Medicine Study of 2.5 million children finds no link between MMR vaccine and autism.
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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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r/science • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 11h ago
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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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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Psychology Problematic pornography use is linked to craving, shame, depression, and loneliness, meta-analysis finds
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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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r/science • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 11h ago
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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r/science • u/calliope_kekule • 22h ago
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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r/science • u/Hrmbee • 10h ago
Biology UMass biologists discover what may be the world's loudest birds | Evolutionary drivers of vocal amplitude in birds
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r/science • u/Connect_Extreme_358 • 12h ago
Animal Science An ancient shark graveyard has been discovered in an Egyptian desert
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r/science • u/chilladipa • 12h ago
Health Survodutide Once Weekly in Adults with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes | New England Journal of Medicine
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r/science • u/Phylogenix • 2h ago
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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r/science • u/shinybrighthings • 6h ago
Neuroscience Acidic cannabinoids in brain disorders: Neurobiological mechanisms, preclinical evidence, and translational challenges
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r/science • u/Super_Letterhead381 • 22h ago
Animal Science Re-evaluating molecular clock maximum age calibrations revives pre-Ediacaran divergence estimates for animals | Science Advances
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r/science • u/Macchanoco • 4h ago
Health Tonicity drives collecting duct maturation in the mammalian kidney
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r/science • u/amrkzp • 16h ago
Engineering A model learned from experimental data improves control of a robotic joint powered by artificial muscles
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r/science • u/Macchanoco • 2h ago
Health Step-by-step maturation mechanism of the binary toxin pore revealed by cryo-EM analysis
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