Futurity NewsHealth Douching tied to more volatile organic compound in bloodfuturity.org - Nardy Baeza Bickel-Michigan A new study finds a significant association between vaginal douching and higher blood concentrations of 1,4-dichlorobenzene, a volatile organic …
Futurity NewsScience Team finds deadly fungus in Amazon frogs for the first timefuturity.org - Jim Erickson-Michigan Biologists have, for the first time, documented the widespread presence of the notorious chytrid fungus in 80 species of frogs from lowland rain …
Futurity NewsHealth Keto diets may reverse polycystic kidney diseasefuturity.org - Sonia Fernandez-UCSB Diet could hold the key to treating polycystic kidney disease, according to new research in rodents. Hereditary and relatively common, researchers …
Futurity NewsTeeth Piranhas lose and regrow a bunch of teeth all at oncefuturity.org - Michelle Ma-Washington Piranhas lose all of the teeth on one side of their mouth at once and regrow them, new research affirms. This presumably happens to replace dulled …
Futurity NewsCulture Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts still face huge hurdlesfuturity.org - James Devitt-NYU Despite the promise that the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts once held for American equality, signs of struggle and even regression around rights …
Futurity NewsJoe Biden Why Joe Biden’s stutter is a big dealfuturity.org - Jordan Bennett-NYU Though former vice president and now Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has consistently been portrayed as gaffe-prone, many moments where …
Futurity NewsHealth BreathJunior monitors sleeping babies with white noisefuturity.org - Sarah McQuate-Washington A new smart speaker skill called BreathJunior lets a device use white noise to both soothe sleeping babies and monitor their breathing and …
Futurity NewsHealth Flamenco-dancing molecule may lead to better sunscreenfuturity.org - Peter Dunn-Warwick A molecule that protects plants from overexposure to harmful sunlight thanks to its flamenco-style twist could form the basis for a new …
Futurity NewsKids Biased memories lead to gripes about ‘kids these days’futurity.org - Sonia Fernandez-UCSB Grumbling about younger generations may be a result of faulty memories. Researcher John Protzko, a psychological scientist at the University of …
Futurity NewsHealth 2 in 5 young adults have untreated substance use disorderfuturity.org - Angie Hunt-Iowa State A growing number of young adults are dealing with a substance use disorder, and in some cases, multiple substance use disorders, and not seeking …
Futurity NewsHealth Most people don’t gain weight after a breakupfuturity.org - Katie Bohn-Penn State On average, people don’t report gaining weight after a relationship ends, according to new research on the German concept of …
Futurity NewsSleep Does early lead exposure rob kids of sleep later?futurity.org - Nardy Baeza Bickel-Michigan Lead exposure in young children may make it harder for them to sleep well later, which may in turn affect their cognitive abilities, according to a …
Futurity NewsRobotics We blame robots for work accidents when they’re autonomousfuturity.org - Matt Shipman-NC State People are likely to blame robots for workplace accidents, but only if they believe the robots are autonomous, according to a new study. “Robots are …
Futurity NewsThe Brain Why even well-controlled epilepsy may disrupt thinkingfuturity.org - Bruce Goldman-Stanford For people with epilepsy, transient bursts of high-frequency electrical activity in epileptic brain tissue can impair thinking even when no seizure …
Futurity NewsEducation Racial achievement gap tracks with school discipline gapfuturity.org - Stanford An increase in the discipline gap or the academic achievement gap between black and white students in the US predicts a jump in the other, a new …
Futurity NewsClimate Change Uncertainty can actually boost trust in climate sciencefuturity.org - Melissa De Witte-Stanford The more specific climate scientists are about the uncertainties of global warming, the more the American public trusts their predictions, according …
Futurity NewsAugmented Reality AR system lets users reach out and grab virtual stufffuturity.org - Kevin Stacey-Brown With a new software system, users can view augmented reality objects through their phones and use their hands to manipulate those objects as if they …
Futurity NewsScience Our spit reflects cooking, farming, and not licking each otherfuturity.org - Marcene Robinson-Buffalo Eating meat and cooked food for two million years may have helped humans shift further from our great ape relatives. The evidence is in our saliva, …
Futurity NewsSkin 4 ways to support people dealing with colorismfuturity.org - Sheena Rice-Missouri Discrimination based on skin-tone, or colorism, can take a toll on the health and relationships of African Americans, research suggests. “For a long …
Futurity NewsHealth System aims to alert you about drug-drug interactionsfuturity.org - Matt Swayne-Penn State A machine learning system may be able to warn doctors and patients about possible negative side effects from drug-drug interactions. The more …
Futurity NewsScience More wrong answers get quantum computers to find the right onefuturity.org - John Toon-Georgia Tech In quantum computers, generating more errors in a given operation may help reveal the right answer, according to new research. Unlike conventional …
Futurity NewsScience How being yellow messes up fruit fly sex livesfuturity.org - Jim Erickson-Michigan New research explains how a single gene mutation can alter both the color of a fruit fly’s body and mess up its sex life. Studies performed in the …
Futurity NewsKids Little kids are good at picking what to teach othersfuturity.org - Amy Adams-Stanford From an early age, children can make decisions about what kinds of information to teach other kids, according to new research. Humans are incredible …
Futurity NewsPhysiology How did orcas and bats both evolve echolocation?futurity.org - Krista Conger-Stanford Scientists have uncovered genetic similarities among species that use echolocation. Evolutionary adaptations like echolocation that are shared by …
Futurity NewsHealth DNA delivery into T cells may improve immunotherapyfuturity.org - National University of Singapore A new method can deliver DNA into immune cells with minimal stress on these cells, which could solve a problem with a current immunotherapy …
Futurity NewsHealth Slinky-like patch may boost physical therapy after joint injuryfuturity.org - Kate McAlpine-Michigan A new sensor patch could bring the assessment of human joints into the 21st century, researchers report. The patch uses electronic sensors to …
Futurity NewsMental Disorders PTSD nearly doubles risk for infectionsfuturity.org - Boston University Having PTSD nearly doubles a person’s risk of infections, according to new research. The study find that PTSD affects infection risks for men and …
Futurity NewsCancer ‘Exercise prescriptions’ benefit cancer patientsfuturity.org - Zachary Sweger-Penn State Doctors should give “exercise prescriptions” to people living with and beyond cancer in the same way they prescribe medications, researchers leading …
Futurity NewsFake News Fake news is no match for big brandsfuturity.org - Matt Shipman-NC State “Fake news” stories likely pose little threat to well-established brands, according to new research. “There’s been a lot of work done on how the …
Futurity NewsThe Brain Deaf babies with Deaf parents have serious gaze skillsfuturity.org - Kim Eckart-Washington Research finds that Deaf infants exposed to American Sign Language demonstrate strong gaze-following behavior—and at a more advanced level than …
