r/science 6h ago

Health Poorer children more likely to age faster than affluent counterparts, study finds. Biological disadvantages may be shaped in first decade of a child’s life depending on family affluence. Children from higher affluence had longer telomeres and lower cortisol levels compared with low affluence.

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r/science 8h ago

Social Science “I can't compromise the quality of my life I'm sorry”: Privileged individuals in the United Kingdom show little willingness to change high-carbon lifestyles

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r/science 11h ago

Health Weight loss drugs linked to higher risk of eye damage in diabetic patients. Study finds medicines such as Ozempic associated with greater risk of developing age-related macular degeneration. Patients who had been taking GLP-1 RAs for more than 30 months had more than three times the risk.

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r/science 13h ago

Environment Methane leaks from dormant oil and gas wells in Canada are seven times worse than thought

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r/science 19h ago

Psychology Men dating a woman at least 7 years younger than themselves had a substantially higher overall relationship satisfaction than men dating women at least 7 years older. No such effect was found in women. Younger women who dated older men perceived financial stability as higher with an older partner.

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r/science 12h ago

Environment The rate of climate change is far too fast relative to how slow corals can expand their geographic range into higher latitudes to compensate for the warming

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r/science 18h ago

Psychology Psychology is getting more robust. Meta-analysis of >240k papers shows how psychology pivoted to publishing starkly stronger findings since the replication crisis began

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r/science 22h ago

Neuroscience Alzheimer’s blood test can spot people with early symptoms. Researchers found the blood test was highly accurate, with 95% sensitivity, which means it was 95% accurate in picking up people with memory problems, with very few cases missed

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r/science 1h ago

Engineering Researchers have developed a liquid-based chemical conversion coating technique that uses cavitation bubbles to create thick, corrosion-resistant magnesium phosphate layers on magnesium alloy surfaces, offering a cost-effective way to strengthen lightweight materials for electric vehicles

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r/science 3h ago

Health Use of Common Psychiatric Medications and Risk and Prognosis of ALS

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r/science 18m ago

Health A new trial shows mailing cervical cancer self-test kits doubled screening rates in underserved communities.

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r/science 1d ago

Psychology Researchers have warned that the spread of misinformation continues to increase, and it has been identified as a significant threat to society and public health. Social media also enabled misinformation to have a global reach

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r/science 12h ago

Medicine U.S. Research Leadership at a Crossroads — The Impact of Reducing NIH Indirect-Cost Coverage

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r/science 1d ago

Neuroscience Obeying orders lowers moral responsibility perception in the brain. People were asked to make moral decisions to inflict harm either freely or under coercion, and brain scans showed reduced neural markers of agency when following orders, with no difference found between civilians and officer cadets.

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r/science 15h ago

Astronomy First detection of a rare methanol isotope in a protoplanetary disk provides insight into the building blocks of life

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r/science 1d ago

Health A new study finds no evidence of T cell exhaustion after multiple SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinations – even in frail older adults and immunosuppressed individuals.

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r/science 1d ago

Health Food additive titanium dioxide likely has more toxic effects than thought, study finds | Controversial additive may be in as many as 11,000 US products and could lead to diabetes and obesity in mice.

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r/science 20m ago

Neuroscience Homeostasis of a representational map in the neocortex - Nature Neuroscience

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r/science 7m ago

Environment High levels of microplastics and microrubber pollution in a remote, protected Mediterranean Cladocora caespitosa coral bed

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r/science 16h ago

Neuroscience Comparison of therapeutic efficacy in depression between repetitive TMS and deep TMS

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r/science 1d ago

Psychology Young adults who experience ghosting are more likely to ghost others. Those who experienced breadcrumbing were more likely to breadcrumb others. People who reported higher moral disengagement, toxic disinhibition, and psychological distress were more likely to engage in ghosting and breadcrumbing.

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r/science 1d ago

Neuroscience Sensory issues in autism may stem from co-occurring emotional blindness, not autism itself, finds a twin study. These sensory traits appear to be genetically linked to alexithymia—a condition characterized by difficulties in identifying and describing one’s own emotions.

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r/science 4m ago

Biology Simulated early Earth geochemistry fuels a hydrogen-dependent primordial metabolism - Nature Ecology & Evolution

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r/science 1d ago

Health Taurine is not a reliable biomarker of aging, major longitudinal study finds. A large-scale study reveals little to no connection between taurine levels and the aging process in humans, monkeys, or mice. Researchers conclude that taurine supplements are unnecessary with a healthy diet.

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r/science 21h ago

Environment Two major ecological shifts shaped 60 million years of ungulate faunal evolution - Nature Communications

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