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Scientific Reports

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Dec 21, 2025
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Would Reddit be considered left or right leaning?

On balance, the body of reporting and scholarship assembled here supports the conclusion that Reddit is overall left-leaning — particularly in its largest political communities and “top posts” — but t...

Dec 14, 2025
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What scientific evidence supports health claims about hydrogen water?

Clinical trials and systematic reviews report small but consistent signals that hydrogen-rich (H2) water can reduce markers of oxidative stress and inflammation and may modestly help exercise recovery...

Nov 18, 2025
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What are the common and rare side effects reported for the 2025 COVID-19 booster?

Most available reporting and health‑system guidance says the 2025 COVID‑19 booster causes the same common, short‑lived reactions seen with prior boosters — sore arm, fatigue, headache, fever and muscl...

Nov 9, 2025

Views 73% Of people said they prefer to
watch a short video to learn about a product or service

The claim that is supported by several of the provided analyses but is not uniformly verified across all referenced sources. Some summaries explicitly state the 73% figure (citing Hootsuite/Buffer sum...

Dec 9, 2025

Which recent studies evaluated factual accuracy of CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News and what methodologies did they use?

A few recent, relevant studies and reports assess media accuracy indirectly or by developing detection tools; for example, a 2025 Scientific Reports paper presents a hybrid deep‑learning framework to ...

Dec 15, 2025

What independent studies have evaluated msn political bias and what methodologies did they use?

Multiple independent studies and NGO ratings have evaluated MSNBC’s political slant using several distinct methodologies: content/transcript analysis and guest-ideology scoring (Stanford/PNAS/PMC), la...

Nov 20, 2025

What are the most frequent side effects reported within 7 days after the 2025 COVID-19 booster?

Most available reporting and guidance say the common reactions within a week after a 2025 COVID-19 booster are short-lived, mild-to-moderate local and systemic symptoms such as injection‑site soreness...

Oct 28, 2025

Which peer-reviewed studies measure misinformation prevalence on Fox News compared to ABC, CBS, and NBC?

Multiple peer-reviewed studies and recent research frameworks address across U.S. television outlets, but few peer-reviewed articles directly quantify *misinformation prevalence* on Fox News versus AB...

Jan 7, 2026

What clinical advances exist for treating urinary incontinence as of 2025?

Clinical advances for urinary incontinence (UI) through 2025 span improved conservative care delivery and diagnostics, new and refined pharmacologic combos, expanded neuromodulation and implantable de...

Jan 5, 2026

What large-scale, multi-site randomized trials of rTMS for tinnitus are currently registered or underway?

The evidence landscape for repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in chronic tinnitus has long been marked by small, heterogeneous studies and repeated calls for large, multi‑site randomi...

Jan 5, 2026

What randomized clinical trials exist testing TMS specifically for chronic tinnitus and what were their outcomes?

A substantial body of randomized controlled trials has tested repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS/TMS) for chronic tinnitus, ranging from small, single‑site experiments to larger random...

Dec 4, 2025

Which companies or academic groups are leading gelatide research and publications?

Academic and industrial leadership in gelatin and peptide-based gel research is split: large specialty ingredient firms such as Gelita, Rousselot/Darling Ingredients and Nitta Gelatin are prominent in...

Dec 1, 2025

Are there randomized controlled trials testing gelatide for wound healing or skin repair?

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of gelatin-based materials for wound care exist in a narrow set of clinical settings (for example palatal donor-site dressings and other small trials), but large-sc...

Nov 28, 2025

Are there any essential oils that can help reduce semen smell?

There is no clear, high-quality clinical evidence that specific essential oils reliably reduce the scent of semen on skin or fabrics; most sources discuss essential oils for mood, libido, or in vitro ...

Nov 28, 2025

Effects of meditation over different time frames

Short-term meditation—single sessions to a few weeks—can produce measurable changes in brain activity, attention, stress markers and even blood biology within days to weeks (examples: 1-week retreat f...

Nov 24, 2025

How can social media platforms detect and remove deepfake videos?

Social platforms detect and remove deepfake videos using a mix of automated ML classifiers, multimodal forensics (audio + visual), watermarking or provenance systems, and human review; academic survey...