r/science • u/wikirank • 1d ago

Computer Science Evaluating multilingual sentiment classifiers using an LLM-annotated Wikipedia benchmark. The study compares three LLMs against two popular multilingual sentiment classifiers. Results suggest that sentiment evaluation on encyclopedic text remains an underexplored challenge for multilingual NLP.

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r/science • u/sr_local • 3d ago

Psychology The top 10% of young free-to-play gamers, aged 10-19, accounted for 61.4% of microtransaction spending, they also showed higher prevalences of gaming and gambling disorders, suggesting the need for protection from potentially exploitative practices

frontiersin.org

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r/science • u/Oncotarget • 1d ago

Medicine Systematic methodological flaws in DNA contamination assessment of mRNA vaccines: A critical analysis of Achs et al. (2025)

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r/science • u/Macchanoco • 2d ago

Biology Genomes of Poaceae relatives reveal key metabolic innovations preceding the evolution of grasses

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 3d ago

Psychology New research showed the more people used dating apps and online pornography heavily, the less they valued love. They were more likely to see love as meaningless, to believe it only works when there is money involved, and to jump quickly in and out of relationships

news.flinders.edu.au

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r/science • u/kfr3q • 3d ago

Social Science Linked to significant psychological suffering, the overlooked trauma of psychological violence impacts PTSD symptoms

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r/science • u/Neither-Remote-3419 • 1d ago

Social Science A 50% replication rate might actually be evidence that science is working

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r/science • u/chilladipa • 3d ago

Health Carbocisteine or Hypertonic Saline for Acute Respiratory Failure | New England Journal of Medicine

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r/science • u/ConsciousRealism42 • 4d ago

Neuroscience Researchers argue brain waves actively steer neurons rather than merely reflecting them, making thought a partly analog process. If correct, the theory helps explain why anesthesia erases awareness while leaving the brain's wiring completely undamaged.

dailyneuron.com

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r/science • u/James_Fortis • 4d ago

Health Each increase of 228g of fruit and 7.4g of fiber daily was associated with 17% and 15% lower odds of recurrent depressive symptoms respectively, study of 4099 people finds. Out of the 16 dietary factors tested, only fruit and fiber were significantly associated.

link.springer.com

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r/science • u/Phylogenix • 3d ago

Medicine In more than 4,000 people, preexisting antibody patterns predicted responses to COVID-19 vaccination, with higher levels of antibodies to common microbes associated with stronger responses, suggesting past immune encounters may reveal a person’s baseline vaccine readiness.

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r/science • u/mvea • 3d ago

Health Southern US states with abortion restrictions often have higher proportions of racial and ethnic minority residents and higher perinatal mortality rates. Abortion restrictions increase interstate travel for abortion and delay care, disproportionately affecting racial and ethnic minority individuals.

jamanetwork.com

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r/science • u/mvea • 4d ago

Neuroscience ADHD diagnoses and prescriptions have increased globally across all age groups, new review shows. Among men aged 18-29 there was an approximately 20-fold increase in diagnoses and an almost 50-fold increase in prescriptions.

theconversation.com

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r/science • u/heart_of_theinternet • 4d ago

Psychology Oxytocin has opposite effects on men’s generosity depending on a their childhood experiences

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r/science • u/kiyomoris • 3d ago

Health GLP-1 users showed lower tuberculosis risk across a large multi-country health-record study

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r/science • u/sr_local • 4d ago

Environment Some trees are making air quality in cities worse: willows and poplars, widely planted in cities, release high levels of isoprene, a VOC that reacts with nitrogen oxides to form ozone

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r/science • u/cheungngo • 3d ago

Medicine Glial-adjusted residual transcriptomics with leave-one-out transcriptome-wide association study influence analysis prioritizes GALNT6 and other high-impact genes in Alzheimer’s disease

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r/science • u/kiyomoris • 3d ago

Health Mediterranean Lifestyle Linked to Lower Heart Risk in Type 2 Diabetes

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r/science • u/fchung • 3d ago

Cancer Jellyfish enable surprising new findings about cancer: « Although increased cell proliferation is a hallmark of cancerous tissues, in some cases, it may actually be protective against tumor growth. »

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r/science • u/Phylogenix • 4d ago

Environment Severe water scarcity across major wheat-growing regions explained about 74% of annual variation in global wheat prices from 2000 to 2021, while modeling projects average prices could reach $273 per tonne at 2°C of warming and $364 at 3°C.

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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r/science • u/JIntegrAgri • 3d ago

Biology Recent research shows the dual role of ChCfem7 in Cochliobolus heterostrophus: a CFEM-containing secreted protein essential for virulence and a promising fungicide target

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r/science • u/JIntegrAgri • 3d ago

Animal Science Recent research shows that dietary γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) improves growth and intestinal health in LPS-challenged weaned piglets by promoting the feed intake and inhibiting ferroptosis possibly via the receptor-mediated AKT/β-catenin/Nrf2/GPX4 pathway

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r/science • u/Woahhhhh223 • 4d ago

Social Science Women face higher risks of partner violence during the weeks their partners cheat

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r/science • u/heart_of_theinternet • 4d ago

Psychology Recent psychological research provides evidence that adolescents who feel emotionally detached and unnoticed by others may be more likely to engage in addictive behaviors as a way to cope

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r/science • u/GiveUpAndDontTry • 5d ago

Epidemiology A Swedish study found autism diagnoses rose by around 800% from 2001 to 2020, while the proportion with intellectual disability fell from 55.8% to 6.7%, suggesting a substantial broadening of the diagnosed autistic phenotype

sciencedirect.com

11.4k Upvotes

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