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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/umichnews on 2024-11-12 16:47:39+00:00.

Original Title: Teens do not typically turn to electronic nicotine vapes to curb smoking habits, but instead to alleviate boredom, relax and experiment, according to University of Michigan research published in Pediatrics

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/giuliomagnifico on 2024-11-12 16:34:21+00:00.

Original Title: A study finds that during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic (in 2020), heavy drinking among adult Americans increased by over 20%, overall alcohol use by 4%, and these increases persisted for the next two years

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2024-11-12 15:11:31+00:00.

Original Title: Congress members less outspoken against COVID-19 policies after personal infections, study finds | These individuals tended to decrease their opposition to COVID-19-related government policies on social media by approximately 30% on average.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/giuliomagnifico on 2024-11-12 14:10:13+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2024-11-12 12:33:18+00:00.

Original Title: Experiencing trauma in childhood is known to increase the risk of substance use such as drugs, alcohol and vaping | Researchers say this means efforts to prevent vaping in teens should include the targeting of young people with traumatic backgrounds.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2024-11-12 12:18:30+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Hashirama4AP on 2024-11-12 11:35:37+00:00.

Original Title: Next-generation metagenomic sequencing test developed at UCSF can diagnose nearly any infection by rapidly detecting almost any kind of pathogen | The genomic test identified pathogens accurately 86% of time. This test could also detect respiratory viruses with pandemic potential in less than a day.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/calliope_kekule on 2024-11-12 11:18:44+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-11-12 11:09:47+00:00.

Original Title: Pursuing happiness as a primary goal may be misguided. The more you focus on the need to be happy, the more pressure you feel to achieve it, potentially leading to feelings of failure. Happiness should be the outcome of doing things you love, not the primary goal, suggests study of 8,331 people.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Hashirama4AP on 2024-11-12 10:05:29+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-11-12 01:53:13+00:00.

Original Title: ‘Sleepy cannabis’: First study to show cannabinol (CBN) increases sleep - A new study shows that a non-hallucinogenic marijuana constituent increases both REM and non-REM sleep in rats. Human trials are now under way.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/sciencealert on 2024-11-11 19:40:49+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/amesydragon on 2024-11-11 21:22:40+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/FunnyGamer97 on 2024-11-11 20:51:55+00:00.

Original Title: Mental fatigue leads to loss of self-control by putting brain areas to sleep | Study identifies sleep-like activity in the brain of people subjected to demanding mental tasks is associated with a greater tendency to aggressivity

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2024-11-11 18:34:19+00:00.

Original Title: Scientists Track Brain Function as Folks Watch Movies. The brain's "executive control" networks -- regions related to planning, solving problems and prioritizing information -- tend to kick in when a movie's content is more difficult to follow or ambiguous

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mareacaspica on 2024-11-11 20:28:08+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/giuliomagnifico on 2024-11-11 20:20:00+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-11-11 19:46:54+00:00.

Original Title: Wind from Uranus made it harder to probe - Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 may have occurred during a rare intense solar wind event, that only occurs about 4% of the time, giving the impression that Uranus is more similar to the other giant planets in the solar system than it actually is.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-11-11 19:39:09+00:00.

Original Title: A ground-breaking new study has measured concentrations of PFAS - also known as ‘forever chemicals’ - in freshwater turtles. PFAS concentrations were detected up to 30 times higher in the blood and organs of turtles, with biochemical changes to adult turtles and hatchlings, and population decline.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/CookMotor on 2024-11-11 19:18:09+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/chrisdh79 on 2024-11-11 19:01:11+00:00.

Original Title: Cannabis and alcohol use patterns linked to couples’ relationship quality | These findings suggest that the way partners use substances can impact the quality of their relationship in measurable ways.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2024-11-11 17:13:20+00:00.

Original Title: Children with asthma may have more memory difficulties. Research found that children with any asthma history not only showed lower scores for episodic memory, but also for processing speed and inhibition and attention.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/New_Scientist_Mag on 2024-11-11 16:40:08+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-11-11 16:31:08+00:00.

Original Title: Asthma linked to memory issues in children - Memory deficits could have longer-term consequences and increase risk of conditions such as dementia. This may be due to factors such as prolonged inflammation from asthma or repeated disruptions in oxygen supply to the brain due to asthma attacks.

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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/giuliomagnifico on 2024-11-11 16:09:28+00:00.

Original Title: Goodbye to traumatic memories: researchers discovered that by artificially acidifying a special type of cell (astrocytes) in mice, they could prevent long-term memories from being recalled without affecting short-term memory