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Taking psychedelic substances with a romantic partner is associated with a deeper sense of mutual understanding and enhanced relationship quality. In contrast, using these substances alone might leave partners out of sync, potentially contributing to relationship dissolution later on.
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Taking psychedelic substances with a romantic partner is associated with a deeper sense of mutual understanding and enhanced relationship quality. In contrast, using these substances alone might leave partners out of sync, potentially contributing to relationship dissolution later on.

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u/FreeHugs23 — 2 hours ago
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Grokipedia was launched by Elon Musk last October with a promise that the AI-written encyclopedia systematically “fixes” left-leaning biases in Wikipedia. New study found Grokipedia is selectively drawing on more-right leaning news sources on the topics of religion, history, literature and art.

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u/mvea — 9 hours ago
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US state-level abortion bans are associated with a reduction in evidence-based medical care for miscarriage management. This means more women were forced to carry pregnancies that weren’t viable, potentially putting their health and fertility at risk and prolonging the grief of a lost pregnancy.

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u/mvea — 11 hours ago
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Contrary to the rhetoric of anti-wind groups, there is no evidence that proximity to wind turbines leads to adverse health outcomes [Data: longitudinal health surveys of 120,000+ households and consumer spending records of people living near wind turbines].

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u/smurfyjenkins — 9 hours ago
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Study suggests that different substances have different associations with criminal behavior and police arrests. Psychedelics like psilocybin tend to be associated with lower rates of arrest, other substances like PCP and GHB show strong links to violent and non-violent crimes.

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u/FreeHugs23 — 13 hours ago
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Last September, President Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, and other health officials declared they had uncovered a new treatment for autism spectrum disorder (ASD): leucovorin. A new study shows that plenty of families believed them, despite the lack of data supporting the drug’s effectiveness.

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u/mvea — 20 hours ago
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Narcissists tend to view God as a punishing figure who owes them special favors. Different aspects of narcissism correspond to specific, often self-serving, patterns of religious engagement. Narcissistic individuals tend to use religion as a tool for personal gain, status, or emotional comfort.

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u/Radiant-Rain2636 — 19 hours ago
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Turning down the heat from data centers | Data Center Waste Heat as an Emerging Urban Thermal Hazard: First Field Measurements of Neighborhood-Scale Air Temperature Impacts Open Access

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u/Hrmbee — 17 hours ago
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Damaged DNA can spread between human cells via tubelike structures. If tumors use this DNA transfer trick, harmful mutations could potentially spread from cancer cells to healthy cells.

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u/Science_News — 15 hours ago
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Obesity rates plateaued or slightly declined in several high-income countries, while obesity continued rising across most low-income and middle-income countries despite already surpassing prevalence levels seen in wealthier nations, according to data from 232 million people between 1980 and 2024

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u/sr_local — 18 hours ago
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Short exposures to common air pollutants shown to have distinct impacts on lung function and brain activity. Neurological diseases have been increasing for decades and there is now a greater appreciation that long term exposure to elevated levels of air pollution are associated in dementia risk

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u/Wagamaga — 19 hours ago
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SwRI findings reconsider the existence of Europa’s vapor plumes. "Our reanalysis took our original 99.9% confidence in the plumes’ existence and reduced it to less than 90% confidence... That’s simply not enough evidence to support the certainty of claims we made at the time.”

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u/GeoGeoGeoGeo — 11 hours ago
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Scientists discover that dopamine receptors act as traffic signals to guide migrating brain cells

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u/Doug24 — 20 hours ago