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WEB50 years ago, some of plastic’s toxic hazards were exposed. Worker exposure to vinyl chloride became tightly regulated after the chemical was linked with liver cancer. Now, its use may be on the ...
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WEB3 days ago · A weaker magnetic field may have paved the way for marine life to go big. Decreased protection from cosmic radiation may have increased oxygen levels in the atmosphere and oceans, allowing animals ...
Social media harms teens’ mental health, mounting evidence …
WEBFeb 20, 2024 · The concern, and the studies, come from statistics showing that social media use in teens ages 13 to 17 is now almost ubiquitous. Two-thirds of teens report using TikTok, and some 60 percent of ...
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WEBSep 6, 2024 · Health & Medicine. Infections from drug-resistant bacteria have skyrocketed over the last 50 years. Now, new technologies could help doctors save lives. By Maria Temming August 23, 2024. Health ...
How plate tectonics upended our understanding of Earth
WEBJan 13, 2021 · Kevin Schafer/Alamy Stock Photo. Plate tectonics describes how Earth’s entire, 100-kilometer-thick outermost layer, called the lithosphere, is broken into a jigsaw puzzle of plates — slabs of ...
Fatal fix: How an opioid overdose shuts down your body - Science …
WEBThe potent latches onto empty opioid receptors, preventing other opioids from triggering the cell to take actions that can shut down breathing or freeze muscles. Usually injected or inhaled ...
Are viruses alive? And why does it matter? | Science News
WEBNov 1, 2021 · In the 1800s, they were called biological particles. By the early 1900s, they’d been demoted to inert chemicals. Throughout, viruses have rarely been considered alive. More than 120 definitions ...
What you need to know about giant, invasive joro spiders
WEBMarch 30, 2022 at 10:00 am. Some thumbnail-sized, brown male spiders in Georgia could be miffed if they paid the least attention to humans and our news obsessions. Recent stories have made much of ...
The facts behind the frack - Science News
WEBAug 24, 2012 · The facts behind the frack. To call it a fractious debate is an understatement. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, wrenches open rock deep beneath the Earth’s surface, freeing the natural gas ...
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