r/science • u/mvea • 22h ago

Health Despite growing evidence that GLP-1 medications improve health and are worth their cost, many American insurance plans still limit coverage. “Cost-effective” does not necessarily mean “cost-saving” for insurance companies.

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r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 8h ago

Biology Moss Is Generating Electrical Waves That Look Startlingly Like a Neural Network. Study reveals that moss cushions produce surprisingly complex electrical activity, with patterns that undulate across the velvety patch in dynamic waves.

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r/science • u/UCBerkeley • 5h ago

Materials Science New findings reveal Ancient Roman concrete survives for millennia by chemically self-healing its own cracks through carbonation

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r/science • u/No-Aardvark-7316 • 16h ago

Psychology Relying on reminders could be weakening your memory skills

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 8h ago

Health New research found people taking semaglutide for weight loss continued to consume significantly fewer calories after 60 weeks on the medication, helping explain how the medication supports both initial weight loss and long-term weight maintenance

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 8h ago

Environment A new study finds the sounds and sights of nature are associated with significant positive effects on mental health compared to loud, urban environments. The effects of natural sights and sounds were immediately apparent

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r/science • u/NinjaDiscoJesus • 12h ago

Animal Science Great Apes kiss and cuddle to keep the peace, says study - Touching, embracing and kissing before stressful events may be an ancient way of building trust, according to scientists studying the behaviour of our closest ape relatives.

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r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 9h ago

Psychology Jealousy increases men’s support for feminine honor norms. Study finds when people experience heightened jealousy, this can make them more supportive of norms, values, and practices that reduce the likelihood of unfaithful or ‘impure’ types of behavior.

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r/science • u/mvea • 6h ago

Psychology When Americans believe government works, they are more likely to act on climate. The study of more than 32,000 Americans found that Republicans reported lower efficacy beliefs overall, particularly lower confidence that governments can effectively address climate change.

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r/science • u/UniversityofArizona • 2h ago

Environment Plants are heating up faster than the air around them – and climate models are missing it

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r/science • u/sr_local • 8h ago

Social Science Exposure to digital media like social network, infinite scroll and immediate rewards may recalibrate how people value cognitive effort, making them less willing to persist with activities such as studying and sustained reading that are essential for durable knowledge and developing expertise

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r/science • u/mightx • 6h ago

Health Tick-borne encephalitis leaves 45% of patients with long-term fatigue and brain fog, regardless of age. While older adults face a higher risk of paralysis, young people are equally vulnerable. This proves everyone needs the vaccine, report Second Faculty of Medicine researchers.

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r/science • u/QldBrainInst • 21h ago

Neuroscience A research team at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have highlighted how acetylcholine signalling interacts with dopamine pathways in the brain, findings that may help explain how a new class of schizophrenia treatments works, offering an alternative to traditional antipsychotics

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r/science • u/HovdenCreative • 4h ago

Physics Liquid Helium TEM reveals first image of quantum paraelectric showing it is made of nanoscale polar textures.

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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 50m ago

Health Prolonged exposure to wildfire smoke increases cardiovascular health risks. Exposure to even relatively modest levels of smoke, built up over a few years, was associated with more hospitalizations for conditions like ischemic heart disease, irregular heart rhythms, stroke, and heart failure.

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r/science • u/mightx • 7h ago

Health About 56% of people have a "bare area" on their forearm bone exposing a key nerve. A specific angled drilling technique for biceps surgery safely avoids this, preventing accidental paralysis, report researchers at Charles University's Second Faculty of Medicine

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r/science • u/mightx • 7h ago

Medicine A study tracking 2,525 ulcerative colitis patients reveals which treatments last longest in real-world settings. Vedolizumab significantly outlasts standard anti-TNF drugs, while upadacitinib proves to be the most durable backup option if initial therapies fail.

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r/science • u/Round_Helicopter_407 • 59m ago

Health Discrepancies between instant and filtered coffee in biological aging: evidence from the UK Biobank

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