Study Finds https://studyfinds.org/ Science, Wellness, And Consumer Research In A Nutshell Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:41:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://studyfinds.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/favicon-1-150x150.png Study Finds https://studyfinds.org/ 32 32 178417069 10 Fantastic Foods for Optimal Joint Health https://studyfinds.org/10-fantastic-foods-for-optimal-joint-health/ https://studyfinds.org/10-fantastic-foods-for-optimal-joint-health/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:41:36 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141108

How often do you think about your joints and their health? And are you aware that what you eat can influence their condition?

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Brain Waves to Voice: Revolutionary Technology Gives Speech to the Speechless https://studyfinds.org/brain-waves-to-voice-revolutionary-technology-gives-speech-to-the-speechless/ https://studyfinds.org/brain-waves-to-voice-revolutionary-technology-gives-speech-to-the-speechless/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:16:39 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141127

For the millions of people worldwide who have lost their ability to speak due to stroke, ALS, or other neurological injuries, a revolutionary technology is breaking down barriers to communication.

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How Being Bilingual May Help the Brain Resist Alzheimer’s Damage https://studyfinds.org/being-bilingual-resist-alzheimers-damage/ https://studyfinds.org/being-bilingual-resist-alzheimers-damage/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:42:48 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141124

Learning a second language offers benefits beyond ordering food on vacation or reading foreign literature.

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Scientists Design Self-Assembling Nanoflowers That Fight Wound Infections https://studyfinds.org/self-assembling-nanoflowers-fight-wound-infections/ https://studyfinds.org/self-assembling-nanoflowers-fight-wound-infections/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 18:12:01 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141120

The next generation of wound dressings might bloom like a flower. Scientists have developed microscopic "nanoflowers" that combine copper and tannic acid into structures resembling tiny carnations with remarkable healing properties.

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Average American Spends 138 Minutes Mired in Worrisome Thoughts Every Day https://studyfinds.org/americans-worry-time-anxiety/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:32:45 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141118

Anxiety has become an unwelcome companion for many, creeping into everyday life with relentless persistence. But for a growing number of young Americans, worry is no longer an uncontrolled intruder—it's being managed, contained, and strategically addressed.

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Freezing Fountain of Youth? Just 1 Week of Cold Plunges Could ‘Slow Down Aging at Cellular Level’ https://studyfinds.org/one-week-of-cold-plunges/ https://studyfinds.org/one-week-of-cold-plunges/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:09:52 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141114

The old saying "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" might apply to your cells when it comes to cold exposure.

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Game-Changing Alzheimer’s Blood Test Could Eliminate Need For Brain Scans https://studyfinds.org/game-changing-blood-test-alzheimers-tau-tangles/ https://studyfinds.org/game-changing-blood-test-alzheimers-tau-tangles/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:39:28 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141113

For decades, definitively diagnosing Alzheimer's disease required looking directly at the brain—either through costly imaging or by sampling spinal fluid. Now, researchers have discovered a telltale marker in blood that reveals the presence of brain tau tangles, a hallmark of Alzheimer's.

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Women Really Do Have Better Hearing Than Men, Study Confirms https://studyfinds.org/women-better-hearing-than-men/ https://studyfinds.org/women-better-hearing-than-men/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:34:21 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141110

If you've ever noticed women picking up whispered conversations that men seem to miss, science has finally confirmed your observation.

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Social Media Trend Drives More Young Adults to Take ‘Micro-Retirements’ https://studyfinds.org/social-media-trend-young-adults-micro-retirement/ https://studyfinds.org/social-media-trend-young-adults-micro-retirement/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 12:31:10 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141109

For young people in the early stages of their career, the idea of waiting 40 years or more to retire might feel like a marathon. For those already feeling burnt out, it can be an excruciating thought. So – why not take a break or two somewhere along the way?

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Putting Your Phone Away Won’t Fix Your Distraction Problem, Research Shows https://studyfinds.org/phone-away-doesnt-fix-distraction-problem/ https://studyfinds.org/phone-away-doesnt-fix-distraction-problem/#respond Sun, 30 Mar 2025 18:41:24 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141093

Have you ever banished your smartphone to another room to help you focus on work? It’s a popular productivity hack, but it might not work as well as we think.

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Why Pro-Life Support Goes Beyond Just Stopping Abortions https://studyfinds.org/hidden-motives-behind-pro-life/ https://studyfinds.org/hidden-motives-behind-pro-life/#respond Sun, 30 Mar 2025 15:53:31 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141097

Recent research suggests that opposition to abortion might stem from more than just concerns about protecting unborn life.

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This Evolutionary Mistake Made Horses Into World-Class Athletes https://studyfinds.org/evolutionary-mistake-horses-world-class-athletes/ https://studyfinds.org/evolutionary-mistake-horses-world-class-athletes/#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2025 12:54:15 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141100

Thoroughbred racehorses are biological marvels that consume oxygen at astonishing rates, more than double what elite human athletes can manage.

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Could Intermittent Fasting Refuel an Aging Libido? https://studyfinds.org/could-intermittent-fasting-refuel-an-aging-libido/ https://studyfinds.org/could-intermittent-fasting-refuel-an-aging-libido/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:11:37 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141098

What if there were a relatively simple dietary approach that could help maintain libido well into later years?

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Ants in Your House? Here’s How They Get Everywhere – Even High Up in Tall Buildings https://studyfinds.org/ants-in-your-house-heres-how-they-get-everywhere-even-high-up-in-tall-buildings/ https://studyfinds.org/ants-in-your-house-heres-how-they-get-everywhere-even-high-up-in-tall-buildings/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:12:36 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141085

If ants are so successful out in nature, why do they so often turn up in our homes and even upper-level apartments? And what can we do to keep them out?

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Pedestrian Physics: Science Shows How Chaotic Crowds Are Caused By Tiny Angle Changes https://studyfinds.org/pedestrian-physics-how-tiny-angle-changes-create-chaotic-crowds/ https://studyfinds.org/pedestrian-physics-how-tiny-angle-changes-create-chaotic-crowds/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:00:43 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141087

Walk through a busy train station during rush hour and you'll notice something fascinating: people often form natural lanes, creating orderly streams moving in opposite directions. Yet step onto a crowded plaza with folks heading in multiple directions, and that organization vanishes into chaotic movement.

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This Drug for Rare Diseases Makes Human Blood Lethal to Mosquitoes https://studyfinds.org/rare-disease-drug-human-blood-lethal-to-mosquitoes/ https://studyfinds.org/rare-disease-drug-human-blood-lethal-to-mosquitoes/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:24:29 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141088

Scientists have stumbled upon an unexpected ally in the fight against malaria: a medication initially created for treating uncommon genetic disorders.

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Coffee Enemas Likely Won’t Detox Your System, But They Could Cause Serious Harm https://studyfinds.org/coffee-enemas-detox-harm/ https://studyfinds.org/coffee-enemas-detox-harm/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:27:42 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141084

Because of the amount of waste that is expelled from the gut, coffee enemas can remove potassium from the body. This can lead to electrolyte imbalance, dehydration, muscle weakness and nausea

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The Parasite Hotspots Posing Serious Risks to Children, Dogs at Local Parks https://studyfinds.org/parasite-roundworm-hotspots-local-parks-dogs/ https://studyfinds.org/parasite-roundworm-hotspots-local-parks-dogs/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:15:00 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141079

Dog Owners Beware: The Most Contaminated Spot in Your Local Park Revealed

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6 Ways Influencer Posts Affect What You Think, Feel, and Buy https://studyfinds.org/6-ways-influencer-posts-affecting-consumers/ https://studyfinds.org/6-ways-influencer-posts-affecting-consumers/#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:05:58 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141068

Your favorite influencer's lifestyle might look perfect, but the marketing tactics they use often aren't.

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The Religion-Sexuality Mental Health Gap on College Campuses https://studyfinds.org/religion-mental-health-gap/ https://studyfinds.org/religion-mental-health-gap/#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2025 20:37:29 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141072

For many people, religion helps protect against depression by providing social support networks, frameworks for understanding difficult circumstances, and coping strategies through practices like prayer. But sexual minorities often have more complicated relationships with religious institutions.

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‘Nobody’s Listening’: The Silent Struggle of Long Covid Patients https://studyfinds.org/struggle-long-covid-patients/ https://studyfinds.org/struggle-long-covid-patients/#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:39:34 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141073

The pandemic may have faded from headlines, but its aftermath lingers in the bodies and lives of millions worldwide battling Long Covid.

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Brain Changes Linger Long After Concussed Athletes Are Cleared to Play https://studyfinds.org/brain-changes-linger-concussed-athletes-cleared-to-play/ https://studyfinds.org/brain-changes-linger-concussed-athletes-cleared-to-play/#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2025 18:41:01 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141063

When an athlete gets a concussion, they typically follow a standard recovery path: rest, a gradual return to activities, and medical clearance once symptoms disappear.

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70% of Americans Mentally ‘Clock Out’ of Work 3 Days Before Taking Vacation https://studyfinds.org/americans-mentally-clock-out-3-days-before-taking-vacation/ https://studyfinds.org/americans-mentally-clock-out-3-days-before-taking-vacation/#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:40:05 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141067

Dreaming of white sand beaches while staring at spreadsheets? You're not alone. A revealing new survey shows that 70% of Americans mentally clock out and enter "vacation mode" a full three days before they actually depart.

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These Baby Hummingbirds Disguise Themselves as Toxic Caterpillars to Perplex Predators https://studyfinds.org/baby-hummingbirds-disguise-as-toxic-caterpillars/ https://studyfinds.org/baby-hummingbirds-disguise-as-toxic-caterpillars/#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2025 15:44:46 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141051

Deep in Panama's lush forests, something unexpected unfolds that's changing how scientists think about bird defenses. A baby white-necked jacobin hummingbird, just hatched and utterly vulnerable, doesn't act like your typical baby bird.

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This Artificial Sweetener May Trick Your Brain Into Feeling Hungrier https://studyfinds.org/artificial-sweetener-sucralose-tricks-brain-into-feeling-hungrier/ https://studyfinds.org/artificial-sweetener-sucralose-tricks-brain-into-feeling-hungrier/#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:46:16 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141049

Most of us reach for diet sodas and sugar-free treats with the best intentions – to satisfy our cravings without the caloric consequences. But what if artificial sweeteners --the very products designed to help us manage our weight -- are actually sending confusing signals to our brains?

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How Heart Problems Could Lead to Brain Shrinkage https://studyfinds.org/heart-problems-brain-size/ https://studyfinds.org/heart-problems-brain-size/#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:57:31 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141044

A new study uncovers compelling evidence that even subtle heart issues may affect brain structure — potentially years before any cognitive symptoms emerge.

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Goodbye, Breakfast? This Science-Backed Eating Window Burns More Fat Than Exercise Alone https://studyfinds.org/goodbye-breakfast-this-science-backed-eating-window-burns-more-fat-than-exercise-alone/ https://studyfinds.org/goodbye-breakfast-this-science-backed-eating-window-burns-more-fat-than-exercise-alone/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:38:34 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141039

There's promising news for fitness enthusiasts looking to optimize their body composition: combining a time-restricted eating (also known as intermittent fasting) regimen with your exercise routine may help reduce body fat while preserving muscle mass.

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Why Women’s Pain Has Been Misunderstood For Decades https://studyfinds.org/womens-pain-misunderstood-medication/ https://studyfinds.org/womens-pain-misunderstood-medication/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:12:56 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141040

For decades, women suffering from chronic pain have been told "it's all in your head" when treatments that work for men fail them.

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The Simple Smell Test That Could Catch Alzheimer’s Disease Early https://studyfinds.org/alzheimers-smell-test-catch-brain-disease-early/ https://studyfinds.org/alzheimers-smell-test-catch-brain-disease-early/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:03:16 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141037

Something as simple as smelling a scratch-and-sniff card might help doctors spot Alzheimer's disease years before memory problems begin.

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Fast-Acting Brain Stimulation Offers New Hope for Severe Depression https://studyfinds.org/tms-brain-stimulation-severe-depression/ https://studyfinds.org/tms-brain-stimulation-severe-depression/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:44:06 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=140245

Depression affects about one in 20 adults, and while treatments like antidepressants and talk therapy help many people, they fail to work for nearly a third of patients.

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Scientists Create Robot That Can Walk Right Off 3D Printer — No Electronics Required https://studyfinds.org/robot-walks-off-3d-printer/ https://studyfinds.org/robot-walks-off-3d-printer/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:03:49 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141029

A robot just walked out of a 3D printer. Scientists from UC San Diego and BASF just created a fully-formed six-legged robot, no assembly required.

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How Insecticides May Be Helping Weeds Survive and Thrive https://studyfinds.org/insecticides-helping-weeds-survive-and-thrive/ https://studyfinds.org/insecticides-helping-weeds-survive-and-thrive/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:58:00 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141027

Farmers across America face a counterintuitive problem, according to new research. The very chemicals they spray to kill insect pests might be inadvertently helping weeds survive.

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The More Partners the Merrier? Non-Monogamous Relationships Just as Satisfying, Study Shows https://studyfinds.org/non-monogamous-relationships-just-as-satisfying/ https://studyfinds.org/non-monogamous-relationships-just-as-satisfying/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:19:32 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141023

When it comes to both relationship and sexual satisfaction, there's virtually no difference between people in monogamous relationships and those in consensually non-monogamous arrangements.

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‘Molecular Addiction’: How Drinking Soda Rewires Your Body https://studyfinds.org/molecular-addiction-how-drinking-soda-rewires-your-body/ https://studyfinds.org/molecular-addiction-how-drinking-soda-rewires-your-body/#respond Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:53:15 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141019

A new discovery about soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages reveals a troubling truth that goes beyond simple calorie counting.

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Who Is Liable When AI Makes a Medical Mistake? https://studyfinds.org/ai-medical-mistake/ https://studyfinds.org/ai-medical-mistake/#respond Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:30:27 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141016

Doctors are increasingly being asked to use AI systems to help diagnose patients, but when mistakes happen, they take the blame.

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When Your Biggest Fear Is Being ‘Googled’: The Modern White-Collar Criminal’s Reentry Nightmare https://studyfinds.org/white-collar-criminals-reentry-nightmare/ https://studyfinds.org/white-collar-criminals-reentry-nightmare/#respond Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:34:52 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141010

The path from prison back to society looks dramatically different depending on your social class.

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Could Salty Foods Be Fueling Depression Rates? https://studyfinds.org/salty-food-depression-sodium/ https://studyfinds.org/salty-food-depression-sodium/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:52:20 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=141011

Too much salt has long been blamed for heart problems, but new research suggests it might harm our minds too.

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Measles Quiz: Can You Separate Fact From Fiction? https://studyfinds.org/measles-quiz-can-you-separate-fact-from-fiction/ https://studyfinds.org/measles-quiz-can-you-separate-fact-from-fiction/#respond Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:34:35 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=140964

Measles is a highly preventable disease. That's why it's important to separate fact from fiction, particularly during a time when there is so much misinformation being shared. Think you know it all when it comes to measles? Take our fact/fiction quiz and find out.

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Google’s AI-Generated Search Hasn’t Changed How Users Interact With Search Results (Yet) https://studyfinds.org/googles-ai-generated-search-feature/ https://studyfinds.org/googles-ai-generated-search-feature/#respond Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:06:03 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=140994

Google announced the launch of AI Overviews, its generative artificial intelligence-fueled search feature, in May 2023.

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Ginseng’s Secret Anti-Aging Weapon: How Compound K is Changing Skincare Science https://studyfinds.org/ginsengs-secret-anti-aging-weapon-how-compound-k-is-changing-skincare-science/ https://studyfinds.org/ginsengs-secret-anti-aging-weapon-how-compound-k-is-changing-skincare-science/#respond Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:33:13 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=140973

For thousands of years, ginseng has been treasured in Eastern medicine for its health-promoting properties. Now, modern science is uncovering the remarkable potential of one specific component within this ancient herb – Compound K.

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Massive Study of 40 Countries Shows America Is an Outlier in the Worst Way https://studyfinds.org/avoidable-deaths-rising-america/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:58:27 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=140987

An eye-opening study reveals that Americans are dying from preventable and treatable causes at increasing rates compared to citizens of other wealthy nations, despite the U.S. outspending every other country on healthcare.

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What Did Dinosaur Feathers Look Like? Scientists May Have Recreated Them in Chickens https://studyfinds.org/dinosaur-feathers-chickens/ https://studyfinds.org/dinosaur-feathers-chickens/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:09:28 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=140988

From dinosaur fuzz to eagle wings, evolution spent over 100 million years perfecting the feather.

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Sibling Study: Longer Breastfeeding Linked to Better Brain Development https://studyfinds.org/breastfeeding-for-six-months-boosts-child-developmen/ https://studyfinds.org/breastfeeding-for-six-months-boosts-child-developmen/#respond Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:21:32 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=140977

Children who are breastfed for longer periods of time during infancy experience fewer developmental delays and a reduced risk of neurodevelopmental conditions, including disorders like autism and ADHD.

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Fake Schmooze: Why ‘Boomerasking’ Can Make You Less Likeable https://studyfinds.org/small-talk-selfish-boomerasking/ https://studyfinds.org/small-talk-selfish-boomerasking/#respond Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:56:09 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=140978

Let’s say you’re grabbing coffee with a coworker and they casually ask, “What’d you do this weekend?” You respond, and without missing a beat, they launch into a long-winded retelling of their weekend.

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Skyscrapers Built to Withstand Hurricanes Blindsided by This Overlooked Windstorm https://studyfinds.org/skyscrapers-hurricanes-windstorm/ https://studyfinds.org/skyscrapers-hurricanes-windstorm/#respond Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:47:51 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=140970

Downtown Houston became an unintended laboratory for studying extreme weather impacts in 2024 when two powerful storms hit the city just months apart.

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Road Rage: How Busy Streets Yield Angry Birds https://studyfinds.org/road-rage-how-busy-streets-yield-angry-birds/ https://studyfinds.org/road-rage-how-busy-streets-yield-angry-birds/#respond Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:42:06 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=140966

For birds, sound is survival. Their songs establish territories, attract mates, and warn of dangers. When traffic noise drowns out these messages, birds face serious challenges.

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Children Glued to Phones More Likely to Become High-Strung, Depressed Teens https://studyfinds.org/children-glued-to-phones-stressed-depressed-teens/ https://studyfinds.org/children-glued-to-phones-stressed-depressed-teens/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:34:20 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=140052

In case you needed another reason to hold off on buying your child a phone, research shows a troubling connection between childhood screen habits and teenage mental well-being.

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Peer Review is Meant to Prevent Scientific Misconduct — But It Has Its Own Problems https://studyfinds.org/peer-review-scientific-research-misconduct-retractions/ https://studyfinds.org/peer-review-scientific-research-misconduct-retractions/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:37:57 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=140961

In 2023, an academic journal, the Annals of Operations Research, retracted an entire special issue because the peer review process for it was compromised. The case brought into sharp focus broader concerns about the peer review process in contemporary science.

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Turns Out Our Ancestors Were Artists 60,000 Years Before Cave Paintings https://studyfinds.org/our-ancestors-were-artists-60000-years-before-cave-paintings/ Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:37:55 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=139886

Recent research provides compelling evidence that Middle Paleolithic peoples created deliberate patterns on stone artifacts as far back as 100,000 years ago—much earlier than previously believed.

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The Science of Falling Out of Love: Study Identifies ‘Point of No Return’ in Dying Relationships https://studyfinds.org/falling-out-of-love-point-of-no-return-in-dying-relationships/ https://studyfinds.org/falling-out-of-love-point-of-no-return-in-dying-relationships/#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:27:36 +0000 https://studyfinds.org/?p=140954

Most of us believe relationship endings happen in messy, unpredictable ways—a betrayal discovered, a fight that goes too far, or a slow drift apart. But what if breakups actually follow a mathematical pattern?

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