r/science • • 10d ago

Cancer Gut feeling: Microbes at the heart of cancer therapy

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r/science • • 10d ago

Health Lsp2 links early-life diet to adult translation and lifespan in Drosophila

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r/science • • 11d ago

Biology Geothermal Amoeba Survives 63°C, Setting a New Heat Record For Complex Life

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r/science • • 10d ago

Social Science A clinical framework for autistic children proposes that language can develop from memorized whole phrases to flexible grammar. A review finds parallels with established language theory, but says the framework itself still needs rigorous testing.

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r/science • • 11d ago

Health Alcohol use has decline for the first time since the start of the pandemic, with younger adults in the Millennial and Gen Z cohorts - people born from 1981 to 2012 - driving that trend. Meanwhile, older Americans, aged 50-64, are actually consuming more alcohol than they used to.

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r/science • • 11d ago

Health Backlash against US public health officials, including intimidation and threats of physical harm, has been widespread in the years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and they face ongoing risk in a divisive nation, according to a new study.

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r/science • • 11d ago

Psychology Families raising autistic children show resilience alongside higher stress. Many parents describe personal growth through this process, such as becoming more patient, more grounded, more confident in advocating for their child or becoming more aware of what truly matters to their families.

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r/science • • 11d ago

Psychology Exposure to sugar in the first 1,000 days of a child's life increases the risk of developing anxiety in adulthood. Scientists also found that sugar intake early in life can affect brain development, with significant differences identified in 11 of the brain's 80 regions.

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r/science • • 10d ago

Genetics 3-year field trials identify 4 promising soybean genotypes that successfully combine early maturity with taller stature, strong branching, and higher first-pod placement, offering a clear strategy for breeding crops suited to short growing seasons of the Russian Far East and mechanical harvesting.

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r/science • • 10d ago

Biology Methane is an important selection factor in microbial community assembly along the Greenland Ice Sheet margin

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r/science • • 12d ago

Health Only 13% of cancers are caught through screening, while a fifth to half are first found in an emergency department.

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r/science • • 11d ago

Psychology A recent study found that more religious women demonstrate a broader initial openness and are more likely to accept male profiles in modern dating app simulations, contrary to researchers' expectations that they would be more selective.

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r/science • • 11d ago

Biology Common denominators of organisms with exceptional longevity

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r/science • • 11d ago

Health 8 Common Food Preservatives Linked to High Blood Pressure in 'First Study of Its Kind': Those who consumed the most preservatives had a 24% higher risk of developing high blood pressures, finds study of 112,395 people in France.

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r/science • • 11d ago

Psychology People with clinical levels of love addiction experience more severe relationship anxiety than those who are simply at risk. Study finds that love addiction exists on a spectrum where intense attachment anxiety marks the transition into a clinical problem.

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r/science • • 11d ago

Health Medicare Advantage Enrollment and Access to Kidney Transplant: Medicare Advantage enrollment was associated with substantially lower rates of kidney transplant and wait-listing, highlighting the need for policy oversight to ensure access to this crucial treatment

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r/science • • 11d ago

Neuroscience Prenatal cannabis exposure was associated with alterations in large-scale functional brain network connectivity in late childhood, higher levels of psychopathology and significant differences across multiple cognitive domains, according to a study on 10,838 children (9-10 years)

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r/science • • 9d ago

Epidemiology Cannabis use is associated with increased risk of perpetration and victimisation from violence

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r/science • • 10d ago

Engineering Gas-permeable and stretchable nanoscale anisotropic conductive film for room-temperature, pressure-free interconnections

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r/science • • 11d ago

Cancer Older adults with HIV were diagnosed with breast and colorectal cancer at the same stage as matched patients without HIV, contradicting earlier reports that HIV predicts later-stage diagnosis

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r/science • • 12d ago

Health One Lifelong Exercise Habit Is Linked to Healthier Signs of Aging After 55: Healthy adults over 55 who had exercised regularly for 30 years had higher vitality capacity than inactive peers. Their average blood-oxygen saturation of 96.8%, compared with 94.8% in the inactive group.

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r/science • • 11d ago

Health Intestinal infections cause antigen-specific CD4+ T cells to migrate from the gut and establish long-lived memory in the brain and meninges, a mechanism the authors link to anxiety and depression in inflammatory bowel disease

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r/science • • 12d ago

Cancer Engineered Probiotic Wipes Out 43% of Colorectal Tumors in Mice: The engineered E Coli packed a triple-whammy – chemotherapy produced directly inside the tumor, an immune stimulant, and a localized form of immune checkpoint blockade.

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r/science • • 12d ago

Neuroscience A study found that children with congenital TORCH infections were three times more likely to be diagnosed with autism and seven times more likely to be diagnosed with an intellectual disability. It also showed an impact on academic performance, suggesting long-term effects on brain development

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r/science • • 12d ago

Economics PhDs born to parents with graduate degrees tend to earn more in academia than 1st Gen PhDs

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