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"‘More unites us than divides us’ - New research based on data from over 60 countries and 140,000 people suggests that people are much more united in their beliefs and values than media reporting would suggest. This narrative may be perpetuated and seized upon by politicians to sow divisions." | science |
"Medicare could have saved an estimated $3.6 billion buying generic drugs at Mark Cuban's direct-to-consumer online pharmacy according to an analysis of 89 drugs available for purchase on the platform." | science |
"Helicopter parents say their actions are all about their children, but what they’re doing is reaping the rewards for themselves, suggests new research (n=302), which found that high helicopter parenting leads to low mastery, self-regulation and social competence in young adults aged 18 to 24." | science |
"A new study finds that when 25 percent of people in a group adopt a new social norm, it creates a tipping point where the entire group follows suit. This shows the direct causal effect of the size of a committed minority on its capacity to create social change" | science |
"Vaginal-fluid transplants treat incurable condition in pilot study, fully restoring healthy microbiomes in 4 of 5 women with bacterial vaginosis (BV), which could “revolutionize the way we view and treat conditions affecting the female reproductive tract.” Published this week in Nature Medicine." | science |
"Fentanyl Surpasses Heroin As Drug Most Often Involved In Deadly Overdoses - When fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine, infiltrated the drug supply in the U.S. it had an immediate, dramatic effect on the overdose rate, finds a new CDC report." | science |
"2020 is a 'preview' of how bad things can get if we don't fix climate change, other systemic problems: Lancet report | In 2018 in the U.S. alone, pollution caused more than 68,000 people to die prematurely." | science |
"New study shows the best way to express gratitude: People who help you love to hear how their kind actions met your needs. They are less impressed when you acknowledge how costly their action was." | science |
"A law restricting abortions in Texas resulted in more second trimester abortions due to women having more limited access to abortion services." | science |
"Scientists designed a new device that channels heat into light, using arrays of carbon nanotubes to channel mid-infrared radiation (aka heat), which when added to standard solar cells could boost their efficiency from the current peak of about 22%, to a theoretical 80% efficiency." | science |
"Scientists Discover an Ancient Whale With 4 Legs: This skeleton, dug out from the coastal desert Playa Media Luna, is the first indisputable record of a quadrupedal whale skeleton for the whole Pacific Ocean." | science |
"Women who use vibrators both alone and with a partner experience greater sexual satisfaction compared to those who only use a vibrator by themselves, according to a survey of 488 women with male partners. The findings suggest that communication may facilitate a more satisfying sexual experience." | science |
"Only four times in US presidential history has the candidate with fewer popular votes won. Two of those occurred recently, leading to calls to reform the system. Far from being a fluke, this peculiar outcome of the US Electoral College has a high probability in close races, according to a new study." | science |
"Japanese scientists have invented a new loop-based quantum computing technique that renders a far larger number of calculations more efficiently than existing quantum computers, allowing a single circuit to process more than 1 million qubits theoretically, as reported in Physical Review Letters." | science |
"City trees can offset neighborhood heat islands, finds a new study, which shows that enough canopy cover can dramatically reduce urban temperatures, enough to make a significant difference even within a few city blocks. To get the most cooling, you have to have about 40 percent canopy cover." | science |
"Combatting PTSD by letting patients hear their own brainwaves - New technology uses algorithms to turn brain signals into sounds, letting patients literally hear their own brain activity, allowing the brain to naturally “self-optimize” into a quiet pattern, resetting the stress response in PTSD." | science |
"Upon using medical cannabis, patients in pain and those suffering from other medical conditions reduced their use of opioids, antidepressants, sleep medications, alcohol, and other dangerous substances, according to a new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology." | science |
"In Switzerland, among 645 people hospitalized with chronic heart failure, a randomized trial found those who were given regular hospital food – as opposed to a personal nutrition plan – had an almost doubled risk of mortality within 30 days." | science |
"Face Masks Critical In Preventing Spread Of COVID-19. Using a face mask reduced the number of infections by more than 78,000 in Italy from April 6-May 9 and by over 66,000 in New York City from April 17-May 9." | science |
"The Amazon is worth $8.2 billion a year if it’s left standing, finds a new study in Nature. In many parts of the rainforest, that economic benefit far outweighs the short-term gain of tearing it down. “The forest should unambiguously be saved when measured in a purely economic sense”." | science |
"Study shows the 'key to happiness' is visiting more places and having new and diverse experiences. The beneficial consequences of environmental enrichment across species, demonstrating a connection between real-world exposure to fresh and varied experiences and increases in positive emotions" | science |
"Study finds that narcissists like fellow narcissists on Instagram" | science |
"People with early-onset dementia are often mistaken for having depression and now research has discovered the cause: a profound loss of ability to experience pleasure - related to degeneration of 'hedonic hotspots' in the brain where pleasure mechanisms are concentrated." | science |
"A lack of sleep affects people’s ability to feel for others. Sleep deprivation and emotional fatigue can hit anyone, but first responders and health-care workers are especially vulnerable due to shift work, long hours and the overall stressful nature of their jobs." | science |
"Trump frequently refers to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 as the “China virus.” New research indicates that his followers are more likely than other Americans to admit they would engage in discriminatory behavior toward people of Asian descent." | science |
"We call upon Reddit to take action against the rampant Coronavirus misinformation on their website." | science |
"In 16 out of 17 advanced democracies, governments have increased economic redistribution to compensate the middle and lower classes amid growing economic inequality. This contradicts claims that governments are unresponsive to popular demands. The one exception is the United States." | science |
"Narcissism is driven by insecurity, and not a grandiose sense of self, suggests a new study. Narcissists cope with these insecurities by flexing, which makes others like them less in the long run, further aggravating their insecurities, which then leads to a vicious cycle of flexing behaviors." | science |
"Physicists "turn back time" by returning the state of a quantum computer a fraction of a second into the past, possibly proving the second law of thermodynamics can be violated. The law is related to the idea of the arrow of time that posits the one-way direction of time: from the past to the future" | science |
"The U.K. would have saved about 65,000 lives and had its GDP fall by just 0.5% rather than 11% in 2020 if it had adopted strict South Korean-style coronavirus controls, researchers have found, showing that there is not necessarily a tradeoff between the economy and public health" | science |
"Today's obesity epidemic may have been caused by childhood sugar intake, the result of dietary changes that took place decades ago. Since the 1970s, many available infant foods have been extremely high in sugar, and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) after 1970 quickly become the main sweetener." | science |
"Open heart surgery appears to be safer in the afternoon because of the body's internal clock, scientists have said." | science |
"More extroverted people suffered mood declines while more introverted people actually saw mood improvements during the COVID-19 pandemic, finds a new study of students at a US university." | science |
"A research team trained people to use a robotic extra thumb and found they could effectively carry out dextrous tasks, like building a tower of blocks, with one hand. The researchers report that participants trained to use the thumb also increasingly felt like it was a part of their body." | science |
"SARS-CoV-2 can survive for up to 9 hours on human skin compared to nearly 2 hours for influenza A virus. Both were completely inactivated on human skin within 15 seconds by ethanol. The 9-h survival of SARS-CoV-2 on human skin may increase risk of contact transmission and supports hand hygiene." | science |
"Children in kindergartens that emphasized play, improving self-regulation, working together and helping one another, and hands-on learning performed better academically, showed less bullying and more kindness than students in more traditional classes, and teacher enthusiasm for teaching soared." | science |
"Anti-gay attitudes in Africa today can be traced to Colonial Christian missionary activity." | science |
"Social anxiety is related to a preoccupation with making mistakes, finds a new study that monitored children’s brain activity." | science |
"Astronomers have discovered a planet twice the size of Earth orbiting the nearby star 40 Eridani — precisely where Star Trek character Spock’s home planet Vulcan supposedly lies." | science |
"Study: Atheists behave more fairly toward Christians than Christians behave toward atheists" | science |
"Bacteria via biomanufacturing can help make low-calorie natural sugar (not artificial sweetener) that tastes like sugar called tagatose, that has only 38% of calories of traditional table sugar, is safe for diabetics, will not cause cavities, and certified by WHO as “generally regarded as safe.”" | science |
"Conservatives have accused social media platforms of being biased against them, whereas a study finds that the reason conservative content was disproportionately removed is because they posted more content that was offensive or allegedly so, misinformation, Covid-related, adult, or hate speech." | science |
"Study: Immigrants in the U.S. are more likely to start firms, create jobs. Compared to native-born citizens, immigrants are more frequently involved in founding companies at all scales." | science |
"Alarming climate change: Earth heads for its tipping point as it could reach +1.5 °C over the next 5 years, WMO finds in the latest study" | science |
"Being more likeable on first dates and job interviews by focusing on effort rather than talent: People make a good impression on dates or in job interviews by communicating the hard work and effort behind their success, rather than just emphasising their talent, suggests new research." | science |
"Chatting with adults boosts kids' brain development" | science |
"Scientists discovered a 41,000 to 52,000 years old cord made from 3 twisted bundles that was used by Neanderthals. It’s the oldest evidence of fiber technology, and implies that Neanderthals enjoyed a complex material culture and had a basic understanding of math." | science |
"People who commute short distances, walk or cycle to work, are more likely to be happy commuters, which makes them more productive at work, suggests a new Australian study (n=1,121). However, long commutes and driving to work are associated with negative work performance and productivity." | science |
"According to a study published today in the journal PNAS, many girls who do every bit as well as their male peers in mathematics may still decide on more humanities-centric careers—because their verbal skills outshine their already high marks in math." | science |
"Women who are flexible in their sexual attraction have gaze patterns that are similar to heterosexual men when viewing a nude female body, suggests a small new pilot study, which also found that women tended to be more sexually fluid than men." | science |
"Cooking oil coating prevents bacteria from growing on food processing equipment, resulting in a 1,000x reduction in bacterial levels inside the industrial machines tested, finds new study. Coating a stainless steel surface with an everyday cooking oil appears effective in repelling bacteria." | science |
"Having an abortion is not harmful to a woman's health, finds a study (n=874) of women at 30 U.S. abortion facilities from 2008-2010: "Our study indicates that having an abortion is not detrimental to women’s physical health, but being denied access to a wanted abortion likely is."" | science |
"Myrkl: new anti-hangover pill said to break down up to 70% of alcohol in an hour" | science |
"Children get more satisfaction from relationships with their pets than with their brothers or sisters, according to new research from the University of Cambridge." | science |
"Chronic work stress can change our personalities: Employees dealing with work-induced stress can experience changes to their physiology, based on genetics and epigenetics, which may result in their personality traits fluctuating or even fundamentally changing over time." | science |
"Vitamin D supplementation to the older adult population in Germany has the cost-saving potential of preventing almost 30,000 cancer deaths per year" | science |
"Healthy levels of Vitamin D are linked to a 75% lower risk of depression, new research finds. The Irish study followed almost 4,000 older adults for four years." | science |
"Research suggests sexual appeals in ads don’t sell brands, products. Research found that not only were study participants no more likely to remember the brands featured in ads with sexual appeals, they were more likely to have a negative attitude toward those brands" | science |
"New study says construction workers are the most likely out of all workforces to use cocaine and opioids; they are the second most likely to use marijuana, after those in the service industry" | science |
"When parents can no longer get "personal-belief" exemptions from childhood vaccinations, they get around it by asking for religious exemptions, suggests new study, which found that after Vermont banned personal-belief exemptions, the number of religious exemptions shot up from 0.5% to nearly 4%." | science |
"The 1966 Fair Labor Standards Act, which raised the minimum wage for several economic sectors, led to a sharp rise in earnings for workers but without any adverse aggregate effect on employment. The minimum wage increases also played a critical role in reducing the racial wage gap in the US." | science |
"Baby boomers show concerning decline in cognitive functioning, study of 30,000 Americans shows. Trend reverses progress over several generations." | science |
"More youth use cannabis than smoke cigarettes in the United States, but cannabis use among teens does not appear to lead to greater conduct problems. Instead, it’s the other way around: It is adolescents with conduct problems who are more likely to gravitate toward cannabis use, finds new research." | science |
"Scientists found that the Mediterranean diet, rich in fish, vegetables, and olive oil, promotes healthy aging of the brain. It may also ward off the build up of harmful proteins in the brain, one of the main causes of Alzheimer’s disease — the most common form of dementia." | science |
"First-of-its-kind global survey shows the initial phase of the COVID-19 lockdown dramatically altered our personal habits. Overall, healthy eating increased because we ate out less frequently. However, we snacked more. We got less exercise. We went to bed later and slept more poorly" | science |
"Scientists conclude 13,000 years ago a 60 mile wide comet plunged Earth into a mini-Ice Age, after examining rocks from 170 sites around the globe" | science |
"New research finds that recovering gold, copper and other metals from e-waste is cheaper than obtaining these metals from mines. The researchers conclude that with these offsets, it costs 13 times more to obtain these metals from ore than from urban mining." | science |
"Scientists have created "golden" bananas rich in vitamin A to fight vitamin A deficiency in Uganda." | science |
"Fossils discovered in Morocco push back origin of Homo sapiens by 100,000 years" | science |
"Cannabis pain relief without the 'high' - In the wake of cannabis legalization, Canadian scientists have pinpointed the effective dose of marijuana plant extract cannabidiol (CBD) for safe pain relief without the typical "high" or euphoria produced by the THC." | science |
"People who eat meat (on average) experience lower levels of depression and anxiety compared to vegans, a meta-analysis found. The difference in levels of depression and anxiety (between meat consumers and meat abstainers) are greater in high-quality studies compared to low-quality studies." | science |
"An estimated 1.7 billion people, 22% of the world population, have at least one underlying health condition that could increase their risk of severe COVID-19 if infected, according to a study that uses data from 188 countries" | science |
"Bonobo mothers pressure their children into having grandkids, just like humans. They do so overtly, sometimes fighting off rival males, bringing their sons into close range of fertile females, and using social rank to boost their sons' status." | science |
"Study: 87% of excess lung cancer risk eliminated if smokers quit before age 45. Among more than 400,000 Americans researchers followed, smokers died of cancer at three times the rate of nonsmokers. However, smokers who managed to quit by age 45 lowered that excess risk by 87%." | science |
"Trained dogs sniff out COVID-19 as well as lab tests do, and the canines are even better than PCR tests at identifying infected people with no symptoms." | science |
"Republican lawmakers vote far more often against the policy views held by their district than Democratic lawmakers do. At the same time, Republicans are not punished for it at the same rate as Democrats. Republicans engage in representation built around identity, while Democrats do it around policy." | science |
"Before the pandemic, one-third of US households with children were already “net worth poor,” lacking enough financial resources to sustain their families for 3 months at a poverty level. Their savings are virtually nil, and they have no financial cushion to provide the basics for their children." | science |
"People’s attachment to the wilderness is linked to the fulfillment of basic psychological needs, study finds" | science |
"New study shows how LSD affects the ability of the thalamus to filter out unnecessary information, leading to an "overload of the cortex" we experience as "tripping"." | science |
"Engineers have created a new material that is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quantities. New material is a two-dimensional polymer that self-assembles into sheets, unlike all other one-dimensional polymers." | science |
"Older people can come to believe their own lies - New EEG research shows that within an hour of telling a falsehood, seniors may think it's the truth. Findings suggest that telling a falsehood scrambles older people’s memory so they have a harder time recalling what really happened." | science |
"Killer whales go through menopause to avoid competition with their daughters. This sheds light on why menopause exists at all." | science |
"A widely used and increasingly controversial insecticide called neonicotinoid has "negligible" benefits for farmers and commercially grown soybeans, suggests a new study. Scientists have discovered that it may be killing honey bees, monarch butterflies, certain birds and aquatic life." | science |
"Scientists have trained rats to drive tiny cars, suggesting that brains of rodents are more flexible than initially thought." | science |
"New evidence of an illusory 'suffering-reward' association: People mistakenly expect suffering will lead to fortuitous rewards, an irrational 'just-world' belief that undue suffering deserves to be compensated to help restore balance." | science |
"A global team of scientists including researchers from Australia and the United States has found deforestation in the Brazilian Amazaon-Cerrado region is causing temperatures to rise in areas as far as 50km away from deforestation sites." | science |
"Most Cubans have no internet access, but get a rich variety of media and information in "El Paquete" (the weekly package), a 1 Tb collection of info distributed on USB keys. Selling EP is the largest occupation in Cuba, and challenges notions of how networks operate & what they mean to citizens" | science |
"Single-use plastics dominate debris on the North Pacific's deep ocean floor - Scientists have discovered the densest accumulation of plastic waste ever recorded on an abyssal seafloor (4,561 items per square kilometer), finding that the majority of this waste is single-use packaging." | science |
"Of the 56 million abortions that take place worldwide every year, 45% are not considered safe by WHO standards. Most of the unsafe abortions take place in countries with restrictive abortion laws." | science |
"Scientists develop ‘cheap and easy’ method to extract lithium from seawater" | science |
"Deplatforming controversial figures (Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Owen Benjamin) on Twitter reduced the toxicity of subsequent speech by their followers" | science |
"Dogs forming eye contact is important in dog–human communication. Mutual gaze plays a role in dog–human bonding, and is associated with increased oxytocin levels in dogs and human partners. A new study found that shorter headed dogs, mongrels, younger, and more playful dogs form eye contact faster." | science |
"Cancer patients favor medical marijuana with higher THC, which relieves cancer symptoms and side effects, including chronic pain, weight loss, and nausea. Marijuana higher in CBD, which reduce seizures and inflammation, were more popular among non-cancer patients with epilepsy and MS (n=11,590)." | science |
"Reddit's bans of r/coontown and r/fatpeoplehate worked--many accounts of frequent posters on those subs were abandoned, and those who stayed reduced their use of hate speech" | science |
"A single dose of one of the two-shot COVID-19 vaccines prevented an estimated 95% of new infections among healthcare workers two weeks after receiving the jab, a study published Wednesday by JAMA Network Open found." | science |
"For the first time, scientists show that psychedelic substances: psilocybin, ketamine and LSD, leads to an elevated level of consciousness, as measured by higher neural signal diversity exceeding those of normal waking consciousness, using spontaneous magnetoencephalographic (MEG) signals." | science |
"The ‘zombie gene’ that may protect elephants from cancer - With such enormous bodies, elephants should be particularly prone to tumors. But an ancient gene in their DNA, somehow resurrected, seems to shield them, by aggressively killing off cells whose DNA has been damaged, finds new research." | science |
"Unwanted celibacy is linked to hostility towards women, sexual objectification of women, and endorsing rape myths" | science |
"Warning to adults: Children notice everything. Adults are good at paying attention only to what you tell them to – but children don’t ignore anything, a new study finds. That difference can help children do better than adults in some learning situations." | science |
"Most doctors think Obamacare has helped patients get better healthcare, even as a lengthy court battle threatens to strike down the law, finds a new study. About 60% of physicians in the US thought the Affordable Care Act gave more people access to medical treatment they wouldn't otherwise have had." | science |
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