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Daily reporting on fresh research across the sciences, from fossils and ancient people to ecology and health, with every story traced to its source paper.

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Medical Research & Innovations

Scientists may have found the brain’s attention switch and it instantly produced ADHD-like symptoms when turned off

Jun 26 · 7 min read · Nature

Neuroscience

A study tracked 502 children from age 1 to 8 and found that screen time damages the brain at two specific ages and leaves the years between almost untouched

Jun 24 · 7 min read · World Journal of Pediatrics

Medical Research & Innovations

Scientists found that people born after 1965 are biologically aging faster than previous generations and it explains why cancer rates in young adults keep rising

Jun 22 · 6 min read · Nature

Medical Research & Innovations

Scientists found that aging muscle stops sending a molecular signal that suppresses tumor growth, and exercise can switch it back on

Jun 20 · 5 min read · Nature

Medical Research & Innovations

A new trial found that about 30 percent of the weight people lose on tirzepatide is muscle, and a second drug can cut that in half

Jun 18 · 5 min read · Nature

Medical Research & Innovations

Scientists found that e-cigarettes, marketed for years as the safe exit from smoking, are linked to significantly higher lung cancer risk in people who use them after quitting

Jun 16 · 5 min read · Nature

Medical Research & Innovations

A study spanning ages 19 to 94 found that brain health consistently improved over three years regardless of age or starting point, using just minutes of daily activity

Jun 14 · 4 min read · Nature

Psychology

Scientists found that the brain differences blamed on poverty for decades actually come down to two things every parent can control: sleep and stress

Jun 12 · 7 min read · Science

Medical Research & Innovations

Scientists discovered that drugs designed for weight loss may reduce breast cancer risk by nearly one-third

Jun 10 · 6 min read · JCO Oncology Practice

Medical Research & Innovations

A Google Research study published in Nature found that the front camera measuring your face when you unlock your phone contains enough data to track your heart health continuously

Jun 10 · 8 min read · Nature

Medical Research & Innovations

Scientists found that an arthritis drug produces 54% remission in treatment-resistant depression by targeting the immune system instead of brain chemicals

Jun 8 · 7 min read · JAMA Psychiatry

Medical Research & Innovations

Scientists found that THC does not just blur memories but actively creates false ones that feel completely real and there is no internal way to tell the difference

Jun 5 · 8 min read · Journal of Psychopharmacology

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