Eating chili peppers may raise the risk of one deadly cancer
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Eating chili peppers may raise the risk of one deadly cancer

A large review published in Frontiers in Nutrition examined the available evidence and found that people who consumed the most chili peppers were more likely to develop certain…

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Popular weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy may slow biological aging
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Popular weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy may slow biological aging

Published in Nature Communications, the study provides the first randomized, placebo-controlled evidence in humans that semaglutide may slow the buildup of DNA markers linked to biological aging in…

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NASA’s Perseverance just completed a marathon on Mars
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NASA’s Perseverance just completed a marathon on Mars

Perseverance covered the marathon distance after five years and four months of driving, reaching the mark on the 1,890th Martian day, or sol, of its mission. That pace…

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Whether lefty or righty, practice makes the difference
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Whether lefty or righty, practice makes the difference

We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help…

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Meet the Milky Way’s puffiest planets
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Meet the Milky Way’s puffiest planets

We are at a critical time and supporting science journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help…

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Physicists say quantum mechanics may not need imaginary numbers after all
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Physicists say quantum mechanics may not need imaginary numbers after all

The theory accurately describes a wide range of microscopic phenomena. These include the famous double slit experiment, in which particles also display wave like behavior, and quantum tunneling,…

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Losing just 80 minutes of sleep a night could make you gain weight
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Losing just 80 minutes of sleep a night could make you gain weight

The findings add to growing evidence that consistently getting enough sleep may play an important role in preventing weight gain and lowering the risk of obesity related diseases.…

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Stephen Hawking’s black hole laws just got a major upgrade
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Stephen Hawking’s black hole laws just got a major upgrade

Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the known universe. They squeeze enormous amounts of mass into an incredibly small region, creating gravity so intense that…

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Columbia scientists discover surprising link between serotonin and heart valve disease
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Columbia scientists discover surprising link between serotonin and heart valve disease

The multicenter investigation found evidence that reduced activity of the serotonin transporter may accelerate damaging changes in valves already affected by degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR). Researchers at Columbia…

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Deep-sea life has a secret food source scientists never expected
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Deep-sea life has a secret food source scientists never expected

The research found that tiny sinking particles known as marine snow release dissolved carbon and nitrogen as they descend into the deep sea. Those leaked nutrients become an…

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