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Simply offering more vegan options in a university cafeteria—even without price cuts or advertising—drives up plant-based choices among students, with every 10% increase in availability boosting vegan sales by 8.3% and lowering the kitchen's environmental footprint.

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u/DrPharmakon — 5 hours ago
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Skimping on Sleep Leads to Weight Gain: People who shortened their sleep by around 80 minutes a night for six weeks gained weight—one pound on average—and were more sedentary.

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u/mvea — 9 hours ago
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Harvestmen, commonly known as daddy longlegs, have repeatedly been observed preying on frogs and other small vertebrates, according to a new review.

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u/TribalScientist — 9 hours ago
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Neuroscientists shed light on the illusion of learning from short videos. Watching rapid, fragmented clips captures sensory attention but impairs the deep cognitive processing required to pack away long-term memories compared to viewing a slightly longer, continuous video.

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u/FreeHugs23 — 14 hours ago
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Sex differences in marathon pacing: analysis of 873,000 Berlin marathon runners reveals men are twice as likely to “hit the wall”

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u/l_hazlewoods — 14 hours ago
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Systematic review and meta analysis of 31 randomized trials found that L-Theanine is safe and shows a robust short-term benefit on attention in healthy adults, with a potential antidepressant effect warranting confirmation in high-quality trials, especially in clinical populations

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u/Krankenitrate — 14 hours ago
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Ultra-black coating that reflects only 2% of incoming light could make satellites faint enough to greatly reduce light pollution and protect astronomical observations of the night sky, bringing the satellites brightness close to the limit recommended by the IAU

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u/sr_local — 20 hours ago
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Humans trained to use global impressions of faces nearly double their accuracy at spotting AI-generated deepfakes. This approach beats training on local visual artifacts, which has shown little benefit. Gains persist in follow-up tests and scale in an online replication.

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u/EvoSapiens — 10 hours ago
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Identifying and reprogramming softness-driven cancer stem-like cells overcomes CAR-T cell resistance in solid tumours | Nature Biomedical Engineering

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u/Scbadiver — 6 hours ago
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People hide psychopathy but highlight narcissism when trying to look good. Study offer a better understanding of how deception operates in personality testing and how different dark traits respond to social pressure.

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u/FreeHugs23 — 15 hours ago
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BCG, a tuberculosis vaccine known to induce trained immunity, has been linked to reduced Alzheimer’s risk. New study found that BCG changed how immune cells behaved, including in the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord, and altered markers linked to Alzheimer’s disease.

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u/mvea — 19 hours ago
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Conservatives maintain birth rates, but left-leaning Americans are having significantly fewer children, driving the U.S. birth decline. Education was consistently linked to having fewer children. Religious attendance was positively associated with having more children.

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u/YesToWhatsNext — 1 day ago
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How camera-equipped homing pigeons could improve robotic vision in flight | Researchers hand-sewed custom falconry-style hoods and miniature backpacks for pigeons, revealing unexpected eye movements that could help inspire smarter autonomous drones.

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u/TrogdorBBurninator — 13 hours ago