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Analyzing the times you pass gas helps scientists study gut bacteria.

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Scientists invent ‘smart’ underwear that tracks gut bacteria health through your farts

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Obesity, Chronic diseases, Weight loss, Dieting, Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Weight loss drugs, GLP-1, Zepbound, GLP-1 drugs

Weight loss on GLP-1 drugs can follow similar patterns as the yo-yo dieting fads of previous decades.

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Medical expert explains what to do after reaching weight loss goal on GLP-1 medications

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Does your favorite color reveal your level of intelligence?

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Psychologists believe this is the favorite color of the most intelligent people

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There could be a different kind of sentience after a person dies.

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Scientists uncover mysterious 'third state' of existence beyond boundaries of life and death

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Left: A scientist in a lab. Right: Kidney stones.

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Canadian scientists create magnetic robots that can dissolve kidney stones in days

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Family

Reading to young kids improves their social skills and a new study shows it doesn’t matter whether parents stop to ask questions

There's more to story-time then setting up a good night's sleep.

A giant star is changing before our eyes and astronomers are watching in real time
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A giant star is changing before our eyes and astronomers are watching in real time

Astronomers discover a star changing on a human time scale.

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Staying in bed longer is actually bad for you: Here is how to wake up comfortably

Hitting snooze disrupts your sleep cycle and tricks your brain into thinking it is time to rest, leaving you groggy for hours.

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This medieval routine could be the answer for people who struggle to sleep at night

Segmented sleep patterns were once common among eminent people, but researchers are split on if they help us today.

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Why so many highly intelligent people claim 'blue' is their favorite color

Is there a link between high intelligence and your favorite color? The science behind the 'Blue vs. Red' debate.

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Americans hit by massive snow storms are feeling 'frost quake' booms, a startling and mysterious phenomenon

They're usually not as scary as they sound.

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'Intelligent' neck device detects words and emotions, giving stroke survivors a literal new voice

The wearable device achieved 96 percent accuracy.

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Malaria researchers are getting closer to outsmarting the world’s deadliest parasite

New research promises life saving progress in a long fought battle.

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Neurologist explains why 'novelty' is a brilliant workout for your brain's health

Plus five other things to consider for your mental exercise.

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Juice cleanses, charcoal supplements and foot patches – is detoxing worth the hype?

The pain is only worth the gain when there is gain to be had.

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Antibiotic resistance could undo a century of medical progress – but four advances are changing the story

Common infections are growing harder to treat with existing treatments.

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Deep reading can boost your critical thinking and help you resist misinformation – here’s how to build the skill

Hitting pause, questioning, and connecting the dots before hitting share

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South Korean scientists invent spray-on medical powder that can stop wounds from bleeding in a second

This could save the lives of soldiers and surgery patients alike.

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Experts say that one simple 15-minute daily exercise kills anxiety and boosts self-worth

Anxiety traps you in a loop of "what if it goes wrong?" This 15-minute writing habit forces your brain to ask, "What if it goes right?"

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Animals

Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks – studying their clever brains can clarify human intelligence, too

There's more going on behind the cute mask than you might think.

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A new study claims dogs can learn new words by eavesdropping on their owners' conversations

Some dogs learn language like human toddlers.

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