Focal brain damage leaves people more open to being influenced by impulsive others

Parents with alcohol-related diagnoses are twice as likely to maltreat children

Police officers fire more shots than civilians in homicides, research shows

New analysis of U.S. school shootings finds all shooters easily accessed the firearms they used

New study shows that people are more open-minded than we assume

More Americans finding faith outside church

Engineers uncover a new way to stop electronics from overheating

Conservative people in America appear to distrust science more broadly than previously thought

Over 1 in 5 boys and men in Canada and US may meet diagnostic criteria for an eating disorder. Yet they remained overlooked

Democrats are more likely to trust their personal doctors and follow their doctors’ advice than Republicans, new research finds

Medicinal cannabis is linked to long-term benefits in health-related quality of life

Hunter-gatherers were crossing at least 100km of open water to reach the Mediterranean island of Malta 8,500 years ago

The rise of "gut feelings" in US political rhetoric

Importance of vaccination against measles once declared non-endemic in the US: In 2024, 40% of people with confirmed measles were hospitalized

When researcher's evaluated the relationships between disability, insomnia and sleep medication use, they found as older people used more sleep medication or experienced more insomnia symptoms…

New research adds to a growing body of science implicating the “gut-brain” axis in autism

Study finds in pregnant individuals with opioid use disorder, buprenorphine treatment was associated with improved outcomes for the mother and infant, underscoring the need to improve access to treatment nationwide.

Use of a typical public urinal often results in splatter of urine onto the floor and, most unpleasantly, onto the user

Scientists can tell healthy and cancerous cells apart by how they move

A unique sound alleviates motion sickness - stimulating inner ear with a specific wavelength of sound (pure tone at 100 Hz) reduces motion sickness using a mouse model and humans

Heart disease deaths worldwide linked to chemical widely used in plastics: di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) exposure contributed to 356,238 deaths, or more than 13% of all global mortality from heart disease in 2018 among men and women ages 55 through 64.

A new Nature paper highlights a warming climate as a potential contributor to the spread of harmful fungi like Coccidioides and Candida

UNM scientists discover how nanoparticles of toxic metal used in MRI scans infiltrate human tissue

People taking medications like Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss report consuming less processed foods, soda, refined grains and beef

Study finds that computer science teachers often possess more education and classroom experience than their peers in other subjects, with this teaching being the most significant factor influencing student achievement in advanced placement computer science exams.

Scientists discover new microbial phylum that helps purify Earth's water, ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where these microbes live…

Gene Linked to Autism Alters Face Perception in Dogs | Shank3 mutation reduces interest in human and canine faces in beagles.

A switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases

Saturn's moon Titan could harbor life, but only a tiny amount, study finds

Patient navigators improve colonoscopy rates after abnormal stool tests, study shows

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