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Smoking has declined overall, but vaping has increased and people are starting to smoke at a younger age
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'Heel-strike’ allowed early humans to walk farther at cost of high impact forces
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KAIST identifies cause of artifacts in battery nanoscale analysis, paving the way for more reliable measurements
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Why Understanding the Human Condition Remains One of Science’s Great Challenges
Why Understanding the Human Condition Remains One of Science’s Great Challenges
Science has explained an extraordinary amount about the world around us. But one of its most elusive subjects remains remarkably close to home: ourselves. What made humans the way we are? How did we acquire our extraordinary capacities for consciousness, cooperation, language and culture?
Damon Isherwood Sun, 09/06/2026 - 21:12 Categories Psychology
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Epidemiology: Microplastics Cause Lung Cancer
Epidemiology: Microplastics Cause Lung Cancer
Unless you are a cigarette smoker, you can't be 'inhaling' enough polypropylene and polyethylene to impact your lungs even if you live for 7,000 years. That doesn't stop fad claims that microplastics cause lung cancer.
Hank Campbell Sun, 09/06/2026 - 06:29 Categories Chemistry
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Origins of COPD may lie in how some children’s lungs develop, but only when they are exposed to polluted air
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Your Smartphone May Be Off On Your Exercise Calories By 25%
Your Smartphone May Be Off On Your Exercise Calories By 25%
Sorry, Apple. Sorry, Fitbit. You're overcounting calories burned and science shows it.
Hank Campbell Sat, 09/05/2026 - 13:28 Categories Technology
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Microplastics may act as pollutant shuttles, carrying chemicals, pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes
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Slow pyrolysis could turn heavy metal contaminated crops into useful carbon materials
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How new moms cope with stressful news may matter more than the news itself, study finds
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Sharpening minds in the community: Attention emerges as a key responsive outcome in municipal dementia prevention
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