r/science 10h ago Table Slap

Social Science In 2020, Nature endorsed Joe Biden in the US presidential election. A survey finds that viewing the endorsement did not change people’s views of the candidates, but caused some to lose confidence in Nature and in US scientists generally.

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r/science 6h ago Take My Energy

Health Most Americans want to ban cigarettes and other tobacco products, per new CDC survey

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r/science 11h ago

Health Obesity might adversely affect social and emotional development of children, study finds

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r/science 4h ago

Biology A crucial building block of life exists on the asteroid Ryugu. Uracil, a component of RNA, was found in a sample collected by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft.

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r/science 22h ago

Epidemiology Deadly drug-resistant yeast gained ground, more drug resistance amid Covid. Candida auris is considered an "urgent threat" and is rising fast.

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r/science 12h ago

Environment Scientists have calculated that the fastest changing Antarctic region - the Amundsen Sea Embayment - has lost more than 3,000 billion tonnes of ice over a 25-year period.

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r/science 7h ago

Biology The Microbiome Inside the Penis Is Altered in Men Who Have Vaginal Sex: A study of 110 men has revealed that bacteria inside the male urethra come from two distinct sources, one of which is unique to men who have vaginal sex. These bacteria persist in the urethra for up to two months after sex.

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r/science 1d ago All-Seeing Upvote

Psychology Managers Exploit Loyal Workers Over Less Committed Colleagues

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r/science 9h ago

Social Science When American localities loosen zoning restrictions, the housing supply increases and housing becomes more affordable across the spectrum. Conversely, reforms that increase land-use restrictions are associated with increased median rents and a reduction in units affordable to middle-income renters.

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r/science 10h ago

Biology The growing period of hardwood forests in eastern North America has increased by an average of one month over the past century as temperatures have steadily risen, a new study has found.

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r/science 2h ago

Health People who catch Omicron are less likely to get Long Covid

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r/science 12h ago

Biology Scientists have created new BMI measures that offer a more accurate representation of metabolic health.

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r/science 8h ago

Environment Global warming kills forests by restricting tree transpiration

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r/science 11h ago

Health Adherence to Mediterranean diet associated with successful aging. Individuals in the highest quartile were likelier to have a good quality of life and less likely to have depressive symptoms and cognitive impairment after adjusting for potential confounders.

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r/science 22h ago

Environment Humans are leading source of death for California mountain lions, despite hunting protections

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r/science 8h ago

Environment Study confirms nitrate can release uranium into groundwater: Nitrate, a compound common in fertilizers and animal waste, can help transport naturally occurring uranium from the underground to groundwater.

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r/science 5h ago

Genetics Genes shed light on why men and women experience different depression symptoms: researchers found 11 areas of DNA that were linked to depression in females, and only one area in males

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r/science 3h ago

Astronomy Galaxy changes classification as jet changes direction. In PBC J2333.9-2343, the jet changed its direction drastically by an angle of up to 90 degrees, going from being in the plane of the sky, perpendicular to our line of sight, to pointing directly towards us.

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r/science 12h ago

Neuroscience Postoperative Delirium and Cognitive Decline. Delirium — the most common postoperative complication in older adults — is associated with a 40 percent faster rate of cognitive decline in those who develop delirium over those who do not.

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r/science 8h ago

Engineering Researchers have developed a new ultrasound method that could help to more easily diagnose abnormal tissue, scarring and cancer. This new method can measure the level of tension in human tissue -a key indicator of disease- for the first time

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r/science 1h ago

Environment Environmental injustice closely tied to gender violence, new UNM paper argues

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r/science 8h ago

Health Extra Calories During Development May Rewire the Brain To Overeat, Suggests Mouse Study

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r/science 1d ago

Health Pandemic lowered US step count and Americans haven't bounced back, study says

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r/science 1d ago Narwhal Salute

Health Longitudinal study links childhood sexual abuse to mental and physical difficulties throughout adulthood

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r/science 1d ago

Neuroscience Researchers, with the help of magnetic resonance tomography, have found evidence that the language we speak shapes the connectivity in our brains that may underlie the way we think

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