You used to have to turn a knob before the answers to life’s questions could fit in our pockets. If you’re lucky, Phil Donahue will be there, ready to guide you toward enlightenment. If we’re lucky, Dr. Ruth Westheimer might stop by for a visit yes inspiration. He is a search engine. She is a […]
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Plastic food packaging may expose people to chemicals such as bisphenol A (BPA) Shutterstock/Trong Nguyen Hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of heart disease cases worldwide may be linked to chemicals in common plastic products, suggesting that tighter regulation of such toxins could benefit public health. Maureen Cropper She and her colleagues at the
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It’s not entirely clear why bowel cancer rates are rising in adults under 50 Steve Gerschmeissner/Science Photo Library Bowel cancer rates are rising in young people around the world, but the trend appears to be most common in high-income countries. Previous research suggests rising rates of bowel or colorectal cancer Over the past few decades,
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Researchers trained an AI model to measure people’s age from brain scans Lab/Alami The levels of 13 proteins in the blood appear to be strong indicators of how quickly the brain ages. This suggests that blood tests could one day help people track and even improve their brain health. Most previous studies looking at protein
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Since 2020, a highly contagious avian influenza virus has spread around the world ULISES RUIZ/AFP Photo: Getty Images The H5N1 avian influenza virus that has spread globally is more capable of infecting humans than earlier strains. What’s more, a single mutation can allow it to infect cells in our noses and throats, making it more
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Flowbio specializes in sweat analysis for athletes, and its S1 device is one of the few wearable sweat sensors to hit the market in the past few years. Although sweat is mostly water and salt, it also drips with biological molecules that can provide all kinds of useful information about what’s going on in our
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Your sweat holds a wealth of information about your health Ryan Pierce/Getty Images “Wow, you’re so salty,” said Stefan van der Fluit, looking at my data. I could have told him. I had just finished a sweaty 45-minute workout on the exercise bike, and the salt was already starting to crystallize on my T-shirt. But
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