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Press releases written for the Public Library of Science and posted to EurekAlert!

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2026

 

Babies are born with a sense of rhythm, study suggests, Feb. 2026

​2025

Adults who want children favor older-looking partners (but not for their money), study suggests, Dec. 2025

Loneliness is bad for health and wealth in the U.K., Sept. 2025

By 2100, unchecked climate change could slash global GDP per capita by up to 24%Sept. 2025

What’s in your pup’s bowl? Heavy metals, reveals 10-state survey, Aug. 2025

Individual merit, not solidarity, prioritized by early childhood education policies, July 2025

Breaking the American climate silenceApril 2025

Finding their way: GPS ignites independence in older adult driversApril 2025

UK’s wealthiest citizens may be rich with climate-positive potential, March 2025

​2024

U.K. older adults less likely to experience cybercrime than younger adults — but it's more financially devastating for them, Dec. 2024

Tattoo or not tattoo: Testing the limits of beauty in body art, Dec. 2024

 

Won’t you be mine? Neighborly networking may motivate local climate action, Nov. 2024

Storms, floods, landslides associated with intimate partner violence against women two years later, Oct. 2024

Number of fish species at risk of extinction fivefold higher than previous estimates according to a new prediction, Aug. 2024

Repetition boosts belief in climate-skeptical claims, even among climate science endorsers, Aug. 2024

Perceived warmth, competence predict callback decisions in meta-analysis of hiring experiments, July 2024

Cryptocurrency investors are more likely to self-report “Dark Tetrad” personality traits alongside other characteristics, July 2024

Sharing false political information on social media may be associated with positive schizotypy, July 2024

Why do you keep your house so cold? Science says: Ask your parents, July 2024

YouTube’s comments section: Political echo chamber or constructive cross-partisan forum? May 2024

Economic wealth may be linked with happiness in China – if inequality is low, April 2024

Your emotional reaction to climate change may impact the policies you support, March 2024

North American cities may see a major species turnover by the end of the century, March 2024

The future is likely less skiable, thanks to climate change, March 2024

EU countries have seen a decade of progress towards their 2030 sustainable energy goal, Feb. 2024

Climate change may reduce life expectancy by half a year, study suggests, Jan. 2024

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