Some people continue to engage in self-sabotaging behaviour even after intervention due to a persistent failure to connect their actions with consequences
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2025/07/science-self-sabotaging-destructive-behaviour-addiction-punishment-learning?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
https://redd.it/1m65aq9
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New Systematic Review Finds Fat Stem Cell Therapy Reduces Knee Pain by 44-62%
| The Regen Report
https://theregenreport.com/2025/07/14/adipose-stem-cell-therapy-shows-promise-for-knee-osteoarthritis-when-combined-with-arthroscopy-new-systematic-review-finds/
https://redd.it/1m5w5s4
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Disposable E-Cigarettes More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes
https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/disposable-e-cigarettes-more-toxic-traditional-cigarettes
https://redd.it/1m5uk8b
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People tend to say that they prioritize social warmth and vitality over physical beauty when evaluating others in both personal and professional contexts | But these self-reported ideals might not fully match how decisions actually play out in the real world.
https://www.psypost.org/researchers-explore-the-role-of-social-and-sexual-attractiveness-in-hiring-decisions/
https://redd.it/1m5q52z
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Colorectal cancer screening rates improved after the ACA, but half of Americans with positive stool tests still never get a follow-up colonoscopy, sharply increasing their risk of death.
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17/12/2003
https://redd.it/1m5n1l2
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The afterlife of a ghost-written paper: How corporate authorship shaped two decades of glyphosate safety discourse
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901125001765
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Liberals and conservatives were more open to befriending someone from the other side when that person had a politically diverse group of friends. Participants were less likely to dehumanize them—suggesting that diverse social circles can improve how people experience political conversations.
https://www.psypost.org/want-to-bridge-the-partisan-gap-new-research-points-to-a-key-social-factor/
https://redd.it/1m5h0on
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A new international study found that a four-day workweek with no loss of pay significantly improved worker well-being, including lower burnout rates, better mental health, and higher job satisfaction, especially for individuals who reduced hours most.
https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/four-day-workweek-productivity-satisfaction/
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A new study found that easy access, reacting to posts, and feeling connected all make people more likely to share misinformation, especially when they are emotionally involved. People with better emotional control were less likely to do so.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-05511-6
https://redd.it/1m5a31q
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Owning a smartphone before age 13 is associated with poorer mind health and wellbeing in early adulthood, according to a global study of more than 100,000 young people, and more likely to report suicidal thoughts, aggression, detachment from reality, poorer emotional regulation, and low self-worth.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1091598
https://redd.it/1m5abts
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Researchers at Dalhousie University have found large numbers of teachers dealing with explicit misogyny and male supremacist ideology in schools | ‘Trying to talk white male teenagers off the alt-right ledge’ and other impacts of masculinist influencers on teachers
https://www.antihate.ca/new_report_andrew_tate_and_male_supremacy
https://redd.it/1m51jgp
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Study in mice discover that sound stress alone can prolong and intensify pain
https://www.tus.ac.jp/en/mediarelations/archive/20250714_5937.html
https://redd.it/1m4xbj8
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The vast majority of participants in clinical trials regarding neuromuscular diseases are white, not hispanic or latino, men. Men are sometimes overrepresented even in diseases that more often affects women.
http://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-025-13208-8
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The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, introduced across the UK in late summer 2024, led to a 72% reduction in babies hospitalised with the virus if mothers were vaccinated. The findings are the first to show the real-world effectiveness of the vaccine in pregnant women in the UK.
https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/new-jab-protects-babies-from-serious-lung-infection
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Taxonomically distinct diatom viruses differentially impact microbial processing of organic matter - Science Advances
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq5439
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Surgeons at Duke University have resuscitated a 'dead' heart on the operating table after it stopped beating for more than five minutes. The organ was later transplanted into the chest of a three-month-old child, saving their life.
https://www.sciencealert.com/surgeons-resuscitate-dead-heart-in-life-saving-organ-transplant-to-baby
https://redd.it/1m625uq
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Some autistic teens often adopt behaviors to mask their diagnosis in social settings helping them be perceived — or “pass” — as non-autistic. Teens who mask autism show faster facial recognition and muted emotional response. 44% of autistic teens in the study passed as non-autistic in classrooms.
https://neurosciencenews.com/autism-masking-cognition-29493/
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80,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Footprints on the Portuguese Coast Reveal Children Hunting in the Dunes. The presence of children’s footprints alongside those of adults indicates that younger members accompanied the adults in their daily activities
https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/07/80000-year-old-neanderthal-footprints-on-the-portuguese-coast-reveal-children-hunting-in-the-dunes/
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Air pollution in Baltimore's Curtis Bay community linked to nearby coal terminal. Continued exposure to particulate matter and black carbon air pollution at sufficient levels has been linked to adverse health impacts, including respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, and reproductive diseases.
https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/07/21/baltimore-curtis-bay-air-pollution-coal-terminal/
https://redd.it/1m5lqdl
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Study: 2024 presidential campaign negatively affected sleep for 17% of U.S. adults | Many Americans report feeling exhausted and angry when thinking about politics. According to polling, nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults often feel worn out by current political discourse, and over half feel angry.
https://www.psypost.org/study-2024-presidential-campaign-negatively-affected-sleep-for-17-of-u-s-adults/
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Arctic winter reaches melting point as scientists report unprecedented thaw in Svalbard, warming six to seven times faster than the global average. Winter warming is no longer rare but a persistent feature of a destabilized climate, overturning the myth of a reliably frozen Arctic.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60926-8
https://redd.it/1m5iosq
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Reddit conversations become faster, more emotional, and less diverse in vocabulary as real-world events unfold.
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/3/pgaf056/8038017
https://redd.it/1m5d63o
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A systematic review has shown that ginger, cinnamon, and cumin consumption may be associated with improved glycemic control
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/6/756
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Scientists discovered that the natural medicine that protects bumblebees is a simple 50/50 mix of mirror-image molecules, which means the easy-to-make lab version is a perfect and cheap substitute to help keep them healthy
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c01424
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Soluble SARS-CoV-2 Spike glycoprotein: considering some potential pathogenic effects
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1616106/full
https://redd.it/1m55j2n
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Attention deficits may linger for months in COVID-19 survivors, even after physical recovery. Many individuals who were hospitalized with COVID-19 continue to show signs of impaired attention up to three months after discharge.
https://www.psypost.org/attention-deficits-may-linger-for-months-in-covid-19-survivors-even-after-physical-recovery/
https://redd.it/1m4yuu0
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Evaluation of the Effects of mRNA-COVID 19 Vaccines on Corneal Endothelium
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09286586.2025.2522724
https://redd.it/1m4vnox
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Some countries being more entrepreneurial than others is connected to "cultural looseness". Highlighting culture's role in driving new firm formations.
https://adigaskell.org/2025/07/18/what-causes-some-countries-to-be-more-entrepreneurial-than-others/
https://redd.it/1m4p410
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Many people will continue with a longer, less efficient path to a goal rather than backtrack and take a shortcut — even when backtracking would save time and effort. “Doubling-back aversion” is driven not by mistaken cost estimates but by how people think about their past and future effort.
https://www.psypost.org/scientists-reveal-a-widespread-but-previously-unidentified-psychological-phenomenon/
https://redd.it/1m4l8pz
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A new study finds that forests and other ecosystems adapt to rising temperatures, reducing the expected release of CO₂. This means future climate feedbacks from land respiration may not be as bad as once feared.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02377-z
https://redd.it/1m4h6gj
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