r/sciences • • 1d ago

Research Can Scientists Reverse Aging in Human Cells?

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What if you could rewind the clock on your cells? ⏳

Researchers in Germany transformed an 80-year-old’s blood cells into neural stem cells that acted 60 years younger. By skipping the usual pluripotent stage, the team slowed the process and spotted the tiny changes that reverse a cell’s age. This discovery could help pinpoint new ways to target aging in living human cells.


r/sciences • • 1d ago

Research Latest research pointing to a quantum property of gravity being the source of dark matter

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r/sciences • • 2d ago

Research Cancer-fighting chewing gum slashes HPV levels by up to 93%. In laboratory tests using samples from cancer patients, researchers found that bean gum extracts reduced levels of HPV and eliminated harmful bacterial species while leaving beneficial bacteria unharmed.

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r/sciences • • 3d ago

Research Scientists Find That Out-of-Body Experiences May Occur When the Brain Enters a Hybrid State Between Sleep and Wakefulness, Suggesting That These Strange Sensations Could Be Linked to Overlapping States of Consciousness

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Research Science Has Finally Shown That Your Cat Meows to Demand That You Fix Their World. Animal behaviorists introduced a problem into the lives of 38 pet cats – and observed the cats were four times more shouty when their favorite lackeys were around.

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r/sciences • • 6d ago

Research Scientists achieve a record-breaking temperature 280 billion times colder than deep space. Pushing matter closer to absolute zero and opening new possibilities for studying strange quantum behaviors that could advance future quantum technologies

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r/sciences • • 9d ago

Research Air pollution inside NYC nail salons can reach levels comparable to chemical manufacturing plants. Study raises concerns about workers’ long-term exposure to potentially harmful chemicals

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r/sciences • • 10d ago

Research Different types of ultra-processed foods have opposite associations with type 2 diabetes, suggesting grouping these foods into a coarse category may undermine interventions and can mask individual associations, meta-analysis of 635,332 participants finds

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r/sciences • • 10d ago

Research Study of nearly 27,000 men finds that wearing tight underwear is linked to poorer sperm quality, including more DNA damage, fewer motile sperm, and lower semen volume compared with loose-fitting boxers

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r/sciences • • 11d ago

News The Raising of Knowledgeand the Formation of Understanding

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r/sciences • • 11d ago

Resources Mark Rober’s Elephant Toothpaste Demo

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Mark Rober and Science Bob teamed up for one MASSIVE chemical reaction at the Museum of Science! 🐘🧪

During Mark’s event at the Museum, the duo created a spectacular eruption of bright green foam with an Elephant Toothpaste experiment!

Here's the science behind it: A catalyst speeds up the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen gas. Dish soap traps the rapidly released oxygen in thousands of tiny bubbles, creating an enormous burst of colorful foam!


r/sciences • • 12d ago

Research Researchers have developed a new electronic implant that could transform type 2 diabetes treatment by lowering blood sugar without insulin or traditional drugs. New implant uses electricity to lower blood sugar and promote weight loss.

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r/sciences • • 12d ago

Research Fossilised red blood cells found in 115m-year-old dinosaur’s bone, say scientists | Chemical tests on Aratasaurus bone identify presence of heme, the organic compound that allows haemoglobin in blood to carry oxygen around body

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r/sciences • • 13d ago

Discussion How Big is 1 Million, Really?

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How big is one million? 🤯

Greg Wolf hides a single black sphere among 999,999 others in one bottle to help you picture it. As pennies, those spheres would be worth $10,000, weigh 5,500 pounds, and stack about a mile into the sky. In space, it takes 1.3 million Earths to fill our Sun, and roughly 400 million Suns fit inside the star Betelgeuse, making one million insignificant on the scale of the universe.


r/sciences • • 13d ago

Research Scientists found a way to separate psilocybin’s brain-rewiring benefits from hallucinations, potentially paving the way for mental health treatments without the psychedelic trip

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r/sciences • • 13d ago

Research Beehives have a built-in colony-wide immune system, with multiple layers of defense that help protect thousands of bees from pathogens and disease

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r/sciences • • 14d ago

News Individual Differences in Motor and Auditory Activation in Second Language Speech Learning: Roles of Domain-General Auditory Processing

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r/sciences • • 15d ago

Research Dogs May Smell a Complete Stranger's Seizure Without Ever Being Trained, Study Finds

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r/sciences • • 15d ago

Question I wann do a scientific content

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Or anything maybe help me..

And what kinda content do u suggest?

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r/sciences • • 16d ago

Research Two crows outperformed humans on a classic psychology test of decision-making. Study reveals the remarkable cognitive abilities in birds and challenging assumptions about how human intelligence compares with that of other species.

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r/sciences • • 17d ago

Research PFAS “Forever Chemicals” in U.S. drinking water could be twice as high as previously reported. Study finds current monitoring methods may significantly underestimate exposure to persistent chemicals linked to potential health risks

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r/sciences • • 18d ago

Research The brain appears to stretch our perception of time while learning new movements. Study suggests that the brain processes newly acquired motor skills differently as we learn and adapt to physical actions.

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r/sciences • • 18d ago

Research The chemistry behind the Corpse Flower’s deathly stench (Real-time chemical analysis reveals how the corpse flower releases pungent scents to attract insect pollinators, helping scientists better conserve the rare plant.)

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r/sciences • • 18d ago

Discussion Scientists disrupt less but more persistently with career aging

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