Over the past 50 years, rates of obesity and type-2 diabetes have soared, while sperm quality has plummeted. Driving these changes could be the increasing popularity of ultra-processed foods, which have been linked to a range of poor health…
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Ancient DNA finally solves the mystery of the world’s first pandemic
For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian — the world’s first recorded pandemic — in the Eastern Mediterranean, where the outbreak was first described nearly 1,500…
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Giving Up Smoking Might Make It Easier To Overcome Substance Abuse Disorders: Study
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO – JULY 28, 2018: A man holds a cigarette in his hand in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
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Quitting smoking cigarettes could enable a person with a substance abuse disorder to recover…
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In the dark for 11 million years: How blind cavefish rewrote evolution
Small, colorless, and blind, amblyopsid cavefishes inhabit subterranean waters throughout the eastern United States. In a new study, Yale researchers reveal insights into just how these distinctive cave dwellers evolved — and provide a unique…
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What Starship’s Success Means For SpaceX’s Future
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at SpaceX’s successful Starship flight, IBM and AMD’s plan to make quantum computing practical, why runners should strength train and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here.
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People Use Intuition To Make Important Decisions Rather Than Advice: Study
A blindfolded man chooses a number at random from a telephone directory, circa 1935. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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One of the most challenging aspects of adulthood is making decisions, such as who you choose to date or marry,…
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Robots Are Joining The Team And Elevating The Value Of Humans
Toy versions of the popular droids R2-D2 and BB-8, part of the hero team from the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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Meet Moxi, a humanoid robot that has become a valued member of medical teams at hospital networks across the US. The…
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How To Unlock The Key To Stress-Relief, According To An Expert
From cold plunges to digital detox retreats—there are now so many ways to regulate the nervous system, we can get decision fatigue in the search for stress relief alone. But the solution may be simpler than we’d expect—rather than looking…
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A bioengineered protein may someday treat carbon monoxide poisoning
An antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning could come from bacteria.
Mice treated with a tweaked version of a bacterial protein rapidly cleared carbon monoxide from their blood, safely eliminating it through urine, researchers report…
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