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The intent of the Senate is noble but nationally uniform bad policy does not suddenly become good policy. And this is bad policy, because it promotes the notion that this food process might be a concern.

The words "chemistry" and "easy" rarely go together. But, this rule is (more or less) broken when it comes to understanding the chemistry of explosives. Almost all of them have two things in common: lots of gas, and very little carbon.

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A small pilot study detailed 10 cases of people with a particular gene. Patients who discontinued their personalized MEND protocol showed cognitive decline again, while those patients who remained had sustained improvement for up to four years later.

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New York City has launched a three-year Zika awareness campaign called "Fight Back NYC" for which Mayor de Blasio has slotted $21 million. The posters have a singular focus on mosquitoes and have left out another image that should also be synonymous with Zika - that of a condom. With more and more sexually transmitted cases, why are we still talking only about mosquitoes? Our Zika public awareness campaigns should look more like they did for HIV/AIDS in the 90s.

A new editorial in the Annals of Neurology details that stimulation affects more of the brain than anyone may realize, and that could lead to altered brain functions. Stimulating one brain area may improve the ability to perform one task, but it could also hurt the ability to perform another.

The idea that babies in the womb can react to music has been around for some time, but it certainly shouldn't involve inserting a stereo into your, ahem, lady parts. That said, meet BabyPod: a small, vaginal device that lets your unborn baby rock out to Nirvana in the womb. Really? Please.

Smoking is an addiction, so it's no surprise that pregnant women claim they're not doing it, but really are. And when you get down to cases, cotinine levels don't lie.

A college professor was awarded over $5 million in a lawsuit against DuPont, which he blames for his testicular cancer. The jury said the company acted with malice because it dumped water containing C8 (perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA) into the Ohio River. Dupont said it consistently monitored exposure so it remained at a safe level, but jury cases are not decided by science. They are decided by emotion.

AIDS drugs have gotten so good that HIV-positive patients are now living almost as long as people who are not infected. But there's a price to pay: Long-term, chronic use of AIDS drugs is creating toxicity issues. Is there a way around this?

Despite the fact that men everywhere have given up on looking like Brad Pitt circa Troy, is dad bod healthy?

Vermont's GM labeling law is one of those decisions that seems to make sense — at least, that is — until you examine the science. Then the concept dissolves, and you're left with an anti-scientific, burdensome mess. Fewer products, companies refusing to sell stuff in your state, and higher prices. Nice job, Vermont!

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Do our genes influence whether or not we get a Staph infection? It looks like they do. A new study shows that, if your sibling had a Staph infection, you are twice as likely to get one yourself - suggesting that our genes, in addition to other factors, determine how susceptible we are to certain infections.

There's a syringe shortage taking place in West Africa that's halted its much-needed yellow fever vaccination program. One big area of concern is the Democratic Republic of Congo, and its huge city of Kinshasa with a population of 12 million -- that's 3.5 million more citizens than New York City. At best, this is expected to become an epidemic, and at worst a global health crisis.

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In recent years pasta gained a bad reputation: it will make you fat. Obviously you could insert any food and get the same result, if you eat enough of it. So how does it happen that certain foods get called out and stick in the minds of the public?

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A new study says it has found a major flaw in the "Turing Test," the leading method to determine artificial intelligence.

The Breakthrough Dialogue is a gathering of ecomodernists, who represent everything that modern environmentalism should be: Optimistic, pro-technology, and pro-humanitarian. The upbeat mood of the meeting stands in stark contrast to both mainstream environmentalism, with its apocalyptic and misanthropic worldview, and the American public, who seems to believe that the world is bad and getting worse.

The Orlando nightclub attack on June 12 was among the deadliest in American history, and it was the 133rd mass shooting to take place in the United States this year alone.

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Engineers have demonstrated that strands of cow cartilage can substitute for ink in a 3-D bioprinting process, which opens a door to creating cartilage patches for worn-out joints.

1. Greenpeace Executives As Characters From "The Godfather" - "The Godfather" is the seminal American movie about an Italian mafia family. It is said that MAFIA is an acronym for Morte Alle Francia Italia Anela, basically 'the death of France is the song of Italy' - but Greenpeace loves France, it's science and the bulk of humanity that don't cave into their demands they want to kill off.

A controversial recent hypothesis is that the use of non-nutritive sweeteners can lead to obesity because they "uncouple" the sense of sweetness from calorie intake. But a recent study failed to replicate the work on which that theory rests. So once again, calories count!

It has become increasingly tricky for Medicare recipients to find doctors who will accept them as patient. The paperwork is crazy, and the reimbursement is also crazy, but in the other direction. Something's gotta break. How will this play out?

For those of us who partake, drinking alcohol is often seen as a balancing act, weighing the pleasures against the pains. Government regulation is often seen the same way, balancing an individual's pleasure and freedom versus the cost of crime and harm to health. But this approach can often lead to bad alcohol policies that fail to strike the right balance.