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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Ollyfer on 2025-07-24 16:22:06+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Sartew on 2025-07-24 16:16:47+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2025-07-24 12:11:50+00:00.

Original Title: Attractive long-term mates have an unexpected effect on women’s creativity - they are linked to lower creativity in women, and this drop was explained by heightened sexual arousal. However, men were more motivated to perform well after viewing attractive mates, which predicted greater creativity.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2025-07-24 10:45:51+00:00.

Original Title: Spontaneous mind wandering linked to heavier social smartphone use | The findings suggest that this link is influenced by a mental tendency called online vigilance, and that mindfulness might weaken the connection.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2025-07-24 07:56:28+00:00.

Original Title: How much does online negativity really affect your mind. Research found even brief exposure to negative social media comments can trigger immediate anxiety and mood drops in adults, especially younger users

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2025-07-24 07:49:55+00:00.

Original Title: A Korean study found that the oral bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn) worsens the prognosis of colorectal cancer (CRC). The study is significant as it is the first to identify the impact of Fn on B cell maturation in colon tissue using single-cell genomic bioinformatics analysis.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/whitelightstorm on 2025-07-24 02:45:45+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/sciencealert on 2025-07-24 05:06:00+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2025-07-23 23:46:02+00:00.

Original Title: New research reveals that tiny amounts of PFAS—widely known as “forever chemicals”—cross the placenta and breast milk to alter infants’ developing immune systems, potentially leaving lasting imprints on their ability to fight disease.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/nohup_me on 2025-07-23 19:42:29+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Science_News on 2025-07-23 22:51:36+00:00.

Original Title: A meta-analysis shows that even taking 7,000 steps per day can lower a person’s risk of disease | Hitting a 7,000-step target was linked with a 25 percent lower risk of cardiovascular disease, a 37 percent lower risk of dying from cancer and a 38 percent lower risk of dementia

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2025-07-23 18:13:45+00:00.

Original Title: How climate-driven food price spikes can aggravate public health risks and social unrest. 2024 was the hottest year on record, with global temperatures exceeding 1.5°C above preindustrial climate conditions for the first time and records broken across large parts of Earth’s surface.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/New_Scientist_Mag on 2025-07-23 15:08:56+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Ollyfer on 2025-07-23 20:20:41+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Sonata-Shae on 2025-07-23 19:02:30+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/sciencealert on 2025-07-23 18:15:28+00:00.

Original Title: A newly discovered batch of fossils in the Grand Canyon, laid down just 3 million years after the Cambrian Explosion, shed new light on the little-understood evolutionary trends that directly followed the famous event

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/CTVNEWS on 2025-07-23 16:45:41+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/zOxydrOp on 2025-07-23 16:26:49+00:00.

Original Title: A recent study shows that circadian rhythm disruptions play a key role in the progression of the rare neurodegenerative disorder Machado-Joseph disease (MJD). As MJD advances, the body’s internal clock loses robustness, causing e.g. irregular sleep-wake cycles and impaired temperature regulation.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Oncotarget on 2025-07-23 14:56:56+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/fchung on 2025-07-23 16:28:44+00:00.

Original Title: COVID-19 made our brains age faster: « COVID-19 is leaving all kinds of legacies on our health, both on our bodies and our brains. Researchers report that living through the pandemic aged our brains—whether or not you were infected with COVID-19. »

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2025-07-23 13:47:37+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2025-07-23 12:32:40+00:00.

Original Title: A new study of people living with eating disorders has found that cannabis and psychedelics, such as ‘magic mushrooms’ or LSD, were best rated as alleviating symptoms by respondents who self-medicated with the non-prescribed drugs. The worst-rated drugs were alcohol, tobacco, nicotine and cocaine.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2025-07-23 12:02:13+00:00.

Original Title: Study reveals that white sugar doesn’t just feed bacteria in your gut – it rewires them. Looking at cell culture, mice and humans, researchers discovered that consuming sugar can trigger physical flips in bacterial DNA, setting off a chain reaction that alters immune responses and gut health.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2025-07-23 11:07:34+00:00.

Original Title: World-first obesity pill reprograms fat cells in mice to burn calories with zero effort | The first human-tested weight-loss drug that burns calories through creatine-based heat generation, without reducing appetite, has successfully completed its Phase I trial.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/smurfyjenkins on 2025-07-23 10:58:45+00:00.

Original Title: Noncompete agreements (NCAS) harm workers. In states with high NCA enforceability, NCAs diminish workers’ earnings and job mobility by reducing outside options and preventing workers from leveraging tight labor markets to increase earnings.