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/ 3 months agoWe developed a way to use light to dismantle PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ – long-lasting environmental pollutants
PFAS are made up of a chain of incredibly strong carbon-fluorine bonds, which make them difficult to break down.
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/ 3 months agoBrain inflammation may be the reason behind muscle fatigue after infection and injury
Conditions such as long COVID-19, Alzheimer’s disease and meningitis can damage the line of communication between your brain and your muscles.
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/ 3 months agoSanta, maybe? Why we have different names for who ‘hurries down the chimney’ on Christmas
You may call him Santa Claus, but the bearded guy in the red suit is a man known by many names....
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/ 3 months agoVaccines and values: When you’re having a tough conversation about medicine, don’t just pile on evidence − listen to someone’s ‘moral foundations’
Being presented with facts doesn’t do much good if you don’t feel like your core values are respected. That’s especially true...
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/ 3 months agoNASA’s crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis I − an aerospace expert on these critical spacecraft components
It’s a good idea to make sure your spacecraft can take the heat that comes with reentering Earth’s atmosphere before you...
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/ 3 months agoSouth Korea shook a presidential power grab – failure to impeach now risks damaging democracy
In 1972, a South Korean president instigated a self-coup and succeeded. Understanding why – and why the latest attempt failed –...
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/ 3 months ago15% of global population lives within a few miles of a coast − and the number is growing rapidly
Nearly 10% of the planet’s human inhabitants live within 3.1 miles of the coast − where the risk of climate disasters...
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/ 3 months agoWhy winter makes you more vulnerable to colds – a public health nurse explains the science behind the season
Cold and flu viruses often circulate more in the fall and winter, but there are some time-tested strategies for avoiding them,...
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/ 3 months agoWe interviewed 30 Black public school teachers in Philadelphia to understand why so many are leaving the profession
Experiences of racism affected Black teachers across the district but manifested in different ways depending on their school’s location.
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/ 3 months agoWhy the religious beliefs of Trump defense pick Pete Hegseth matter
Hegseth’s Christian views have been shaped by a 20th-century movement, Christian Reconstruction, which seeks to make America a Christian nation built...
