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A study in Germany found that intelligent people tend to judge others’ intelligence more accurately. People who were better judges of other people’s intelligence also included people who had stronger emotional recognition abilities and people who were more satisfied with their lives. The paper was published in a magazine intelligence. Intelligence is the ability to learn, understand, reason, and solve problems. This involves using knowledge effectively in new situations and also includes the ability to adapt to changing circumstances. Psychologists view it as a combination of abilities such as memory, attention, language skills, and logical thinking. Some theories describe intelligence…

The increasing demand for “unvaccinated” blood poses challenges to modern blood transfusion systems. Real-world data now reveals how these demands can delay care, strain resources, and put vulnerable patients at risk. Study: Directed donation of unvaccinated blood: deviations from evidence-based medicine associated with clinical harm, wasted resources, and surveillance gaps in a 2-year single-center series. Image credit: Anakis srk/Shutterstock.com Requests for “unvaccinated” blood are on the rise, despite clear opposition from regulators and professional bodies. research in transfusion These demands are associated with delays in treatment, worsening of clinical symptoms in some patients, and inefficient use of health care resources.…

Imagine setting up an elaborate chain of dominoes, where each piece must hit the next in perfect order to produce a satisfying end result. Quantum circuits work similarly. They are made up of many small steps called (“operations”) that work together to process information in a highly coordinated manner. Now imagine that these dominoes are a little unstable. In quantum systems, that instability is known as “noise.” Although they may seem trivial at first, small failures can accumulate over time and disrupt the entire sequence. How noise limits quantum computing power This raises an important question. If every step in…

A new wearable-based study reveals that not only how long you sleep, but how consistently you go to bed can have a big impact on your long-term heart health, especially if you’re not getting enough rest. Study: Irregular sleep timing in midlife: association with serious adverse cardiac events and cardiovascular death over 10 years of follow-up. Image credit: Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock.com Sleep timing reflects your body clock and daily habits that influence cardiovascular function. Disturbances in circadian regulation occur due to irregular behaviors and activities, such as shift work, late meal timing, and irregular sleep timing. In recent research, BMC cardiovascular disorders…

Forget about March going out like a lamb. March was a great month for M&A. During the flurry of activity in the last 12 days of this month, biopharmaceutical companies completed seven deals worth more than $1 billion each, for a combined total of $29 billion. This blitz shows market watchers that 2026 will be a banner year for M&A, and that the surge seen in Q4 2025 was no false alarm. “We believe biotech momentum will continue through 2026,” Jefferies analysts said in their quarterly M&A scorecard, noting that the turnaround came “despite macro uncertainty” and is consistent with…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tends to favor health choices he considers natural, whether that means eating “real foods” like meat and vegetables instead of ultra-processed foods, or falsely suggesting that nutrition and vitamins rather than vaccines are the better option for fighting off measles.But there is at least one area in which the Health Secretary is breaking with his own tradition. He is one of many influential voices in the health and wellness field supporting self-injection of experimental drugs known as peptides, a major concern from mainstream public health experts who warn that these drugs have not been adequately studied…

Plastic pollution has become one of the defining environmental issues of modern life, and microplastics are known to enter the body through food, drink, and the air. Previous studies have detected them in organs and tissues such as the lungs, placenta, brain, semen and feces, raising concerns about long-term health effects. However, one important question remains largely unanswered. The question is: where do these particles go after they enter the body, and how do they affect the systems that process and excrete them? Based on these challenges, detailed studies on microplastic accumulation and toxicity in the biliary system are needed,…

New research reveals how to design artificial habitats that give oyster reefs the best chance of recovery. This discovery came from a detailed analysis of the natural shape and structure of oyster reefs. Published in a magazine naturethis study shows that oyster reefs are not random collections of shells. Rather, its shape and placement play an important role in helping young oysters establish, survive, and avoid predators. Oyster reefs are complex biological structures. Oysters act as “ecosystem engineers”, building coral reefs made from both living oysters and previous generations of shells, explains lead author Dr Juan Esquivel-Muelbert from Macquarie University.…

The tuberculosis rate among Inuit living in Nunavik, the Inuit land of northern Quebec, is 1,000 times higher than the rate among non-foreign-born Quebecers, and a lack of local medical resources exacerbates the burden of tuberculosis, a new study published in 2006 found. CMJ (canadian medical association magazine) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.251824. The study, conducted in collaboration with Nunavik Inuit and led by a primarily Indigenous research team, aims to assess current Inuit experience with tuberculosis treatment and derive recommendations from Inuit for effective disease eradication strategies. First Nations and Inuit researchers interviewed 156 Nunavimiut (Inuit people from Nunavik). Of these, 61% were…

In Japan, which has entered a super-aging society, the burden of medical expenses and social security costs is increasing. In response, national policy is promoting ‘compact-plus-network’ plans to encourage people to live closer to public transport and reduce dependence on cars. A team led by Sayana Wakisaka and Associate Professor Haruka Kato from the Graduate School of Human Life Ecology at Osaka Metropolitan University, in collaboration with the Future Co-Creation Laboratory at Japan System Techniques Co., Ltd., investigated whether opening a new station could reduce medical costs. The researchers used a natural experiment created by the staggered opening of the…