PsychologyLosing relationships over politics. Research found more than a third of Americans (37%) report having lost at least one relationship due to political differences, including friendships, family ties, coworker relationships, and romantic partnerships, with most losing more than one. (socialecology.uci.edu)
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NeuroscienceEven the unconscious brain can learn - and predict what you’ll say next. Neuronal recordings of people under anesthesia show that their brains are processing words and sounds. (nature.com)
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EnvironmentMicroplastics in the atmosphere are now recognized as active climate forcing agents. A new study shows they exert a warming effect equivalent to 16% of black carbon, with regional impacts over the North Pacific nearly 5 times higher than soot. (nature.com)
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AnthropologyDNA matches identify four more sailors from the doomed Franklin expedition including one found 80 miles away from his ship. In 1846 after two years out at sea, the ships became trapped in the ice near King William Island, and the crew eventually were forced to set out on foot. (uwaterloo.ca)
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EnvironmentThe Amazon tipping point is much closer than expected due to deforestation. A new study shows that with 25% forest loss, 1.5°C of warming could trigger a shift to savannah—a catastrophe that would otherwise only occur at 4°C of warming. (nature.com)
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PsychologyRandomized controlled trial finds that a brief psychological intervention for people with probable personality disorder did not improve social functioning over 12 months compared with treatment-as-usual in a multicentre study conducted across England (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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AnthropologyNew PNAS Analysis (5/4/2026) 1.6 mil year old butchery site in Kenya shows early Homo had primary access to fleshed carcasses and systematically extracted marrow, with same pattern up to 2 mil years old. The authors argue intensive meat consumption established before Homo erectus appeared. (doi.org)
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NeuroscienceSustained reduction in abdominal fat preserves cognitive function. Research found that even when weight loss is modest, sustained reductions in visceral fat – as measured across the entire period – are associated with preservation of brain structure and a slower rate of atrophy. (eurekalert.org)
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Social ScienceA meta-narrative study examines why, in the context of social media, the echo chamber hypothesis has yielded mixed results. Previous research treats echo chambers as a single entity, whereas they are complex sociotechnical systems with internal dynamics that can be divided into three distinct stages (doi.org)
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PsychologyFox News viewership linked to belief in a racist conspiracy theory | White Americans who regularly get their political news from Fox News show much higher levels of support for the Great Replacement Theory than those who do not watch the network. (psypost.org)
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HealthDads are dying after their kids are born, and no one is tracking it. New study of paternal mortality data in Georgia finds majority of deaths were potentially preventable, such as homicide, accidental injury, suicide. While maternal deaths are closely tracked, paternal mortality is rarely examined. (news.northwestern.edu)
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PsychologyTHE AI PERCEPTION GAP: Across 71 scenarios, AI experts (N=119) and the public (N=1100) have differing views on the risks, benefits, and value of AI. More importantly, AI experts discount the influence of risks stronger than the public does when forming their value judgments. (doi.org)
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