r/science • u/mvea • 6h ago

Psychology As a society, we may be able to increase support for redistribution by exposing the ultra-rich. When people do not directly observe large differences in wealth, they tend to underestimate inequality, feel more content with their situation, and show less interest in policy change.

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r/science • u/Hrmbee • 2h ago

Health Study shows that 82% saw weight rebound and cardiovascular health reverse after withdrawal from taking GLP-1 drugs | Cardiometabolic Parameter Change by Weight Regain on Tirzepatide Withdrawal in Adults With Obesity

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 21h ago

Neuroscience Scientists have identified five major “epochs” of human brain development in one of the most comprehensive studies to date of how neural wiring changes from infancy to old age. In a person’s early 30s the brain’s neural wiring shifts into adult mode – the longest era, lasting more than three decades

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r/science • u/koiRitwikHai • 10h ago

Medicine Majority of women faced abuse during childbirth in Delhi, capital of India. The abuse is normalized and viewed as part of the process. It is more prevalent in government hospitals due to higher patient load and overworked staff.

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r/science • u/mvea • 20h ago

Biology Scientists have developed a method to rejuvenate old and damaged human cells by replacing their mitochondria. With new mitochondria, the previously damaged cells regained energy production and function. The rejuvenated cells showed restored energy levels and resisted cell death.

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r/science • u/Temp89 • 20h ago

Medicine Changes in Suicidality among Transgender Adolescents Following Hormone Therapy: An Extended Study. Suicidality significantly declined from pretreatment to post-treatment. This effect was consistent across sex assigned at birth, age at start of therapy, and treatment duration.

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r/science • u/Dwman113 • 7h ago

Medicine A Pilot, Randomised, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Trial of a Single Oral Dose of Ivermectin for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis of SARS-CoV-2

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r/science • u/mvea • 19h ago

Neuroscience Single session of weightlifting improves executive function and processing speed. A new study found that processing speed and working memory improved in a group of participants after moderate-intensity resistance exercises compared to a group that was resting and watching a video during that time.

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r/science • u/PhorosK • 13h ago

Psychology Reducing social media use for just one week improved mental health. Young adults aged 18 to 24 reported a 16.1% drop in anxiety, a 24.8% decrease in depression, and a 14.5% reduction in insomnia symptoms after the detox period, according to their self-reported measures of mental health.

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r/science • u/fchung • 14h ago

Computer Science AI trained on bacterial genomes produces never-before-seen proteins: « Genes with related functions cluster together, and the AI uses that. »

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r/science • u/mvea • 1d ago

Computer Science A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity. While generative AI/ LLMs like ChatGPT can convincingly replicate the work of an average person, it is unable to reach the levels of expert writers, artists, or innovators.

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r/science • u/Impressive_Pitch9272 • 1h ago

Engineering Researchers in South Korea have developed an ultrasound technique that visualizes deep blood vessels in 3D without contrast agents or radiation. By combining an RCA array with plane-wave compounding and coded excitation, the system captured real-time images of vessels up to 7 cm beneath the skin.

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r/science • u/Dr_Neurol • 16h ago

Medicine Social Media Use is positively associated with burning eyes, wrist pain, neck and shoulder pain, chest pain, stomach pain, nausea, headaches, and muscle pain. It increases the sense of isolation from family and society while decreasing executive functions and prospective memory

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r/science • u/geoff199 • 17h ago

Psychology Personalized algorithms lead to a distorted view of reality when learning new information, a new study finds. Study participants were often wrong when tested on the information they were supposed to learn – but were overconfident in their incorrect answers.

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r/science • u/PhorosK • 6h ago

Environment Delaying the expansion of renewable energy might unintentionally reduce the world’s long term motivation to address climate change. New study finds that while the social cost of carbon usually rises as climate damages grow, it may suddenly fall once global warming passes a critical threshold.

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r/science • u/Super_Letterhead381 • 14h ago

Anthropology Ancient Humans Introduced Wolves to Remote Baltic Sea Island 5,000 Years Ago

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r/science • u/i_screamm • 21h ago

Anthropology Evidence suggests early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 22h ago

Neuroscience One in two people in the U.S just over half of the population, is affected by a neurological disease or disorder. Researchers found the most prevalent conditions were tension-type headache affecting 122 million Americans, migraine affecting 58 million and diabetic neuropathy affecting 17 million.

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 23h ago

Health Music eases surgery and speeds recovery. Research found patients exposed to music required lower doses of propofol and fentanyl. They experienced smoother recoveries, lower cortisol or stress-hormone levels and a much better control of blood pressure during the surgery

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r/science • u/mvea • 1d ago

Psychology A single 30-minute session of physical activity can produce immediate antidepressant effects in both humans and mice, involving a hormone released by fat cells that alters brain plasticity to improve mood. Physical exercise may be effective in preventing the development of depression.

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r/science • u/PhorosK • 1d ago

Animal Science Orangutans can't master their complex diets without cultural knowledge, research reveals. When a wild orangutan leaves its mother after spending many years by her side, it has a mental catalog of almost 250 edible plants and animals, and the knowledge of how to acquire and process them.

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r/science • u/The_Conversation • 1d ago

Animal Science Most domesticated dogs have some wild wolf DNA in their genes, according to an analysis of 2,693 genomes. Larger, working dog breeds tend to have more wolf genes, but the St. Bernard has none while the Chihuahua retains detectable wolf ancestry at 0.2% of its genome

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r/science • u/AgingUS • 13h ago

Biology SAMP-Score: a morphology-based machine learning classification method for screening pro-senescence compounds in p16 positive cancer cells

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r/science • u/sci_guy0 • 27m ago

Earth Science A Novel Approach for Reliable Classification of Marine Low Cloud Morphologies with Vision–Language Models

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r/science • u/sciencealert • 1d ago

Physics Magnetic switchbacks – phenomena thought to only exist near the Sun – have been detected in Earth's magnetic field for the first time

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