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A study of 544,000 couples across 29 countries confirmed that relationships fail more often when women earn more, then ruled out almost every explanation researchers assumed was responsible

A study of 544,000 couples across 29 countries confirmed that relationships fail more often when women earn more, then ruled out almost every explanation researchers assumed was responsible

Jul 9 · 7 min read · Journal of Marriage and Family

Psychology assumed that helping others feel better was a universal human motive. A study of 6,900 people just showed it is not

Psychology assumed that helping others feel better was a universal human motive. A study of 6,900 people just showed it is not

Jul 1 · 7 min read

A Harvard study compared the Mediterranean diet, plant-based diet, and four others for brain protection and found one diet beat all of them by a significant margin

Medical Research & Innovations

A Harvard study compared the Mediterranean diet, plant-based diet, and four others for brain protection and found one diet beat all of them by a significant margin

Jun 23 · 6 min read · JAMA Neurology

New research found that brain immune cells in Alzheimer’s patients can carry cancer-driving mutations detectable in a routine blood test, and drugs that target those mutations already exist

Medical Research & Innovations

New research found that brain immune cells in Alzheimer’s patients can carry cancer-driving mutations detectable in a routine blood test, and drugs that target those mutations already exist

Jun 15 · 5 min read · Cell

A new study shows children are not moral blank slates: prosocial gut feelings appear at age 3 and deliberate reasoning spends the next five years catching up

A new study shows children are not moral blank slates: prosocial gut feelings appear at age 3 and deliberate reasoning spends the next five years catching up

Jul 7 · 6 min read · Nature Human Behaviour

A decade of research on thousands of people proves that human brains literally synchronize during face-to-face conversation, and lonely brains cannot do it

A decade of research on thousands of people proves that human brains literally synchronize during face-to-face conversation, and lonely brains cannot do it

Jun 27 · 7 min read · Cell

Scientists found that sleep and exercise can suppress a blood mutation carried by up to half of people over 80, but only if you have the right gene mutated

Medical Research & Innovations

Scientists found that sleep and exercise can suppress a blood mutation carried by up to half of people over 80, but only if you have the right gene mutated

Jun 21 · 6 min read · Nature

The largest mental health study ever conducted on researchers surveyed 138,000 PhD students and postdocs and found that nearly one in three are clinically depressed or anxious, and one in five has had suicidal thoughts

The largest mental health study ever conducted on researchers surveyed 138,000 PhD students and postdocs and found that nearly one in three are clinically depressed or anxious, and one in five has had suicidal thoughts

Jul 4 · 8 min read · Nature Human Behaviour

Scientists recorded individual neurons in bilingual brains for the first time and found that the brain does not translate words, it does something more sophisticated

Scientists recorded individual neurons in bilingual brains for the first time and found that the brain does not translate words, it does something more sophisticated

Jun 25 · 6 min read · Cell

Scientists found that your brain, heart, and lungs can each be aging at completely different speeds, and a single blood test can now tell you which one is aging fastest

Medical Research & Innovations

Scientists found that your brain, heart, and lungs can each be aging at completely different speeds, and a single blood test can now tell you which one is aging fastest

Jun 17 · 5 min read · Nature

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