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Health Senolytics dasatinib and quercetin in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: a proof-of-principle randomized, controlled trial

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Psychology Problematic pornography use is linked to craving, shame, depression, and loneliness, meta-analysis finds

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Engineering A model learned from experimental data improves control of a robotic joint powered by artificial muscles

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Animal Science Re-evaluating molecular clock maximum age calibrations revives pre-Ediacaran divergence estimates for animals | Science Advances

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Psychology A new study links sexually objectifying messages from family during upbringing to higher self-objectification in young women, which in turn is associated with greater difficulty refusing unwanted sex, communicating sexual desires, and achieving orgasm.

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Neuroscience Acidic cannabinoids in brain disorders: Neurobiological mechanisms, preclinical evidence, and translational challenges

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Medicine Study of 2.5 million children finds no link between MMR vaccine and autism.

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Psychology Republican-aligned actors issued nearly three-quarters of fact-checked 2024 election hoaxes. During the 2024 United States presidential election, political actors and anonymous online users regularly spread false information as an open campaign strategy.

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Health Step-by-step maturation mechanism of the binary toxin pore revealed by cryo-EM analysis

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Animal Science An ancient shark graveyard has been discovered in an Egyptian desert

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Medicine One small 2006 trial of just 40 kids in Iran may have tipped the scales in favour of prescribing Prozac for childhood depression. When researchers removed its suspicious data from major medical reviews, Prozac's huge advantage over placebo vanished, and the team say guidelines now need a fresh look.

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Environment A study combining satellite, ground and atmospheric model data found global desert dust declined by about 10% between 2003 and 2023, modestly reducing its cooling effect on the climate, although the contribution to recent human-caused warming remains very small.

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Health Survodutide Once Weekly in Adults with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes | New England Journal of Medicine

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Health Tonicity drives collecting duct maturation in the mammalian kidney

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Biology UMass biologists discover what may be the world's loudest birds | Evolutionary drivers of vocal amplitude in birds

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Health Researchers have discovered that urolithin A, a gut metabolite produced after eating pomegranates, can improve heart function by up to 80 percent in mice with heart failure by helping the heart muscle relax properly.

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Health In a successful gene therapy study on dogs with a rare genetic vision condition, scientists discovered that damaged nerve connections in adult retinas can physically repair and rebuild themselves.

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Earth Science Researchers traced decades long wobbles in day length to gravity pulling between the spinning inner core and the mantle above it, not magnetism as long assumed.

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