Generative AI can outperform humans in emotional intelligence tests, a study of 6 LLMs and 400 humans suggests

Weighted vest use during weight loss reduces subsequent weight regain through preserved resting metabolic rate, In older adults living with obesity and osteoarthritis

Discourses of contemporary masculinity among Estonian manfluencers

AI is More Persuasive Than People in Online Debates

Science sleuths flag hundreds of papers that use AI without disclosing it

Association between plausible genetic factors and weight loss from GLP1-RA and bariatric surgery

NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

Paper experimentally demonstrates the Terrell–Penrose effect by capturing snapshot images of objects moving at relativistic speeds that appear rotated rather than length-contracted

Why the green-technology race might not save the planet - The emerging global competition for green innovation, markets and investments might boost prosperity without improving environmental sustainability.

Stepping on oil: every 1,000 deg/sec² of arm speed reduces sideways slipping and falling by 2 cm

Scientists made a potent antivenom using antibodies from Tim Friede, a US snake collector, bitten roughly 200 times by venomous snakes and given more than 600 doses of venom to build up his immunity

The serum evaluation of sex hormones including DHEAs, DHT, testosterone in oral lichen planus patients

A new study shows that even a moderate dose of caffeine alters brain activity during sleep, increasing complexity and nudging neural systems toward a high-efficiency processing state…

Are groundbreaking science discoveries becoming harder to find?

Fungus from the human gut slows liver disease in mice. The disease affects almost one-third of human adults and treatments are limited

Aging promotes reactivation of the Barr body at distal chromosome regions - Nature Aging

The experiences we have in our early years, from religious practices to family bonds, can shape our spiritual views in adulthood

Menopausal shift on women’s health and microbial niches

DNA remnants in red blood cells enable early detection of cancer

Children born in 2020 will face “unprecedented exposure” to extreme weather events, including heatwaves, droughts and wildfires, even if warming is limited to 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures.

Chromosome-level genome assembly of Parotis chlorochroalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae)

Microbe that infests hospitals can digest medical-grade plastic ― a first

Early life growth (from 0 to ~2 years) is strongly associated with the variability in pubertal growth, and adult height, but not with the timing of pubertal growth

Most people need around 8 hours of sleep each night to function, but a rare genetic condition allows some to thrive on as little as 3 hours

Real world study of viral transmission via cash finds minimal risk

In a first of its kind study, projections suggest that by 2030, 24%, 17%, and 32% of countries will continue to have one in every five adolescent children married, giving birth, and out of school…

A new study finds that mice with autism-related traits respond similarly to social and non-social touch

Why bad philosophy is stopping progress in physics

New study in Nature Comms used Minecraft to show how humans adaptively switch between solo and social learning

Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic

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