Australia’s paid parental leave scheme frame fatherhood as an exceptional circumstance and promote mothers as the primary caregivers, perpetuating gendered stereotypes and undermining efforts towards gender equality, according to new research.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/dads-seen-as-exceptional-circumstance-in-key-documents-underlying-australias-paid-parental-leave-scheme
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Proof that adult brains make new neurons settles scientific controversy
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/proof-that-adult-brains-make-new-neurons-settles-scientific-controversy/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit
https://redd.it/1lr0igh
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Mammacarcinoma are the dominant reason why women make demands in assisted suicide
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/news/mammakarzinom-ist-haufiger-beweggrund-fur-assistierten-suizid-870ad7f4-db1f-49ef-9f58-1bc3f0f3cd85
https://redd.it/1lqusme
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Women's Anger Management Improves in Midlife, Study Finds | Chronological and reproductive age may significantly influence women's anger levels and their ability to manage them.
https://www.newsweek.com/women-get-better-managing-their-anger-midlife-2093567
https://redd.it/1lqplxu
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Teens admit to alarming phone time while driving | A new study shows just how big that distraction is among teen drivers, and the number one reason the phones are used has nothing to do with directions.
https://newatlas.com/lifestyle/teens-phone-driving/
https://redd.it/1lqo71c
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Neanderthals Processed Bones on a large scale to Access Nutrients 125,000 Years Ago — Evidence of Advanced Resource Use
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv1257
https://redd.it/1lqjp5g
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A new study explores how doctors and nurses communicate cancer progression. Breaking bad news is not a one-off event but a nuanced, ongoing process shaped by empathy, teamwork, & training needs.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-05061-x
https://redd.it/1lqgz3s
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Researchers discover new enzyme: Abx(−)F
https://aibn.uq.edu.au/article/2025/07/20-steps-one-enzyme-unlocks-cleaner-path-complex-molecules
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Orcas Caught 'Kissing' For Two Minutes With Tongue
https://www.sciencealert.com/orcas-caught-kissing-for-two-minutes-with-tongue?utm_source=reddit_post
https://redd.it/1lq4a1s
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A climate tipping point was crossed when ancient tropical forests vanished 252 million years ago—triggering unstoppable warming that trapped Earth in a 5-million-year super-greenhouse. Vegetation loss can push the planet past the point of no return.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60396-y.pdf
https://redd.it/1lpwvh6
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For Dolphins, Echolocation May Be More Like ‘Touching’ Than ‘Seeing’ | Dolphins seem to “feel” their way across the sea with narrow, sweeping beams of sonar
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/for-dolphins-echolocation-may-be-more-like-touching-than-seeing/
https://redd.it/1lpxfoa
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Gene therapy restored hearing in deaf patients
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1089246
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Drinking a modest dose of peppermint tea improved cognitive performance compared to a placebo. Drinkers showed greater improvements in episodic memory, working memory, short-term word recall, and visuospatial memory compared to the placebo group. These differences were statistically significant.
https://www.psypost.org/peppermint-tea-boosts-memory-and-attention-but-why/
https://redd.it/1lpu0rq
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A herbal mouthwash selectively killed off bad bacteria in the mouth while preserving the good strains, according to a new study. It suggests an alternative to conventional mouthwashes, which were found to kill indiscriminately and damage gum tissue.
https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/homeopathic-mouthwash-oral-microbiome/
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Scientists discover certain species of microbe in the human gut can absorb PFAS, the toxic and long-lasting ‘forever chemicals.’ When 9 of these species were introduced into guts of mice to ‘humanise’ their microbiome, the bacteria rapidly accumulated PFAS eaten which were then excreted in faeces.
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gut-microbes-could-protect-us-from-toxic-forever-chemicals
https://redd.it/1lpji6y
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Researchers using cardiac MRI have found that long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with early signs of heart damage
https://www.rsna.org/news/2025/june/exposure-to-air-pollution-may-cause-heart-damage
https://redd.it/1lqyb1z
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A new study finds US media are far more likely to cover archaeology from the UK, Israel, and Australia, while research on China is often overlooked.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt5435
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Repetition may sear a memory into your brain, but new research reveals this very process creates a powerful illusion, tricking you into believing the event happened much longer ago than it actually did
https://www.psypost.org/scientists-just-uncovered-a-surprising-illusion-in-how-we-remember-time/
https://redd.it/1lqsx2z
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Study analyze Trump’s public criticisms of judicial rulings and Republican justices who do not always rule in his favor to highlight how court’s claim of independence is complicated by political science data showing judges often align with ideological leaning of party whose president appointed them.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00027162251323329
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Scientists at the University of Helsinki discovered how plants heal their protective outer layer, the periderm. The diffusion of ethylene and oxygen through a wound triggers repair – a finding with potential implications for crop resilience, and food preservation.
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/life-sciences/gas-leakage-triggers-wound-healing-plants
https://redd.it/1lqncoj
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US military produces the largest quantity of greenhouse gas emissions of all of the world's institutions, and cutting their spending could result in a meaningful reduction in energy consumption comparable to the annual energy usage of the US state of Delaware, or the entire nation of Slovenia.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/cutting-us-military-spending-could-save-as-much-energy-as-used-by-a-small-nation
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Ancient Egyptian man's genome from up to 4,800 years ago reveals ancestry from North Africa and West Asia
https://www.sciencealert.com/oldest-egyptian-dna-reveals-secrets-of-elite-potter-from-pyramid-era?utm_source=reddit_post
https://redd.it/1lqi7y9
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A new study analysed 15 million biomedical abstracts and found signs that over 1 in 8 were likely written with AI tools in 2024 - up to 40% in some fields.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt3813
https://redd.it/1lq56tp
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Scientists have found that fine-particulate air pollution, which includes pollution from vehicles and industry, was strongly associated to increased cancer-driving and cancer-promoting genetic mutations in individuals who have never smoked
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-study-links-particulate-air-pollution-increased-mutations-lung-cancers-among-nonsmokers
https://redd.it/1lq3bwt
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Myth busted: Men don’t sleep through baby cries after all. New study debunks the myth of women's special ability to hear baby crying. Researchers found only minimal differences between men's and women's hearing, but mothers still handle nighttime childcare three times as often as fathers.
https://health.au.dk/en/display/artikel/myth-busted-men-dont-sleep-through-baby-cries-after-all
https://redd.it/1lq1wwc
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More than 39,000 deaths, nearly 100,000 non-fatal heart attacks and up to 65,000 strokes in the U.S. could be prevented if people eligible for statins and other cholesterol-lowering drugs were taking them
https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/heart-attack-stroke-cholesterol/2025/07/02/id/1217293/
https://redd.it/1lpyxr9
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A study of 1,100 Bavarians found when considering energy-adjusted diets, higher emissions are associated with being female, having a higher waist circumference, and following an omnivorous diet. Increased consumption of animal products, coffee, and tea contributed to greater environmental impacts.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2025.1542254/full
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U.S. preschoolers exposed to potentially harmful chemicals. Urine samples from 201 children found 96 chemicals in at least 5, 48 chemicals in over half and 34 chemicals in more than 90%. Many of these chemicals are known or suspected to interfere with hormones, brain development and immune function.
https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/new-study-us-preschoolers-exposed-to-broad-range-of-potentially-harmful-chemicals/2025/07
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A new study shows that our brains respond differently to the same music depending on what we heard before. Emotional shifts are real, fast, and shaped by context.
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0184-24.2025
https://redd.it/1lpmpf5
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Scientists developed a new Alloy that protects Iron more efficiently from Rust
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202422879
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