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From loss to purpose: How new goals can improve life with chronic pain

Researchers at Edith Cowan University (ECU) have found that people living with chronic pain can protect their mental well-being by focusing on new, meaningful goals, rather than simply trying to let go of old ones.

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A new stellar census strengthens the case for a 13.8-billion-year-old universe

Astronomers have used the ages of more than 155,000 stars in the Milky Way to independently estimate the age of the universe, and their findings may be good news for the standard cosmological model. The new research was reported in a paper submitted to the arXiv preprint server o

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Ménière's disease may begin early in inner ear development

By analyzing genetic data from nearly 2 million people, researchers have unlocked a new scientific understanding of Ménière's disease, a chronic and often debilitating inner ear disorder. A team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found evidence

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New blood test detects more high-risk prostate cancer cases

A new blood test may make it easier to detect the most dangerous forms of prostate cancer early. In a study from Karolinska Institutet, the Stockholm3 blood test detected more clinically significant cancer cases than the PSA test, without subjecting more men to unnecessary testin

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Faintest planet ever imaged from Earth found after more than 10 years of hide-and-seek

A team of astronomers has discovered a third planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. The new planet, Beta Pictoris d, is 100 times fainter than Beta Pictoris b—the first planet discovered in the same system—and is among the lightest exoplanets ever imaged from the ground. After s

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Link between parents' and children's weight is mostly genetic, study finds

The association between parents' body mass index (BMI) and their children's childhood BMI may be primarily due to genetic inheritance rather than any direct biological effect of parental weight during pregnancy, according to a new study published in PLOS Medicine by Tom Bond of t

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Our brains predict the world—but learn most when they get it wrong

Few moments in a soccer game are more electrifying than the penalty kick. The goalkeeper stands, waiting for the kick—and even before the ball is struck, they must predict where it is going and spring into action.

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Ultraviolet light uncovers the first known juveniles of a mysterious Jurassic fish family

For more than 150 years, fossils of Jurassic fish scattered across Europe's museums were studied and drawn by generations of scientists. However, when a paleontologist decided to shine an ultraviolet light on them, a hidden world lit up.

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Seals filter sound through blood-filled tissue to hear underwater, study reveals

The secret of how seals can hear in air and water has been revealed, thanks to pioneering research led by Natural History Museum scientists.

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Why pollution affects some asthma patients more than others

For many people with asthma, air-quality advisories are harbingers of worsening symptoms. But for reasons science has struggled to explain, the extent to which pollution exacerbates asthma varies widely from person to person.

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AI and polygenic scores improve breast cancer risk assessment

A risk model that combines a mammographic artificial intelligence (AI) risk score with polygenic and clinical risk scores more accurately identifies women at high risk of developing breast cancer than clinical risk scores used alone, finds a new Kaiser Permanente study. The study

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Most Americans unaware of link between alcohol and cancer— and aren't interested in spread

Fewer than half of Americans understand that booze is a cancer-causing substance along the lines of known carcinogens like tobacco, asbestos and formaldehyde, a new study says.

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