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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/acrobatpsychologist on 2025-07-12 07:09:24+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/calliope_kekule on 2025-07-12 04:36:33+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2025-07-12 02:48:35+00:00.

Original Title: Overall, US gun law scores were low, with 52% of states achieving an F grade and 16% an A grade in 2022. Stronger gun laws correlated with decreased overall firearm mortality, with the strongest correlations for decreased suicides.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/acidgoat_15 on 2025-07-11 23:00:50+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2025-07-11 21:30:58+00:00.

Original Title: Autistic adults overwhelmed by non-verbal social cues, describing the intense mental effort it takes to navigate nonverbal communication in a new study. These challenges often lead to misunderstandings from those around them. This mutual disconnect is known as the Double Empathy Problem.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/John_Audience2765 on 2025-07-11 21:20:35+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Inquiring_minds42 on 2025-07-11 21:05:14+00:00.

Original Title: In a national trial of 570 adults, suicidal ideation declined within 1 week of starting Opioid use disorder meds. Both buprenorphine-naloxone and extended-release naltrexone helped, but buprenorphine showed stronger early effects.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/nohup_me on 2025-07-11 19:42:38+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/calliope_kekule on 2025-07-11 18:54:53+00:00.

Original Title: Despite warming trends, the US still gets hit by brutal cold snaps. A new study links these outbreaks to shifts in the stratospheric polar vortex: high-altitude winds that can steer winter weather far below.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Sad-Problem1218 on 2025-07-11 17:14:11+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2025-07-11 14:09:39+00:00.

Original Title: Adults with autism show similar brain mapping of body parts as typically developing adults | Researchers reveal that adults with autism show brain patterns for body part perception similar to typical adults, despite behavioral differences

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2025-07-11 14:01:50+00:00.

Original Title: A new study suggests that adding okra to the diet can protect against long-term metabolic problems caused by early-life overfeeding. In a rat model, okra supplementation prevented obesity, high blood sugar, and brain inflammation associated with being overnourished during infancy.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/TheMuseumOfScience on 2025-07-11 13:48:50+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2025-07-11 13:04:52+00:00.

Original Title: Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth’s poles slightly away from the planet’s axis of rotation | The construction of nearly 7,000 dams from 1835 to 2011 shifted the poles about a meter in total and caused a 21-millimeter drop in global sea levels.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2025-07-11 12:56:17+00:00.

Original Title: Fish may be smarter than we think. Lab-based studies of learning and memory in fish may underestimate their true cognitive abilities in the wild. A new tool allows scientists to study fish cognition in the wild. The study of fish cognition has implications for the care of captive fish.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2025-07-11 10:48:48+00:00.

Original Title: Brain circuit identified that gives physical pain its emotional sting, explaining why some hurts linger as suffering | The breakthrough challenges our beliefs about how we process pain and may transform chronic pain treatments.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2025-07-11 09:33:32+00:00.

Original Title: Denmark has been offering free vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) to girls since 2008. New data show vaccination has effectively reduced infections with cancerogenic HPV 16/18 types covered by the vaccine, indicating population immunity.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/charmer143 on 2025-07-11 08:25:39+00:00.

Original Title: Researchers have found that regularly attending events can lead to greater positive emotions and feelings. This gives us another strong reason to support events, not just for visitors, but for the benefit of locals as well.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Significant-Scheme57 on 2025-07-11 07:53:56+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2025-07-11 08:51:43+00:00.

Original Title: Researchers summarised data of 85 studies from more than 8 million people, finding that lifelong physical activity reduced the risk of premature death, while inactive people who became active later in life could lower their risk by 20-25%.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/w00tstock on 2025-07-11 00:51:42+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2025-07-10 23:28:52+00:00.

Original Title: Scientists use deep learning to uncover hidden motor signs of neurodivergence | Using AI to analyze subtle patterns in how people move their hands during simple tasks, identifying with surprising accuracy whether someone is likely to have autism, attention-deficit traits, or both.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/odetoanurn on 2025-07-10 22:54:12+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2025-07-10 18:15:40+00:00.

Original Title: Loneliness dramatically increases a person's risk of depression and poor health. People who felt lonely 'always' had a fivefold increase in depression risk, 11 more poor mental health days, and five additional poor physical health days per month compared to those who never felt lonely,"

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/PrincetonEngineers on 2025-07-10 16:29:04+00:00.