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Having insurance doesn’t mean you can get a mental health appointment
Americans with commercial insurance are generally told they have access to a strong network of mental health providers. But when researchers called providers listed in those networks, securing an appo...
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October 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Intrinsic physicochemical activity at microplastic–water interfaces - Nature
Commodity microplastics exhibit intrinsic physicochemical activity at water interfaces, manifested by spontaneous generation of reactive oxygen species, challenging the prevailing paradigm of plastic ...
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October 16, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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A popular workout supplement might protect the brain from gut inflammation
Creatine is best known for building muscle, but a new rat study suggests it may also protect the brain. Supplemented rats with chronic colitis largely avoided the hippocampal inflammation, neuron loss...
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October 14, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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October 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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This solar-powered desalination device turns seawater into drinking water, can also extract lithium
The work, led by Chunlei Guo, a professor of optics and physics, centers on a specially treated surface known as superwicking black metal. The material is created...
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October 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Trump furious as Don Jr’s ex Kimberly Guilfoyle faces the axe: report
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, according to a new report
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October 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Republican-aligned actors issued nearly three-quarters of fact-checked 2024 election hoaxes
During the 2024 U.S. presidential election, politicians and anonymous users openly used disinformation as a campaign strategy. A new study reveals who spread these hoaxes, how they shared them, and wh...
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October 12, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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New biodegradable film made from onion skins can boost solar panel lifespan
Solar cells face gradual deterioration when exposed to ultraviolet radiation, which can damage sensitive layers such as electrolytes in dye-sensitized cells. To mitigate this, manufacturers typically ...
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October 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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How extreme boredom can push people toward aggressive behavior
Boredom does more than just drain your energy. New research reveals that extreme monotony increases the desire for stimulation, pushing people toward both physical aggression and stronger support for ...
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October 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Goodbye joint replacements? Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis
Scientists have found a surprising way to regrow damaged knee cartilage by blocking a protein that becomes more abundant with age. In old mice, the treatment restored naturally lost cartilage and also...
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October 11, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Drivers Are Less Likely to Honk at Expensive Cars, While Luxury Vehicle Drivers Are More Likely to Violate Right-of-Way Rules - Gilmore Health News
Research suggests drivers may hesitate to honk at luxury cars, while higher vehicle value is linked to certain traffic violations and reduced pedestrian yielding.
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October 11, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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Medication helps adults with ADHD weigh the negative consequences of their decisions
Adults with ADHD often struggle with choices that carry negative consequences. A new experiment reveals that stimulant medication improves decision-making by helping the brain process the potential co...
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October 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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People who favor group-based inequality tend to have less gray matter in an empathy-linked brain region
A preference for social hierarchy may be linked to both brain structure and motivation. Researchers found that people scoring higher in social dominance orientation had less gray matter in a region ti...
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October 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Mars’s oddest cloud may be even odder than we thought
Scientists using the European Space Agency's Mars Express, in combination with a state-of-the-art meteorological model of the Red Planet, have found that there may be some very exotic physics beh...
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October 8, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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The 80-year-old market trader who became a Chilean music star
Born and raised in Valparaíso, JM is seen as one of the last of a golden generation after a late foray
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October 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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🚨BREAKING: ICE collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of an effort to find voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal
It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.
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October 7, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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Winning the lottery helps men marry, but briefly raises divorce risk for women
Winning a lottery prize of about $140,000 made single Swedish men roughly 30 percent more likely to marry within five years. For married women, a similar windfall nearly doubled the short-term risk of...
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October 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel
The entire field of optogenetics traces back to light-seeking algae.
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October 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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These Children’s Deaths Were Preventable. Their Parents Prayed Instead of Seeking Medical Care.
For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of tr...
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October 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings
Only about one-third of surveyed retailers plan to invest in self-checkout technology this year, significantly fewer than in 2025, according to an annual retail industry report. While...
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October 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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October 5, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Early voting is already underway in some states. From now until Nov 3, I urge you all to...

1) Help get out the vote
2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference
3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism

We are the only ones who can end this nightmare.
October 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Daddy's Girl: Daughters, Managerial Decisions, and Gender Inequality - The Review of Economic Studies
Using Danish registry data, we study how managers’ gender attitudes shape gender inequality in the workplace by exploiting the birth of a daughter - as opposed to a son - as a plausibly exogenous shoc...
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October 5, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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Trump’s recent statements on the economy are even more bonkers than usual | Steven Greenhouse
Our ‘genius’ president is revealing his ignorance of economics, fueling concerns about the threat he poses to the world
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October 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Rice University copper-aluminum filter can destroy "forever chemicals" 100 times faster
A team at Rice University has developed a new material for filtering per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Also known as "forever chemicals," these synthetic compounds have been...
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October 4, 2026 at 1:59 PM