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Low Sexual Frequency Linked to Worse Cardiovascular Outcomes, Two US Studies Find
A study using over a decade of national health survey data found that adults with cardiovascular disease who also reported...
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How Dublin Bay’s Oyster Restoration Project Is Filtering 3.6 Million Litres Daily
Thousands of native oysters (Ostrea edulis) are returning to Dublin Bay as part of a significant ecological restoration effort. This...
IUCN Declares Bornean Pygmy Elephants Endangered as Population Falls Below 1,000
Imagine a creature that's both majestic and miniature gentle giant no taller than a basketball hoop at the shoulder, wandering...
How Human And AI Judgements Differs
A series of experiments comparing how people and large language models respond to the same judgment tasks found that the...
West Antarctica Warning: Pine Island Glacier Loses Ice Shelf Restraint, Risks Metres of Sea Level Rise
Pine Island Glacier acceleration is now one of the clearest warning signs of accelerating ice loss in Antarctica. New satellite...
New Study Finds Brain Prepares Immune System Before Infection
A study published in nature reveals the brain activates the immune system before physical contact with pathogens, hinting at new...
How Human Ear Evolution Shaped Our Ear Lobes
Once upon a time, long before the beings called Homo sapiens existed, life was as simple as it was filled...
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Critically Endangered Blue Tarantula Surveyed in India’s Largest Tiger Reserve
A new conservation survey has begun for the Peacock Tarantula (Poecilotheria metallica) inside the Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR). This...
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Yelling Isn’t Just Yelling: How a Hostile Home Rewires a Child’s Brain for Constant Alert
To a parent in the heat of the moment, a raised voice may feel like simple frustration. To a child...
Read moreDetailsGlobal Sperm Counts Have Dropped 50% in 50 Years Now 128 Men Are Racing Their Way to a $100,000 Prize to Prove the Point
A group of technology entrepreneurs is staging a competitive event in San Francisco in which semen samples from 128 men...
Read moreDetailsIs Gen Z the First Generation Less Intelligent Than Their Parents?
Gen Z intelligence decline is emerging as a serious concern among neuroscientists and education researchers. For over a century, each...
Read moreDetailsMale G-Spot Found: New Study Identifies Frenular Delta as Penis’s Most Sensitive Area
The study found that human penile innervation develops in distinct fetal stages and shows region-specific patterns in adults, with the...
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Functional Lab-Grown Esophagus Successfully Implanted in Growing Pigs
Researchers implanted autologous, cell-seeded esophageal segments into growing minipigs. The grafts integrated with host tissue. They showed contractility, remodeling, and...
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Trauma Shrinks the Brain But Science Shows Exercise Can Rebuild It from the Inside Out
The relationship between psychological trauma and the physical structure of the brain is one of the most striking discoveries in...
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Pig Semen-Derived Exosomes Deliver Cancer Treatment to Mouse Retinas via Eye Drops
A research team in China has engineered eye drops using exosomes extracted from pig semen to deliver a targeted drug...
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Researchers Identify a Hidden Memory Risk Hiding in Plain Sight for Older Adults
More and more research suggests that psychological and behavioral factors can play a role in cognitive decline as people get...
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Stanford Geneticist Warned Humans Are Getting Dumber
Gerald Crabtree, a prominent geneticist at Stanford University, made a startling claim. If an average citizen from Athens around 1000 ...
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