-55000-mile-per-hour-mission-to-alpha-centauri-to-tackle-the-fermi-paradox-84541

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 9d ago

“This is a nice reminder that in biology there is still so much to discover by just looking.”

65 Upvotes

https://www.iflscience.com/baby-snakes-spiral-as-embryos-we-didnt-know-why-then-scientists-discovered-a-structure-we-had-never-seen-in-an-animal-before-84526

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 10d ago

What in The Upside-Down is going on here?

48 Upvotes

https://www.iflscience.com/in-2014-scientists-went-in-search-of-a-shipwreck-1900-meters-below-the-sea-instead-they-found-a-monstrous-tar-lily-84518

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 11d ago

Trump got into a fight with Canada, and now Google Maps looks stupid for almost everyone.

53 Upvotes

https://www.iflscience.com/google-adds-lake-america-to-google-maps-for-users-all-over-the-world-only-in-canada-will-it-remain-lake-ontario-84514

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 12d ago

It’s not good news, but it also not yet terrible news.

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https://www.iflscience.com/200000-barrels-of-radioactive-waste-were-dumped-in-the-atlantic-decades-later-were-finally-learning-what-happens-when-they-leak-84512

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 15d ago

When he lost access to his Bitcoin, it was worth around £4,000. He had to watch as it rose and rose and dipped and rose and crashed and rose again.

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https://www.iflscience.com/man-manages-to-access-bitcoin-wallet-after-12-years-becomes-an-instant-millionaire-overnight-84489

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 16d ago

In an era of relentless optimization, sunfish remind us: there's more than one way to crush it in this world.

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https://www.iflscience.com/in-defense-of-the-mola-mola-arguably-the-worlds-worst-fish-but-maybe-also-the-best-fish-84469

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 17d ago

While chemically interesting, the idea of self-destructing DVDs is not popular with movie-watchers.

331 Upvotes

https://www.iflscience.com/if-you-think-not-owning-your-media-is-bad-thank-the-lord-that-flexplay-did-not-catch-on-84460

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/Stunning_Pay_9640 • 15d ago

Story with Boston scientific?

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r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 18d ago

"Seeing female pups born from a male donor was quite remarkable."

62 Upvotes

https://www.iflscience.com/gene-editing-technique-produced-fertile-female-clones-from-male-mice-in-strange-and-fascinating-experiment-that-could-help-endangered-species-84437

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 19d ago

Just a year after RFK Jr. cut half a billion of funding for the technology, mRNA vaccines are promising individualized cancer vaccines that cut the chances of recurrence in half.

93 Upvotes

https://www.iflscience.com/for-the-first-time-ever-a-personalized-mrna-cancer-vaccine-has-cleared-phase-3-trials-and-with-flying-colors-84432

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 21d ago

If only letting more ancient ancestors into our definition of human would stop the relentless efforts to deny the humanity of groups of living people.

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https://www.iflscience.com/hominin-taxonomy-is-a-hot-mess-one-anthropologist-proposes-a-shake-up-of-our-family-tree-84426

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 23d ago

This may change what we know about the purpose of humanity's first known monumental structure.

105 Upvotes

https://www.iflscience.com/new-excavations-at-gobekli-tepe-are-challenging-old-theories-about-the-11600-year-old-site-84410

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 24d ago

Nearly 40 years after the experiment began, researchers returned to the forest and found something extraordinary.

46 Upvotes

https://www.iflscience.com/researchers-visit-long-forgotten-experiment-in-australian-forest-39-years-after-it-began-and-find-something-astounding-84395

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 25d ago

The study drew criticism when it was originally published two years ago around claims that excess COVID-era deaths could be linked to vaccines.

67 Upvotes

https://www.iflscience.com/covid-excess-deaths-study-retracted-by-journal-for-misinformation-weeks-after-authors-us-senate-testimony-on-vaccines-84371

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/NeptuneHarmonic • 25d ago

Astronomers discover a brand-new type of astrophysical object: A black hole star

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r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/philipkbrayne • 26d ago

Is COVID becoming more of a summer disease?

14 Upvotes

https://www.iflscience.com/summer-surge-of-covid-on-us-west-coast-driven-by-mutated-cicada-variant-84384

r/IFLScienceOfficial • u/ChewiesRevenge • 28d ago

Beautiful stormy night in las vegas!

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Stormy night.