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Men's fertility irreversibly damaged by age of 18 thanks to Western junk food diet, study finds
Male fertility is being irreversibly damaged by a diet of western junk food by the time men reach 18, a study has found.
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New therapy targets gut bacteria to prevent and reverse food allergies
Every three minutes, a food-related allergic reaction sends someone to the emergency room in the U.S. Currently, the only way to prevent a reaction is for people with food allergies to completely avoid the food to which they are allergic. Researchers are actively seeking new treatments to prevent or reverse food allergies in patients. Recent insights about the microbiome—the complex ecosystem of microorganisms that live in the gut and other body sites—have suggested that an altered gut microbiome may play a pivotal role in the development of food allergies. A new study, led by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Boston...
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How pop culture embraced sexuality ‘without labels’
More and more people are refusing to define themselves as either gay or straight – and from pop music to sitcoms, such fluidity is becoming increasingly visible, writes Hugh Montgomery
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Dr. Marijuana Pepsi Won't Change Her Name 'To Make Other People Happy'
Long ridiculed for her unusual name, Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck recently turned her hardship into success. After studying perceptions around "black names" in white classrooms, she completed her Ph.D.
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SharedIt | For Researchers | Springer Nature
We think this initiative strikes the right balance, given researchers’ legitimate needs to share content as part of their collaborations and discussions and the increasing need of wider society to appreciate the results of recent research.
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Memories form 'barrier' to letting go of objects for people who hoard
Researchers hope that the findings could help develop new ways to train people with hoarding difficulties to discard clutter.
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After Nearly Going Extinct, Washington’s Pygmy Rabbits Need Room to Grow
Recovering the endangered critters will test society’s willingness to let nature reclaim a landscape.
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'They didn't look old enough': who filled a French art gallery with fakes?
Last year, a museum dedicated to the work of Étienne Terrus revealed most of its paintings were probably not by him. How did they get there?
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How did NASA put men on the moon? One harrowing step at a time.
The space agency had vision, genius and dash, but a strategy of incremental progress won the race.
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The Trebek effect: The benefits of well wishes
Long-time “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek announced in March that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Within days, he offered thanks to “the hundreds of thousands of people who have sent emails, texts, tweets, and cards wishing me well regarded my health.” Then last month, Trebek reported that his cancer was in “near remission,” saying that his doctors “hadn’t seen this kind of positive results in their memory.”
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Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a nearby star
“We will eventually see if they are actually habitable and, perhaps, even inhabited,” astronomers predict.
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“It took us about 5 seconds”: A blank newspaper wins the Publishing Grand Prix at Cannes | What’s New in Publishing | Digital Publishing News
A blank piece of paper, albeit one that sparked an international conversation, was awarded the Grand Prix in Print and Publishing at the Cannes Lions Festival, on Monday. Lebanon’s oldest newspaper An-Nahar went out to newsstands completely blank on October 11, 2018, to protest against what it called a “catastrophic situation”—a stalled government and economic …
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Choppers vs. Drones: The Battle for Cinematic Air Supremacy
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Accidental cat filter appears on Pakistan official's briefing
‘Human error’ blamed for livestreamed briefing in which officials appeared as cats
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Faces of Antimicrobial Resistance: The Human Cost of Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial Resistance; patient stories; antibiotic resistant infections;
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Fart free: Why good digestion is essential | Rachel van der Gugten |
Eating to reduce gas will also ease gut pain for folks with IBS.
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Here's A Dad Joke! What Does The Buffalo Tell His Son In The Morning?
Bye son.
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Essential Oils For Men Now Available
U.S.—A new line of manlier essential oil scents is now available.Including scents like bacon, V8 engine exhaust, freshly cut grass, and assault rifles, the new line of essential oils arrives just in time for Father's Day.Developed by startup MLM BroTerra, the oils represent the first serious attempt to get men interested in the exciting world of all- …
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LEGO launches Braille bricks for children to learn Braille.
LEGO Foundation and LEGO Group announced their new project to help blind and visually impaired children learn Braille through custom LEGO Braille Bricks.
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PooplogA deep dive into a year on the toilet
Methodology Over the course of a year, from 1/20/15 to 1/20/16, every instance of defecation was recorded in a spreadsheet. I defined defecation: a sit, a loaf, a wipe, and a flush
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