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If we want to avoid the possibly catastrophic effects of climate change, we’re going to have to transition to renewable energy as soon as possible. That will mean jobs will be lost in the fossil fuel industry, but a new study out of Stanford University shows a lot of jobs would be created. The s…

Even if you think you get enough sleep each night, your fitness tracker may be telling a very different story. In the light of day, the data these wearable trackers collect may illuminate just how damaging sleeplessness can be. In fact, just two extra hours could make all the difference to your …

On Tuesday, A.I.-focused technology firm Hypergiant Industries announced a machine that uses the aquatic organisms to sequester carbon dioxide. Algae, the company claims, is “one of nature’s most efficient machines.” By pairing it with a machine learning system, its developers hope to make these…

Over the course of three years, the researchers had the participants check in weekly and report their sleeping habits from the previous week. The researchers tracked the health of the participants for five years following the end of the three-year period. 

Nearly 60 percent of participan…

In a paper published on Tuesday, an international team of researchers presented the results of a clinical trial in which “alternate day fasting” resulted in reduced calorie intake, reduced body mass index, and improved torso fat composition. Known as “ADF,” it is a diet regimen in which adherent…

Scientists have been keeping a close watch on ‘Oumuamua, the cigar-shaped object from far beyond our own solar system that wandered toward us in 2017. Soon after, Harvard scientists proposed that it could be an alien probe sent from far away, stirring up even more interest in the mysterious obje…

When the citizens of Washington voted to legalize cannabis in 2012, the potential effects this change would have on the state were a mystery. With a thriving black market on the West Coast of the US, it wasn’t at all clear whether Washingtonians would embrace state-licensed cannabis dispensaries…

The escape of a trip into mountains or a day lying by the beach may feel like an extravagance to city dwellers confined by a traditional work schedule. But exposure to green and blue spaces is far more than just a luxury. For kids, growing up without regular exposure to nature seems to have ripp…

In the ‘50s through the ‘70s, psychedelic drugs were studied for their potential to help people stop problematic drinking. At the time, the research primarily focused on the effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), which seemed to help curb alcohol addiction, albeit not consistently. Now, af…

In November, scientists identified the smallest amount of exercise needed to improve brain function. Now, in an effort to help us keep changing our habits as little as possible while maximizing health benefits, another study has even better news. An analysis in The British Medical Journal report…

Any child over the age of six months who visited the Hurley Children’s Center in downtown Flint was qualified to redeem a $15 prescription that could be filled at the city’s Fulton Street Farmers Market or a YMCA Veggie Van. Nutritious food, it was reasoned, is the best medicine — and if young A…

While ineffectiveness is often blamed on women not taking their birth control properly, new research suggests some women carry a gene that breaks down the hormones commonly found in contraceptives, meaning that they can still become pregnant even if they use hormonal birth control. A study on th…

These two babies, whose rare genetic status was discovered by doctors before they were born, are now four years old and remain anonymous. They are only the second set of semi-identical twins known to doctors, and they were the first set to be identified through genetic testing before they were b…

There was a time when skipping breakfast was nothing short of dietary blasphemy. But recently, breakfast’s status as the “most important meal of the day” has come under some scrutiny, especially its key role in common weight loss strategies. Proponents of the idea that eating breakfast is import…