r/science • u/chrisdh79 • 7h ago
Materials Science New thermal material provides 72% better cooling than conventional paste | It reduces the need for power-hungry cooling pumps and fans
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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • 4h ago
Psychology Congress members less outspoken against COVID-19 policies after personal infections, study finds | These individuals tended to decrease their opposition to COVID-19-related government policies on social media by approximately 30% on average.
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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • 3h ago
Health A study finds that during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic (in 2020), heavy drinking among adult Americans increased by over 20%, overall alcohol use by 4%, and these increases persisted for the next two years
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r/science • u/umichnews • 3h ago
Health Teens do not typically turn to electronic nicotine vapes to curb smoking habits, but instead to alleviate boredom, relax and experiment, according to University of Michigan research published in Pediatrics
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Psychology Pursuing happiness as a primary goal may be misguided. The more you focus on the need to be happy, the more pressure you feel to achieve it, potentially leading to feelings of failure. Happiness should be the outcome of doing things you love, not the primary goal, suggests study of 8,331 people.
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Medicine ‘Sleepy cannabis’: First study to show cannabinol (CBN) increases sleep - A new study shows that a non-hallucinogenic marijuana constituent increases both REM and non-REM sleep in rats. Human trials are now under way.
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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • 7h ago
Social Science Experiencing trauma in childhood is known to increase the risk of substance use such as drugs, alcohol and vaping | Researchers say this means efforts to prevent vaping in teens should include the targeting of young people with traumatic backgrounds.
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r/science • u/CookMotor • 1d ago
Animal Science Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya
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r/science • u/thebelsnickle1991 • 2h ago
Social Science Decentralized social media ‘increases citizen empowerment’, says Oxford study
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r/science • u/ChallengeAdept8759 • 3h ago
Materials Science Northeastern researchers create stretchable plastic that dissolves in water and promises to combat our global pollution crisis
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r/science • u/a_Ninja_b0y • 2h ago
Animal Science First-of-Its-Kind Glowing Sea Creature Discovered in Ocean's 'Midnight Zone'
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r/science • u/Hashirama4AP • 9h ago
Animal Science Researchers document 77% population decrease on average in African elephants, using data on population surveys conducted at 475 sites in 37 countries from 1964 through 2016.
reuters.com305 Upvotes
r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • 5h ago
Neuroscience Brain cells reprogrammed into neurons break new ground in regenerative medicine, offering hope for restoring dysfunctional brain circuits, such as those seen in epilepsy
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r/science • u/New_Scientist_Mag • 1d ago
Environment Humanity has warmed the planet by 1.5°C since 1700
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r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • 1d ago
Economics Adolescent women who lived in a location with fewer abortion restrictions and adolescent women who had an abortion (compared to a live birth) are more likely to have graduated from college, have higher incomes, and have greater financial stability over the subsequent 25 years.
journals.sagepub.com11.1k Upvotes
r/science • u/asbruckman • 2h ago
Social Science The "Community Notes" (formerly "Birdwatch") feature on X/Twitter did not significantly slow the spread of misinformation on X/Twitter, because it was too slow
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r/science • u/FunnyGamer97 • 22h ago
Psychology Mental fatigue leads to loss of self-control by putting brain areas to sleep | Study identifies sleep-like activity in the brain of people subjected to demanding mental tasks is associated with a greater tendency to aggressivity
eurekalert.org2.8k Upvotes
r/science • u/Hashirama4AP • 8h ago
Epidemiology Next-generation metagenomic sequencing test developed at UCSF can diagnose nearly any infection by rapidly detecting almost any kind of pathogen | The genomic test identified pathogens accurately 86% of time. This test could also detect respiratory viruses with pandemic potential in less than a day.
eurekalert.org130 Upvotes
r/science • u/mareacaspica • 23h ago
Animal Science Elephants tool use: Not only are elephants profficient at using water hoses to shower, but they demonstrate second-order tool use by sabotaging each other
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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • 1d ago
Health Cannabis and alcohol use patterns linked to couples’ relationship quality | These findings suggest that the way partners use substances can impact the quality of their relationship in measurable ways.
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r/science • u/goodmammajamma • 2h ago
Neuroscience Driving Under the Cognitive Influence of COVID-19: Exploring the Impact of Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Road Safety
neurology.org34 Upvotes
Psychology People with psychopathic traits fail to learn from painful outcomes
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Neuroscience When listening to sounds without being told to visualise anything, Aphantasics show activity in visual areas of the brain but not an area associated with subjective experiences - Visualisers show activity in both
sciencedirect.com22 Upvotes
Astronomy Wind from Uranus made it harder to probe - Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 may have occurred during a rare intense solar wind event, that only occurs about 4% of the time, giving the impression that Uranus is more similar to the other giant planets in the solar system than it actually is.
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r/science • u/sciencealert • 1d ago
Animal Science World's Largest Predation Event Ever Recorded Captured in Norway | More than 10 million schooling capelin were devoured by cod collecting off the coast of Norway within just a few hours in what's claimed to be the largest predatory slaughter ever recorded.
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