Pulling an all-nighter before a test or assignment deadline is almost a teenage rite of passage, but scientists are concerned that these exceptions are becoming a regular habit. Insomnia symptoms during adolescence are linked ...
Choosing whether to tackle or complete a difficult task often entails weighing the rewards that we could gain from this task against the mental effort it will require. For instance, a larger payment could make a challenging ...
Salt can make or break a dish. A little too much or too little can throw everything off, leaving even the most luxurious ingredients tasting off. But get the balance right, and salt can bring out the flavor in even the simplest ...
Every day, hundreds of thousands of people undergo general anesthesia, trusting they'll drift into unconsciousness and wake safely after surgery. Yet despite decades of use, scientists still don't fully understand how anesthetic ...
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For decades, body image researchers have focused almost exclusively on how we compare ourselves to others and the toll it takes on our well-being. But a new study from The Ohio State University shows that we are often our ...
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Taking out the trash is a chore that even our cells cannot escape. Through a process known as autophagy, they place misshapen proteins and other cellular garbage in biological containers to digest them into their molecular ...
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Both the clinical effects and the unpleasant side effects of chemotherapies, from hair loss to mouth sores to gastrointestinal discomfort, stem from their indiscriminate destruction of cells prone to rapid proliferation. ...
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A simple urine test devised by researchers at Stanford Medicine and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System can diagnose bladder cancer more accurately than current standard methods. The test also allows physicians not only to ...
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A small capsule could change how we study the microbiome of the small intestine. A team led by researchers at the University of Tokyo has created a pill-shaped device designed to take samples from the small intestine using ...
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Understanding how fetal DNA travels in a pregnant woman's blood could unlock the next generation of prenatal screening, according to a new paper published in Science Advances.
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