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World Cup: Why are left‑footers like Messi so valuable in soccer?

Argentina's Lionel Messi, England's Bukayo Saka, Spain's Lamine Yamal and Egypt's Mohamed Salah are all highly skilled soccer players in slightly different ways, as is the tall, powerful and technically proficient Norwegian Erling Haaland.

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Model highlights patterns in how humans move across different locations

Every day, billions of people travel from their homes to work, schools, health care facilities, restaurants, public venues and other destinations. The complex patterns that shape how people move between these different locations are broadly referred to as "human mobility."

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Estrogen link could explain why women are more likely to suffer from Crohn's

Scientists from the University of Bath (UK) have shed new light on how Crohn's disease develops and why it affects people differently after finding new evidence of a link between a key immune system gene in the gut and signaling of the hormone estrogen.

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Social media use linked to poorer mental health in older Canadians, study finds

Different digital communication tools are associated with mental health in different ways among older adults in Canada, according to a new study published in PLOS Global Public Health by Hossam Ali-Hassan of York University, Canada, and colleagues.

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Uneven cerebellum aging may partly explain why some older adults stay mentally sharp

Scientists may have discovered a new role for the cerebellum, the part of the brain that sits at the base of the skull. A new paper published in the journal Nature Neuroscience reports that different parts of the cerebellum change at different rates with age, which may be linked

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Geometric neural 'map' may help bilingual brains navigate between languages

Anyone who speaks more than one language knows the feeling of expressing the same thought through entirely different linguistic lenses. A new study by researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine reveals that the key to this translation ability is a shared geomet

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Medicaid expansion boosted coverage for indigenous communities, research finds

American Indian and Alaska Native populations continue to experience higher rates of uninsurance and chronic disease than many other groups in the United States. Now, new research led by the University at Albany examines how different provisions of the Affordable Care Act affecte

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Exploring the lasting harms of social isolation in adolescence

How do social experiences during adolescence promote empathetic, helpful behavior? In a study appearing in eNeuro, Yi Zuo, from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and colleagues used mice to explore how social isolation at different stages of life influences the way mice s

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AI analyses of eye scans can detect diseases like diabetes, osteoporosis and thyroid disea

A new study presents an artificial intelligence system that scans images of the retina to detect signs of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, gout, osteoporosis and thyroid disease in seconds. The program—called Reti-Pioneer—is a step toward being able to diagnose ma

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One-size-fits-all smart mouthguard data may overlook serious rugby head injuries

New University of Otago–Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows that head injury data collected from smart mouthguards is run through a model that does not account for people of different sexes, ages and sizes. Taking a one-size-fits-all approach to analyzing data from smart mouthgua

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Brain tau spreads differently in early- and late-onset Alzheimer's disease

A new study from Karolinska Institutet has shown that the amount and distribution of the tau protein in the brain differs between early- and late-onset Alzheimer's disease. The results also indicate that blood tests do not always reflect changes in the brain. The research is publ

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Human red blood cells form without central 'hub' seen in mouse models, upending understand

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that one of the body's most fundamental biological processes—how red blood cells are made—works differently in humans than previously thought, according to a new study published in Nature Genetics. The findings overturn decades of

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