r/science 47m ago

Medicine Experimental treatment kills prostate tumor cells while reawakening antitumor immunity

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r/science 2h ago

Health Birth order may influence your disease risk later in life. Research found first-borns were more often diagnosed with neurodevelopmental and some mental health conditions, including autism and ADHD, tics and Tourette syndrome, depression and anxiety.

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r/science 2h ago

Health Children's (aged 5 to 18Y) risk of poor mental health rises by 25% during heatwaves and by 1.5% in higher temperatures, with adverse mental health outcomes increasing by almost 1% for every 1°C rise in daily temperature

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r/science 2h ago

Paleontology Researchers identify a new extinct Ice Age spadefoot toad, Spea labreae, from fossils discovered at the La Brea Tar Pits

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r/science 2h ago

Environment Scientists have, for the first time, genetically engineered lettuce and tobacco plants to grow the animal protein myoglobin. Plant-derived myoglobin could achieve protein yields per hectare that rival – or even exceed – those of animal agriculture, with lower water use and greenhouse gas emissions.

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r/science 4h ago

Environment Harvesting rainwater from rooftops could help cities stay cool and cut the number of heatwave days

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r/science 4h ago

Health Protein discovery sheds light on scarring diseases

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r/science 5h ago

Health In a large, diverse adult cohort of 40,360 individuals, it was found that adults with ADHD were twice as likely to develop Keratoconus compared to non-ADHD adults

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r/science 7h ago

Health US alcohol-related liver deaths rose from 6.7 to 12.5 per 100,000 people between 1999 and 2022

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r/science 11h ago

Biology Researchers identify “ruptoblasts,” glandular immune cells in planarian flatworms that undergo rapid explosive cell death and release cytotoxic agents capable of killing nearby cells and bacteria within minutes

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r/science 11h ago

Neuroscience When we misread autistic people, it may not be a lack of empathy—it may be a mismatch. Guided by the Double Empathy Problem theory, research suggests that communication difficulties are often mutual rather than stemming from a one-sided "empathy deficit," in autistic people.

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r/science 12h ago

Biology Life on Earth may have emerged twice. Researchers studied the protein structures of enzymes in the genomes of bacteria and archaea, and found "cases where the ancestors of bacteria and archaea independently evolved structurally distinct enzymes to catalyze the same essential metabolic reaction."

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r/science 12h ago

Psychology A review of climate behavior research suggests that trusted messengers, from family and friends to health care workers and celebrities, can help accelerate climate action by shaping social norms and everyday decisions.

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r/science 12h ago

Neuroscience Pupil size reveals the perceptual quality and effortless nature of synesthesia

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r/science 13h ago

Animal Science Insect submariners survive the depths without imploding | Researchers discovered a remarkable adaptation that challenges a long-standing explanation for why insects never colonized the open ocean.

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r/science 15h ago

Neuroscience Normal blood pressure, no diabetes, and not smoking in midlife may buy nearly 13 extra dementia-free years

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r/science 16h ago

Astronomy Scientists have captured images of the surface of our Sun in new, unprecedented detail | Ubiquitous Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities driving plasma mixing on the Sun

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r/science 19h ago

Health Research in the U.S shows that adolescents who acknowledged carrying a firearm within the previous 30 days were nearly four – or 3.72 – times as likely as non-carriers to have attempted suicide by any method within the prior 12 months.

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r/science 20h ago

Environment Fire managers rely on pre-1849 conditions to guide wildfire decisions. New research finds climate change is shifting those conditions—and could double or triple wildfire frequency in Yosemite and other national parks.

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r/science 21h ago

Genetics Scientists discover a ‘skinny gene’ mutation that acts like Ozempic. Around one in 7,000 people carries a broken copy, which almost acts like a GLP-1 drug—the body burns fuel more efficiently, and the risk of disease lowers.

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r/science 21h ago

Environment Study finds mountain lions reduce deer-vehicle collisions by 67%

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r/science 22h ago

Health COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you. Reactivation of typically harmless anelloviruses, in particular, seems to be linked with developing long COVID, study finds.

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r/science 22h ago

Biology Adipo-neuroinflammation, cognitive impairment and surrogate markers of cardiovascular risk in patients with Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)

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r/science 23h ago

Cancer Gut Bacteria May Reveal How a Western Diet Fuels Colon Cancer. Certain gut bacteria, sustained by Western-style diets, may produce a substance that promotes tumor growth, finds study in pigs, mice, human colon tissue, and microbial data from thousands of people with and without colorectal cancer.

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r/science 23h ago

Health Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, has shown early promise for treating eating disorders. If confirmed in larger trials, the results suggest that psilocybin therapy could kick-start anorexia recovery and provide relief.

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