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When you're talking about coffee and reducing the potential type 2 diabetes risk, it's important to note that we are talking about caffeinated coffee without any additions, like cream or sugar. While your corner coffee shop is selling a grande mocha latte, those types of drinks do not...

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When Bad Breath Requires More Than a Mint A quick breath check can save you from more than just an awkward social situation — it could save your life. The latest breath test technology can detect stomach cancer in its earliest stages, according to an April 2015 study published in the...

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We’re all familiar with what a nuclear reactor looks like – if only from its frequent appearance on The Simpsons. But what goes on inside? YouTube educator Kurz Gesagt is here to answer that question, with an informative animated short. Click below to see how radioactivity keeps the...

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The folks at Michigan State University have developed the next level of solar power technology: a fully transparent solar concentrator. This new product means that any clear object, like a window, can be turned into an energy-creating device for the household, car or workplace. Until now, solar...

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The number of cases of melanoma doubled between 1982 and 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed in a report yesterday. In 1982, roughly 11 people in 100,000 reported a melanoma versus almost 23 per 100,000 people (more than 65,000 cases) in 2011. Melanoma is the...

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Have you stayed awake at night wondering about the meaning of the universe and its existence? Well, the issue is settled. It turns out that the universe as we know it might just be a two-dimensional realm that only appears to be real. A group of Viennese scientists with very large brains came up...

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While there are plenty of people who love cooking and don’t need their arm twisted to get into the kitchen, after a long day of work, most would much rather pass on the task of fixing dinner. This situation leads a lot of working people and busy stay-at-home parents to opt for take-out food,...

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If countries and farmers make adjustments in what crops they grow and where, then the effects of climate change on the global economy may not be as severe as feared, say economists. Dave Donaldson, an associate professor of economics, writes in a new policy brief for the Stanford Institute for...

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Removing more tissue during a partial mastectomy could spare thousands of women with breast cancer the pain and worry of a second surgery. Nearly 300,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer each year and more than half of them undergo breast-conserving surgery with a...

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For all you scientists out there and for all the students who have had a hard time convincing these people regarding the truth of the Bible – here’s something that illustrates God’s awesome creation and shows He is still in control. Did you know that NASA’s space...

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Women with fibromyalgia were able to drastically reduce and even completely eliminate their use of pain medication after a treatment regimen in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome that can be accompanied by—and perhaps is related to—other physical and...

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Poor sleep—particularly a deficit of deep, restorative slumber—is a channel through which the beta-amyloid protein believed to trigger Alzheimer’s disease attacks the brain’s long-term memory. “Our findings reveal a new pathway through which Alzheimer’s...

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The Japanese art of origami has been used to fascinate friends and family for countless generations. If you can fold a piece of paper into any of the classic origami shapes or patterns, you will instantly impress your peers — and enthrall your enemies. What's equally impressive (but...

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When your body is in under oxidative stress, your immune system gets weaker. Exposure to UV radiation, air pollution, smoking, and drinking alcohol are all known to cause oxidative stress and the release of free radicals. For the first time, researchers have shown that higher doses of vitamin E...

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A drug prescribed to prevent or stall the progress of heart disease may also relieve symptoms of asthma, according to a new study. The researchers demonstrated in mice that an inhalable form of pravastatin, currently only approved for oral use, could improve airway health without increasing...