Mars has right ingredients for present-day microbial life beneath its surface, study finds ~space Article 367 words 8 votes
Our brain typically overlooks this brilliant problem-solving strategy ~science psychology Article 954 words 17 votes
How important is passion? It depends on your culture ~science psychology Article 1027 words, published Sep 27 2018 5 votes
Side effect of a 6 p.m curfew for preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2: A modeling study from Toulouse, France ~health Article 761 words 7 votes
What does your gaze reveal about you? On the privacy implications of eye tracking ~tech privacy Article 3401 words, published Mar 6 2020 10 votes
Why you can't really compare the efficacy of vaccines and why it sort of doesn't matter ~health Video 7:02 13 votes
Microdosing's feel-good benefits might just be placebo effect ~science psychology Article 1863 words 18 votes
Humans control majority of freshwater ebb and flow on Earth, study finds ~enviro water.fresh Article 1063 words 6 votes
Stanford study into “Zoom Fatigue” explains why video chats are so tiring ~science psychology Article 1887 words 22 votes
CT scan catches 70% of lung cancers at early stage, NHS study finds ~science medicine Article 898 words 10 votes
Pigs can play video games with their snouts, scientists find ~science biology Article 427 words 8 votes
When travel restrictions stopped bird-watchers from visiting the Swedish island of Stora Karlsö, hidden ecosystem dynamics were revealed ~enviro conservation Article 715 words 6 votes
New study links psychopathic tendencies to racial prejudice and right-wing authoritarianism ~science Article 724 words 3 votes
Aston Martin in row over 'sock puppet PR firm' pushing anti-electric vehicle study. Report disputing green benefits of EVs attributed to company registered to wife of carmaker’s director. ~enviro climate change Article 786 words, published Dec 2 2020 7 votes
Study indicates climate ‘apocalypse’ fears stopping people having children ~enviro climate change Article 922 words 20 votes
Metagenomic sequencing can quickly identify pathogens in body fluids, new study finds ~science medicine Link 3 votes
A Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. Here’s how they spent it. ~finance Article 1591 words, published Oct 27 2020 29 votes
Restoring farmland could drastically slow extinctions, fight climate change ~enviro climate change Article 914 words, published Oct 14 2020 6 votes
Largest COVID-19 contact tracing study to date finds children key to spread, evidence of superspreaders ~health Article 270 words 10 votes
RAND study uncovers massive income shift to the top 1% - The median worker should be making as much as $102,000 annually—if some $2.5 trillion wasn’t being “reverse distributed” every year ~finance economics Article 1424 words 33 votes
The small effects of political advertising are small regardless of context, message, sender, or receiver ~science Article 6 votes
What sexual and gender minority people want researchers to know about sexual orientation and gender identity questions: A qualitative study ~science Article 8000 words 4 votes
Low doses of LSD have been found to increase pain tolerance comparable to oxycodone or morphine ~science chemistry medicine Article 1146 words 4 votes
Warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return ~enviro climate change Article 807 words 18 votes
Magicians’ priming techniques are effective at influencing choice ~science psychology Article 1491 words, published Jul 23 2020 5 votes
Lab mice have a chill, and that may be messing up study results ~science biology medicine Article 608 words, published Apr 19 2016 2 votes
Bisexuality exists: Bisexual attraction study upends decades of flawed research ~lgbt history Article 1221 words, published Jul 21 2020 27 votes
Study finds hydroxychloroquine may have boosted survival, but other researchers have doubts ~health medicine Article 5 votes
Higher restaurant spending in a US state predict a rise in new infections there three weeks later ~health Article 385 words 15 votes
Plastic rain: More than 1,000 tons of microplastic rain onto western US every year, study estimates ~enviro pollution plastics.micro Article 600 words 7 votes
Uber, Lyft algorithms charged users more for trips to non-white US neighborhoods: study ~transport Article 637 words, published Jun 21 2020 7 votes
Immunity to COVID-19 may wane just two to three months after infection, study suggests ~health Article 748 words 13 votes
A pair of new studies chart a dramatic increase in stress, anxiety, depression and overall poor mental wellbeing in Australia linked to the COVID-19 lockdown ~health.mental Article 682 words 5 votes
Past stressful experiences do not create resilience to future trauma, new study finds ~health.mental Article 667 words 22 votes
Where’s airborne plastic? Everywhere, scientists find ~enviro plastics.micro pollution.air Article 970 words 3 votes
Study shows erosion of ozone layer responsible for mass extinction event ~enviro Article 1135 words 8 votes
13% of museums worldwide may close permanently due to COVID-19, studies say ~arts Article 523 words, published May 20 2020 10 votes
Microplastic pollution in oceans vastly underestimated - study: Particles may outnumber zooplankton, which underpin marine life and regulate climate ~enviro climate change plastics.micro pollution.water Article 741 words 6 votes
Scientists say social distancing has worked really well to reduce coronavirus's spread: new study finds measures saved thirty-five million Americans from contracting the virus ~health medicine Article 603 words 6 votes
Should tomatoes go in the fridge? Apparently, it doesn't matter much: the variety of tomato is much more important. ~food Link 7 votes
Llama antibodies could help fight coronavirus, study finds ~health medicine Article 646 words 5 votes