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How Exercise Boosts the Brain and Improves Mental Health

WEBExercise causes changes to the brain and also encourages helpful behaviors in participants. Together, these can help exercisers better cope with mental health …

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How Epidemics of the Past Changed the Way Americans …

WEBThe polio epidemic of 1952 sickened more than 57,000 people across the United States, causing 21,269 cases of paralysis. The situation became so dire that at …

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The Ten Most Significant Science Stories of 2021

WEBJoe Spring. Associate Editor, Science. December 23, 2021. From amazing firsts on Mars to the impacts of climate change on Earth, these science stories stood out …

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The Historical Roots of Racial Disparities in American …

WEBThe physician lent his expertise to Color of Care, a new documentary from the Smithsonian Channel about racial disparities in health—and how to address them. The program, …

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How the 1918 Flu Pandemic Revolutionized Public Health

WEBLaura Spinney, Zócalo Public Square. September 27, 2017. American Expeditionary Force victims of the flu pandemic at U.S. Army Camp Hospital no. 45 in …

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New Devices Could Change the Way We Measure Blood …

WEBThe American Heart Association considers blood pressure to be normal when it does not exceed pressures of 120 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) systolic and …

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The New Science of Motherhood

WEBIn a 2013 smell-based experiment, 30 women sniffed at a mystery item—a newborn’s cotton undershirt—as scientists watched their brains react via an fMRI scanner. The new …

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Second Patient Receives Gene-Edited Pig Kidney …

WEBDoctors perform a pig kidney transplant on April 12. So far, the patient is recovering well, but doctors will need to continue to monitor her in the hospital and make …

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How Making Art Helps Improve Mental Health

WEBCooper is one of the many individuals who have experienced the benefits of art therapy, an integrative treatment that uses artistic self-expression as a means of …

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Modern Medicine Traces Its Scientific Roots to the Middle Ages

WEBFor medieval doctors, vulture brains and cow bile operated according to the same logic that continues to inform research today: Nature operates in mysterious ways, …

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There's a Scientific Reason Why Self-Harm Makes Some People …

WEBIt's likely that everyone knows somebody—or they were the person, or they still are the person—that hurts themselves. Self-harm, through self-inflicted burns, cuts, …

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Clara Barton Epitomized the Heroism of Nurses

WEBBorn on Christmas Day 200 years ago, in North Oxford, Massachusetts, Clara was a timid child. “In the earlier years of my life I remember nothing but fear,” she wrote in her 1907 …

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The Incredible Legacy of Susan La Flesche, the First Native …

WEBThe Incredible Legacy of Susan La Flesche, the First Native American to Earn a Medical Degree. With few rights as a woman and as an Indian, the pioneering doctor …

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The Positive and Negative Impacts of Covid on Nature

WEBAs many would expect, they did find evidence of nature benefiting from the sudden drop in air, land, and water travel. Wildlife also benefited from reduced air and …

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What to Know About 'Tranq,' the Animal Sedative Infiltrating …

WEBAn animal sedative that’s harmful to human health is showing up in street drugs across the United States, and it appears to be spreading. The drug, called …

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How Science Conquered Diphtheria, the Plague Among Children

WEBJacobi was skeptical of the idea that diphtheria was caused by any particular bacteria. But in 1883, the same year Ernst died from the disease, the Prussian pathologist Edwin …

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This Rare Condition Makes Some People Get Drunk, Even When …

WEBA man in Belgium was acquitted of drunk driving charges this week, after doctors showed he has auto-brewery syndrome, which makes his body produce alcohol …

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Plastics Contain Thousands More Chemicals Than Thought, and …

WEBA new database catalogs 16,000 chemicals found in plastics and identifies more than 4,200 that are potentially hazardous to human health and the environment

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Voyager 1 Sends Clear Data to NASA for the First Time in Five …

WEBMembers of the Voyager 1 flight team celebrate after receiving health and status data from the spacecraft. Next, engineers need to enable the probe to start …

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Tracking Dinosaurs in New Jersey

WEBEvery one in a while, though, someone finds a bit of dinosaur bone. Last December, New Jersey dentist Paul Kovalski found a chunk of brown bone at Big Brook …

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Meet the Smithsonian Fellow Alumni Helping to Save the Planet

WEBThis Earth Day, learn about early-career researchers who are tackling issues from green technology to lichen biodiversity and coral rehabilitation Emma Saaty While …

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How the Great Alaska Earthquake Shook Up Science

WEBOn March 27, 1964, the largest earthquake in U.S. history struck Alaska. With a magnitude of 9.2, it was the second-most-powerful quake ever recorded on Earth.

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Skies Over Athens Turn a Martian Orange Amid Saharan Dust Storm

WEBStrong winds brought desert dust and heat across the Mediterranean this week, sparking health advisories and fires in Greece Christian Thorsberg Daily …

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Reflections from a Vietnam War POW

WEBAn American aviator finds his way to a meaningful life in a North Vietnam prison Diane Tedeschi Halyburton (at left) and Stan Olmstead completed 75 missions …

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How Breaking Went From a Street Dance to an Olympic Sport

WEBBreaking began in the Bronx in the summer of 1973, when a DJ named Kool Herc began experimenting at a party, according to Team USA.At other events, Herc had …

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The 'World's Largest Wildlife Crossing' Will Help Animals Walk …

WEBThe 210-foot-long bridge across a busy freeway in Los Angeles County is expected to be finished in 2025 Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent When freeways are …

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Volcano Erupts Amid Lightning Storm in Indonesia, as Residents …

WEBPlumes of ash from Mount Ruang forced the closure of an international airport, after a series of at least five eruptions this week Christian Thorsberg Daily …

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