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Wyoming fossil hunters call them squid butts. Scientists have described the fattest one ever found, from a family thought to be long gone

Wyoming fossil hunters call them squid butts. Scientists have described the fattest one ever found, from a family thought to be long gone

Oct 22 · 3 min read · Papers in Palaeontology

A study of 747 Norwegian children found that their own screen time was mostly not linked to slower vocabulary growth from age 5 to 7. The screen that mattered belonged to someone else.

A study of 747 Norwegian children found that their own screen time was mostly not linked to slower vocabulary growth from age 5 to 7. The screen that mattered belonged to someone else.

Oct 14 · 4 min read · JAMA Pediatrics

Scientists found that the belly fat you carry in midlife is linked to Alzheimer’s proteins in your blood decades later, and after 70 the pattern flips

Scientists found that the belly fat you carry in midlife is linked to Alzheimer’s proteins in your blood decades later, and after 70 the pattern flips

Oct 3 · 4 min read · Neurology

A new clinical trial gave people psilocin directly, the compound that psilocybin becomes in the body, for the first time since 1960. It was better tolerated, had fewer side effects, and lasted less time.

Medical Research & Innovations

A new clinical trial gave people psilocin directly, the compound that psilocybin becomes in the body, for the first time since 1960. It was better tolerated, had fewer side effects, and lasted less time.

Sep 21 · 9 min read · Journal of Psychopharmacology

Kids who got two extra lessons a week on feelings and friendship in preschool were less lonely and less depressed at 21, a randomized trial found

Kids who got two extra lessons a week on feelings and friendship in preschool were less lonely and less depressed at 21, a randomized trial found

Oct 20 · 4 min read · American Psychologist

Scientists found that both unusually low and unusually high hemoglobin on a routine blood test were linked to higher dementia risk over the next 15 years

Medical Research & Innovations

Scientists found that both unusually low and unusually high hemoglobin on a routine blood test were linked to higher dementia risk over the next 15 years

Oct 11 · 4 min read · Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

A review of 265,000 people found cannabis use was linked to about twice the odds of committing violence in the general population and about 2.5 times among psychiatric patients.

Medical Research & Innovations

A review of 265,000 people found cannabis use was linked to about twice the odds of committing violence in the general population and about 2.5 times among psychiatric patients.

Oct 1 · 4 min read · Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience

A study of 2,316 burials spanning 6,000 years in China found that inequality became entrenched long before the first states existed. Farming, the usual suspect, did not explain it.

A study of 2,316 burials spanning 6,000 years in China found that inequality became entrenched long before the first states existed. Farming, the usual suspect, did not explain it.

Oct 18 · 4 min read · Science Advances

Scientists found that how warmly mothers played with their 3-year-olds was linked to a brain signal tied to depression risk, all the way to age 18

Scientists found that how warmly mothers played with their 3-year-olds was linked to a brain signal tied to depression risk, all the way to age 18

Oct 9 · 4 min read · American Journal of Psychiatry

A study of 333,000 people found that stopping Ozempic erases its cardiovascular benefits far faster than anyone expected. Two years off the drug raises heart risk by 22%.

Medical Research & Innovations

A study of 333,000 people found that stopping Ozempic erases its cardiovascular benefits far faster than anyone expected. Two years off the drug raises heart risk by 22%.

Sep 24 · 9 min read · BMJ Medicine

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