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Brain organoids, a six-million-person genetics map, LSD-derived MM120 for anxiety, and an SGK1 trauma pathway: what neuroscience actually found about mental
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Arm-A-Dine, a chest-mounted robot arm from RMIT and IIITDM researchers, feeds diners based on their facial expressions — a playful bid to make eating social
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A Swedish study of 49,321 men linked lower cognitive ability to heavier drinking — while an LSE study found more educated women drink more frequently.
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A 2014 NIH-funded trial found low-carb dieters lost more weight and improved heart markers more than low-fat dieters — without counting calories.
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Researchers began a 660-child study of a blood test that may flag autism risk earlier — though experts caution it cannot diagnose the condition alone.
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A study of 40,000 Germans found that over-optimistic forecasts of future happiness predicted a 10% higher risk of death within a decade.
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A 2013 study found sex differences in the brain protein Foxp2 — but the real story was subtler, and nearly the opposite of the 'women talk more' headlines.
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A 2012 European Heart Journal study of 43,265 people found a subset of obese people at normal risk of heart disease and cancer — if they were fit.
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A 2012 study found moderate drinkers solved creative word puzzles faster than sober controls — a narrow effect on divergent thinking, not advice.
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A gene variant called 5-HTTLPR was once said to predict divorce. It doesn't. Here's what the actual research found about DNA and marital satisfaction.
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A survey claimed women spend five hours a day gossiping. The methodology collapses under scrutiny — and the stereotype it feeds has a long history.
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Rensselaer researchers found that once 10% of a population holds an unshakable belief, the majority follows. The finding came from network science, not
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A 2011 University of Tennessee study found marriages happier when the wife's BMI was lower than the husband's. But the headline was better than the truth.
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