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That Medical Supplement Ad May Be A Deepfake AI Doctor
Once upon a time, suspect supplement salespeople who wanted to get rich had to be on the Oprah TV show or be friends with President Clinton.Not now. Drs. Oz, Chopra, Hyman, and Weil, or anyone who wan...
Earth Sciences
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If You Worry About Microplastics, Be Grateful If Climate Change Means Fewer Hurricanes
Microplastics are a newish environmental scare but when added on to endocrine disruptors, virtual pollution, third-hand smoke, and weedkillers, it has become a good fundraising campaign for anti-scien...
Life Sciences
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Why Oxygen, Not Time, Is What Makes Much of Our Food Go Bad
We tend to talk about food spoilage as if time itself were the culprit. Leave a bag of nuts, a bottle of juice or a packet of dried food on the shelf for long enough, the thinking goes, and age simply...
Medicine
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Enzyme USP15 Limits Ovarian Cancer Cells And Boosts Chemotherapy
If not caught early, ovarian cancer can be life-threatening. The five-year survival rate for later diagnoses, after it has spread, is under 30 percent and existing therapies kill healthy cells along w...
Physical Sciences
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Flying With Gamma-Ray Counters: Another Test Or Two Of The Radiacode Zero
Yesterday I traveled all day, moving my family back to Lulea from Padova. The trip is long because there is no direct connection from Venice to Stockholm (Norwegian has one, but I prefer to avoid them...
Social Sciences
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Why People Are Turning To AI For Spiritual Guidance
People are turning to artificial intelligence for a seemingly unending variety of reasons. Many ask AI what to cook for dinner or how to develop a workout plan. Some even rely on AI to create school h...
