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Menopause increases your risk of STIs due to how aging changes your body
The health risks that come with intimacy don't necessarily wane with age.MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesDiagnoses for sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, are increasing in older...
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Robocars promise to improve traffic even when most of the cars around them...
Robotaxis have caused problems, but they have the potential to improve traffic conditions.Mario Tama/Getty ImagesRobotic vehicles can optimize the flow of traffic in cities even when mixed in with...
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A new ‘guest star’ will appear in the sky in 2024 − a space scientist...
The stars aren’t fixed and unchanging, unlike what many ancient people thought. Once in a while, a star appears where there wasn’t one before, and then it fades away in a matter of days or weeks. The...
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Wildfires can create their own weather, including tornado-like fire whirls −...
A huge pyrocumulus cloud rises over the Park Fire near Chico, Calif., on July 26, 2024. David McNew/Getty ImagesWildfire blowups, fire whirls, towering thunderstorms: When fires get large and hot...
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CAPTCHAs: The struggle to tell real humans from fake
It's not easy for computers to tell humans from other computers posing as humans.Andrii Shelenkov/Stock via Getty ImagesCAPTCHAs are those now ubiquitous challenges you encounter to prove that you’re a...
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AIs encode language like brains do − opening a window on human conversations
When two people converse, their brain activity becomes coupled, or aligned.designer491/iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty ImagesLanguage enables people to transmit thoughts to each other because each...
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Why are migraines worse during your period? Research in mice points to a...
Targeting progesterone receptors in the brain may be a route to migraine relief for some people.We Are/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesMigraines are throbbing headaches often accompanied by nausea and...
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How people with disabilities got game − the surprisingly long history of...
Many of today's disabled esports players, like Rocky "RockyNoHands" Stoutenburgh, use mouth controllers, which were first used in gaming over 40 years ago. Rocky "RockyNoHands" Stoutenburgh, CC BY-SAIf...
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How can there be ice on the Moon?
The Moon is about one-fourth the size of Earth. Jackal Pan/Moment via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
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Stuck bridges, buckling roads − extreme heat is wreaking havoc on America’s...
When highways buckle, the damage can happen quickly, putting drivers in danger and tying up traffic.AP Photo/David GoldmanSummer 2024’s record heat is creating problems for transportation...
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Love for cats lures students into this course, which uses feline research to...
Cats are on the syllabus, not in the classroom, for this course.Stephanie_Zieber/iStock via Getty Images PlusUncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting...
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Brain implants to restore sight, like Neuralink’s Blindsight, face a...
Human vision can't be fully reproduced with ones and zeros.seamartini/iStock via Getty Images PlusElon Musk recently pronounced that the next Neuralink project will be a “Blindsight” cortical implant...
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Chang'e 6 brought rocks from the far side of the Moon back to Earth − a...
The Chang'e 6 minirover Weibo took this image of the lander by autonomously driving away and photographing it. CNSAChina achieved a historic feat by bringing back the first-ever sample from the lunar...
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Readers trust journalists less when they debunk rather than confirm claims
Seeing a lie or error corrected can make some people more skeptical of the fact-checker.FG Trade/E+ via Getty ImagesPointing out that someone else is wrong is a part of life. And journalists need to do...
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Multiple goals, multiple solutions, plenty of second-guessing and revising −...
If your mental image of a scientist looks like this, you're due for an update.aluxum/E+ via Getty ImagesA man in a lab coat bends under a dim light, his strained eyes riveted onto a microscope. He’s...
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AI helps lighten the load on the electric grid – without skimping on people’s...
Smart thermostats, batteries and AI could give people the best of both worlds: comfort and efficiency.RgStudio/E+ via Getty ImagesMy colleagues and I have developed an artificial intelligence system...
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A common parasite could one day deliver drugs to the brain − how scientists...
_Toxoplasma_ is often transmitted to people from contaminated food or cat feces. Dr_Microbe/iStock via Getty Images PlusParasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers...
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Ancient grains of dust from space can be found on Earth − and provide clues...
The dark areas in this image of the Carina Nebula are molecular clouds.NASA, ESA, N. Smith (U. California, Berkeley) et al., and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)In space, there are clouds that...
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Dealing with election anxiety? A psychiatrist explains how to channel your...
Resist demonizing the 'other' side.Moor Studio/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty ImagesInstead of excitement about the upcoming election, many of my patients and friends – regardless of political...
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At its core, life is all about play − just look at the animal kingdom
Throw it to me! Mike Linnane / 500px via Getty ImagesAt Cambridge University Library, along with all the books, maps and manuscripts, there’s a child’s drawing that curators have titled “The Battle of...
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