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A new study from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder included a shocking revelation. According to this new paper, published in ACS Environmental Au, researchers detected an unexpected airborne toxin in US air for the first…

People developing frontier AI models often speculate about how amazing the world will be once AGI and AI superintelligence are available. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s recent essay is the latest example of that. Once superhuman intelligence…

We all dream — but why? As with many mysteries of the mind, science doesn’t…

Modern life isn’t doing our hearts any favours. We sit too much (over nine hours a day, on average), are regularly overwhelmed by stress (now linked to chronic inflammation – a key risk for heart disease) and fill more than half of our plates…

A common molecule found in the body could be targeted to turn aged muscle cells to become…

Gill-Peterson’s work has illustrated for Branstetter the narrowing effect that identity-first politics can have at a time when “we need solidarity across difference,” she says. “Not just because my day job is almost by definition…

Late last week, Israel targeted three of Iran’s key nuclear…

While injected GLP-1 drugs are incredibly effective at spurring weight loss, they also come with some downsides. There can be gastrointestinal side effects and loss of muscle mass. The drugs are also expensive, at $1,000 a month or more in the US…

Eating the daily recommended quantity of fruits during daytime can lead to “meaningful…

For decades, scientists have puzzled over a curious phenomenon called Peto’s Paradox. In theory, large animals with long lifespans should develop cancer more often because they have more cells and more time for mutations to occur. Yet…