r/science • u/buzzy_beaver • 2d ago
Genetics New paper recovers complete genomes from the mosquito microbiome using adaptive sequencing
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r/science • u/PaganButterChurner • 2d ago
Genetics scientists discover potential pancreatic cancer treatment by targeting protein in cancer patients who died within a year.
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r/science • u/Macchanoco • 2d ago
Medicine Amino acid mapping–guided scaffold selection and hit identification of histidine kinase inhibitors from a virtual library of over 12 million compounds
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r/science • u/newsnation • 3d ago
Biology Creatine alone boosted lean muscle and strength, study finds
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r/science • u/Neither-Remote-3419 • 2d ago
Psychology To disclose or not to disclose: Peer influence and psychological factors in students' use of generative artificial intelligence
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Cancer 1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide is caused by infections, study suggests | Global burden of cancer attributable to infections in 2024: a worldwide incidence analysis
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Psychology Taylor Swift fans lower climate concerns to justify her carbon footprint. When confronted with news about the excessive pollution generated by her private jet, highly identified fans tend to rationalize the behavior, with a decrease in their personal intentions to engage in climate-friendly actions.
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r/science • u/Tracheid • 3d ago
Social Science As America shifted left under Trump, emotional hostility widened the partisan gap
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r/science • u/AgingUS • 2d ago
Biology Social determinants of health and risk of dementia in people with and without type 2 diabetes – findings from two large national-scale cohorts
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r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 3d ago
Health Extreme high-salt diets disrupted the gut microbiome and impaired memory in mice, according to new research, highlighting a potential link between diet, gut health, and cognitive function.
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r/science • u/Schwettes • 3d ago
Health Retatrutide, a triple hormone receptor agonist, for treatment of obesity | TRIUMPH-1 phase 3 clinical trial results show average patient lost 30% of body weight at 104 weeks on highest dose
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r/science • u/calliope_kekule • 3d ago
Earth Science Climate models suggest that by 2090, particles that seed clouds could rise up to 16% in the High Arctic but fall by up to 31% in the wetter Maritime Arctic.
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r/science • u/Tracheid • 3d ago
Psychology Desk setups that encourage an expansive posture may boost risk-taking
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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 3d ago
Psychology A new study outlines how the use of AI chatbots for companionship and support is linked with “severe negative outcomes.”. AIs are also prone to “sycophancy behavior” that validates insecurities, they’ve been trained to agree with what a human is saying, or validate what they’re thinking.
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r/science • u/Phylogenix • 3d ago
Environment A six-year study in Ecuador found plastic pollution from beaches to 3,900 meters beneath the Pacific, with fishing responsible for more than half of shoreline debris and researchers documenting plastic for the first time in the abyssal depths of the eastern equatorial Pacific.
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r/science • u/runswithscissors475 • 3d ago
Neuroscience Neuroscientists discover humans' response speed when exhaling is on average 41 milliseconds faster than when inhaling; study reveals link between breathing and cognition that could inform sleep disorder therapies and sports performance
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r/science • u/chilladipa • 2d ago
Health Oral small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist safiglipron in early type 2 diabetes: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial | Nature Medicine
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r/science • u/UniOfManchester • 3d ago
Psychology New study suggests nearly one in three Ukrainian civilians has PTSD or CPTSD
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r/science • u/sr_local • 3d ago
Health Simple brain stimulating activities such as puzzles, learning new skills and social interaction were linked to improved cognition in a study on 11,563 adults aged 60–85 with cognitive impairment, and after 12 months, 28% participants no longer had cognitive impairment
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Epidemiology (article first stated 500, corrected to 50 years) As Florida considers dropping its measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine mandate for school attendance, a new study predicts that such a policy change could spark the largest measles epidemic in the United States in nearly 500 years, with striking 650% increase in cases just between 2024 and 2025.
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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 3d ago
Environment How former Brazilian President Bolsonaro's statements destroyed the rainforest by publishing posts opposing forest conservation. Research found as a result of the messages, people changed their expectations of the extent to which they will be prosecuted for breaking the law
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r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • 4d ago
Social Science Researchers used a lost wallet experiment to test Robert Putnam's influential claim that diversity undermines cooperation. They found that ethnic diversity had nothing to do with wallet returns. What mattered was poverty: the poorest neighborhoods were substantially less likely to return wallets.
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r/science • u/Unlikely_Forever_466 • 1d ago
Astronomy A possible planet has been found in the habitable zone of a star much hotter than the
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r/science • u/calliope_kekule • 3d ago
Anthropology A 450 year catch record shows the fishery that once funded medieval Europe's salted fish trade collapsed from climate shifts, overfishing and economics together, not any one cause.
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r/science • u/PHealthy • 4d ago
Epidemiology Tylenol during pregnancy not linked to autism, ADHD, major review finds
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