SCIENCE FEATURED
Science Featured is RathBiotaClan's curated collection of in-depth science articles, explainers, and analysis pieces. Each featured article goes beyond the headlines — exploring the biology, mechanisms, and real-world significance behind the science. Written clearly, researched thoroughly, and designed for curious minds.
Scientists Say Babies May Learn to Yawn Before Birth
Mothers can spread yawns to their yet-to-be-born offspring during pregnancy, researchers report May 5 in Current Biology the first empirical evidence...
Low Sexual Frequency Linked to Worse Cardiovascular Outcomes, Two US Studies Find
A study using over a decade of national health survey data found that adults with cardiovascular disease who also reported...
Researchers Identify a Hidden Memory Risk Hiding in Plain Sight for Older Adults
More and more research suggests that psychological and behavioral factors can play a role in cognitive decline as people get...
Strict Parenting Linked to Increased Deceptive Behavior in Children, Study Suggests.
A naturalistic study comparing children at two schools with sharply different disciplinary cultures found that 3 and 4 year-olds at...
Chimpanzee Group Split Turns Violent in Uganda Study
A long-term study of wild chimpanzees in Uganda has documented only the second recorded permanent group split in the species,...
77% of Workers Are Disengaged. Research Points to Why “Follow Your Passion” Makes It Worse
For most of recorded history, the question of whether one's work should feel meaningful barely existed as a concept. Labor...
How Human And AI Judgements Differs
A series of experiments comparing how people and large language models respond to the same judgment tasks found that the...
Russia Records First Birth of Identical (Monochorionic) Quadruplet Girls
A Russian medical team has documented the first recorded case of monochorionic quadruplet girls in the country’s medical history. The...
Do psychopaths really lack empathy or are we just measuring it wrong?
Researchers studying face-to-face conversations found that higher psychopathic traits correlated with reduced affective sharing and, to a lesser degree, reduced...
Birdwatching Could Reverse Ageing and Boosts Cognitive Health
A scientific study suggests that the focused attention, sharp perception, and detailed memory required to become an expert birdwatcher don’t...
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Chewing gum releases thousands of microplastic particles directly into your mouth with every piece you chew
Microplastics are turning up in places researchers never expected: deep-sea sediments, Arctic ice, and human blood. Now, a UCLA pilot...
Yelling Isn’t Just Yelling: How a Hostile Home Rewires a Child’s Brain for Constant Alert
To a parent in the heat of the moment, a raised voice may feel like simple frustration. To a child...
Is Gen Z the First Generation Less Intelligent Than Their Parents?
Gen Z intelligence decline is emerging as a serious concern among neuroscientists and education researchers. For over a century, each...
Whole Brain Emulation Achieved: Scientists Run a Fruit Fly Brain in Simulation
Scientists have copied an entire biological brain neuron by neuron and synapse by synapse and made it control a simulated...
Global Sperm Counts Have Dropped 50% in 50 Years Now 128 Men Are Racing Their Way to a $100,000 Prize to Prove the Point
A group of technology entrepreneurs is staging a competitive event in San Francisco in which semen samples from 128 men...
EDITOR CHOICE‘S
12,638 MRI Scans Confirm Men’s Brains Shrink Faster in PNAS Study
A large-scale analysis of brain scans taken over time has found that men's brains shrink faster than women's across a...
Volcanic Eruptions Can Destroy Their Own Methane — Tonga’s Plume Shows How
A study published in Nature Communications analyzed the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption's impact on methane in the atmosphere. It...
For Future Space Missions, Molecular Ecology Finally Offers a Clear Biosignature Target
When the next generation of probes scoops up dust from the icy shell of Europa or the surface of Mars,...
Scientists Say Babies May Learn to Yawn Before Birth
Mothers can spread yawns to their yet-to-be-born offspring during pregnancy, researchers report May 5 in Current Biology the first empirical evidence...
