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/ 1 year agoKeeping your cool in a warming world: 8 steps to help manage eco-anxiety
A therapist shares advice for harnessing your stress over climate change and other environmental harms and putting it to work.
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/ 1 year agoDesert dust storms carry human-made toxic pollutants, and the health risk extends indoors
Desert dust storms are increasingly picking up materials like sewage, herbicides and other human-made waste and transporting them on tiny particles...
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/ 1 year ago‘Big Bang of Numbers’ – The Conversation’s book club explores how math alone could create the universe with author Manil Suri
A book-length thought experiment uses math to investigate some of life’s big questions.
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/ 1 year agoDopamine is a brain chemical famously linked to mood and pleasure − but researchers have found multiple types of dopamine neurons with different functions
From dopamine hacking to dopamine detoxes, some people have sought to harness this brain chemical to improve their mood and productivity....
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/ 1 year agoSickle cell disease can be deadly, and the persistent health inequities facing Black Americans worsen the problem
Many people with sickle cell disease don’t receive adequate treatment to ease their pain and are subjected to racial discrimination and...
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/ 1 year agoWhat happens if you need to pee while you’re asleep?
A pediatric urologist explains how the bladder and the brain communicate to wake you up when you need to ‘go’ –...
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/ 1 year agoNASA report finds no evidence that UFOs are extraterrestrial
Months after a military officer made sensational claims about unexplained objects in the skies, NASA released a report loosely outlining a...
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/ 1 year agoUS autoworkers launch historic strike: 3 questions answered
A work stoppage hitting the three largest American automakers at the same time is unprecedented.
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/ 1 year agoAlzheimer’s disease is partly genetic − studying the genes that delay decline in some may lead to treatments for all
Despite decades of starts and stops, new treatments and key genetic discoveries are giving researchers great hope for slowing or eventually...
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/ 1 year agoRansom or realism? A closer look at Biden’s prisoner swap deal with Iran
The hostage swap between the U.S. and Iran may be an important step in a new nuclear deal between the West...