Exposure to phthalates—a group of chemicals found in everything from plastics to personal care products—may disrupt an important hormone needed to sustain a healthy pregnancy

Chemicals from Hair and Beauty Products Impact Hormones, Especially During Pregnancy

Study: Climate action can lessen poverty and inequality worldwide

High Performance Correctly Rounded Math Libraries for 32-bit Floating Point Representations

Small Summaries for Big Data

Just enough information will motivate young children to learn, drive curiosity

Scientists found that the muscle mass of orangutans on Borneo was significantly lower when less fruit was available

Volunteer firefighters — who comprise more than 65% of the U.S

New research suggest that corals will withstand climate change caused by human activities, based on the precision, robustness and resilience of their impressive process for forming rock-hard skeletons

Early life exposure to antibiotics in utero and through mother’s milk disrupts beneficial gut bacteria, compromising T-cell development (Feb 2021, mice) "early-life acquisition of a dysbiotic microbiota has detrimental effects [..] that persist into adulthood"

Study finds that two types of mouthwash disrupt the COVID-19 virus under laboratory conditions, preventing it from replicating in a human cell

States with more gun laws have lower youth gun violence, finds a new study, which examined data from 2005 and 2017 across several US states

Handgun ownership, not shotgun ownership, is associated with greater odds of a person having died from self-inflicted gunshot wound rather than another suicide method

The Weaknesses of Full Text Searching (2008)

People who purchase a firearm during the pandemic are more likely to be suicidal than other firearm owners

Dads engaged in their kid’s lives can help to improve their mental health and behavior - teens in low-income families whose fathers are more frequently engaged in reading, playing and providing necessities such as clothes and food during childhood have fewer behavioral and emotional problems.

Scientists reported the first instance of COVID-19 triggering a recurrence of Guillain-Barré Syndrome -- a rare disorder where the body's immune system attacks nerves and can lead to respiratory failure & death

Pay-to-stay—the practice of charging people to pay for their own jail or prison confinement—is being enforced unfairly by using criminal, civil and administrative law

Darwin’s theory of evolution should be expanded to include DNA stability “energy code”, or “molecular Darwinism”

Standardizing fee-for-service payments and structuring negotiations between insurers and providers could make the US health care more affordable

Asthma Does Not Seem to Increase the Severity of COVID-19

FDA Grants Approval for First Saliva Based Coronavirus Test

Heat Stress May Affect More Than 1.2 Billion People Annually by 2100

Researchers have discovered the origins of the protein structures responsible for metabolism: simple molecules that powered early life on Earth and serve as chemical signals that NASA could use to search for life on other planets.

A new study, covering three interglacial periods within the past 450,000 years, found century-long disruptions of the North Atlantic Deep Water formation regardless of the degree of global warming, taking place in climate conditions similar to those we may soon face

A blood-sampling robot performed as well or better than people in the first human clinical trial of an automated blood drawing and testing device

Glaciers are melting underwater much faster than previously thought, according to a new study that used robotic kayaks for the first time to track meltwater as it spreads in the ocean.

Scientists have discovered that when a key protein needed to generate new brain cells during prenatal development and early childhood development is missing, part of the brain goes haywire – that can lead to long-term cognitive and movement behaviors characteristic of autism spectrum disorder.

Black teenagers experience daily racial discrimination, most frequently online, which can lead to negative mental health effects

Climate change is reshaping communities of fish and other sea life, according to a pioneering study on how ocean warming is affecting the mix of species

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