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Habit, not conscious choice, drives most of our actions, according to new research from the University of Surrey, University of South Carolina and Central Queensland University.  The research, published in Psychology & Health, found that two-thirds of our daily behaviours are initiated “on autopilot”, out of habit.   Habits are actions that we are automatically prompted to do when we encounter …

Week 3 of the 2025 NFL season is in the books. These are the 10 storylines shaping the fantasy football landscape with Week 4 on the horizon. 1) Year-three breakouts We’re three weeks into the season and all three of the league leaders in yards per route run are third-year wideouts from the 2023 class. Puka Nacua is your fantasy …

Medications may leave microbial “fingerprints” that last years after use, according to new research from the University of Tartu. Credit: Shutterstock Medications used many years earlier can still influence the human gut microbiome, according to a large-scale study conducted by the University of Tartu Institute of Genomics. Researchers examined stool samples and prescription records from more than 2,500 participants in …

Key Points Eating breakfast earlier may be a simple, daily habit that supports better health and a longer life as we age. Researchers found that later breakfasts were linked to depression, fatigue, poor sleep, and a higher risk of death. The study highlights “chrononutrition,” showing that when we eat, not just what we eat, impacts healthy aging. It’s often said …

The reason we humans have fingers today may all be thanks to a fish’s clacker. New research into the origins of digit formation shows that the DNA switch controlling finger and toe development got its humble start regulating the formation of fish cloacas, 380 million years ago. It’s a beautiful illustration of nature’s “waste not, want not” ethos in action: …

Cannabis use may secretly quadruple your risk of diabetes. Credit: Shutterstock Cannabis use may come with an unexpected cost: a nearly fourfold rise in diabetes risk. The finding, drawn from millions of health records, challenges assumptions about the drug’s effects and underscores the need for closer medical monitoring. Cannabis Use and Diabetes Risk Cannabis use has been associated with nearly …

Most CEOs say Trump policy has harmed their businesses, new survey finds  Axios Why Won’t America’s Business Leaders Stand Up to Donald Trump?  The New Yorker ‘CEO Whisperer’ Reveals Why GOP Execs Are Secretly Slamming Trump  The Daily Beast Behind closed doors, a majority of CEOs admit they won’t boost U.S. investment as tariffs hurt their businesses  Fortune Inside the Room Where CEOs Say …

As is now a long-standing custom, iFixit performed a full teardown of the latest iPhone—this time, the newly launched iPhone Air. These teardowns got pretty routine for a while, as Apple settled into a fairly consistent design for iPhones, but the new design of the iPhone Air offered an opportunity for compelling observations. Many of the important components—including the entire …

Love And Mental Health: Study Of 6 Million Couples Shows Partners Often Share Psychological Disorders  Study Finds Study shows spousal correlation for psychiatric disorders  Taipei Times New research explains why we are more like our spouses than we think.  Psychology Today Research: Mental Disorders Affect Partner Choice and Risk to Children  112.ua Source link

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered strange “dark beads “above a four-armed star pattern in Saturn’s atmosphere. The surprising structures are unlike anything scientists have seen before, and they’re not sure what they are. The unusual features were discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope‘s (JWST’s) Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) as it peered into the gas giant’s atmosphere above …