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The 200 Safest U.S. Cities for Drivers List Starts With Brownsville, Ends With Boston
23+ hour, 29+ min ago (315+ words) Research led by Allstate Insurance Brownsville holds the top spot for a second straight year, while Boston lands dead last. Between those two extremes, a city’s location turns out to be a strong signal of crash odds, and, in turn,…...
At What Age Do Babies Respond to Music? Far Earlier Than You Might Realize
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (451+ words) Home › Children News Reviewed by Patrisha Antonaros Research led by Trinh Nguyen, Giacome Novembre (Italian Institute of Technology) For anyone who has bounced an infant to a song and wondered whether any of it registers, the answer is yes, and…...
New Study Explains Why No Two People See the Same Room the Same Way
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (383+ words) Home › Society & Culture News Reviewed by Patrisha Antonaros Research led by Amanda J. Haskins, Caroline E. Robertson (Dartmouth College) More surprising was what drove those fingerprints. It came down not to how things look, but to what things mean. That…...
Cruise Ship Air Pollution May Weaken Lungs Against COVID and Colds, Study Shows
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (529+ words) Reviewed by Patrisha Antonaros Research led by Natasha H.C. Easton, Matthew Loxham (University of Southhampton) A summer cruise brings to mind sun decks and buffet lines, but the smoke drifting off those towering ships may carry something that reaches well beyond…...
'Gaslighting' Tops 'Love' as America's Most Searched Definition In 2026
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (299+ words) Home › Society & Culture News “Gaslighting” topped the national list with roughly 287,000 monthly searches, edging out “love” (about 275,000). After that, “fascism,” “empathy,” and “integrity” rounded out the top five, all within a few thousand searches of each other. Societal and political…...
More Young Women Are Identifying As Less Straight; Young Men, Not So Much
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (807+ words) Home › Society & Culture News Research led by Sean G. Massey, Ann M. Merriwether, and Melissa Hardesty (Binghamton University) Young women are moving away from exclusive heterosexuality faster than young men. In a recent poll, Gallup found that LGBTQ+ identification has…...
Whiff of Chocolate Before Workout May Curb Hunger, Lift Reps, New Study Shows
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (617+ words) Home › Wellness › Exercise News Reviewed by Patrisha Antonaros Research led by Mohamed Nashrudin bin Naharudin (Universit of Malaya) No one ate a single square. Every bit of the boost came from smell alone. When the same men sniffed dark chocolate,…...
Scientists Turned Pumpkin Scraps Into Packaging That Keeps Produce Fresh Longer, New Study SHow
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (464+ words) Home › Food News Reviewed by Patrisha Antonaros Research led by Fumihiko Tanaka (Kyushu University) Every year, close to half of the fruits and vegetables harvested around the world never reach a single plate. They rot, dry out, or pick up…...
AI Predicts Drug Release With Up to 40% Fewer Errors, Cutting Nearly a Day of Lab Testing
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (600+ words) Home › Drug & Medication News Reviewed by Patrisha Antonaros Research led by Vikas Srivastava (Brown University) (Credit: © BiancoBlue | Dreamstime.com) Published in the Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, the work points to a hybrid approach that could reshape how…...
Pregnant Trans Men May Face High Miscarriage Rates, New Review Finds
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (298+ words) Home › Family & Relationships News Reviewed by Patrisha Antonaros Research led by Catherine Meads (Anglia Ruskin University) (Credit: Image by Sebastian Kaulitzki on Shutterstock) Across those 44 studies, researchers estimated that roughly 6% to 9% of transmasculine people have been pregnant at some point,…...