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New Tanning Bed Rules Link Lamps to Cancer
FDA action will put new warnings on the devices, regulate them like other machines that emit radiation -
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Wearable Tech Helps You Live in the Moment
Next-generation wearables promise to deliver real-time information that could benefit our health and the environment -
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Mind & Brain
Obama to Host Sports Concussion Summit
The White House supports new funding for youth-focused head injury research -
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Technology
Speed-Reading Reborn for Smartphones, Smartwatches
New apps and Web sites could herald the rapid perusal of digital content on the smallest screens -
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A Meta-Law to Rule Them All: Physicists Devise a “Theory of Everything”
“Constructor theory” unites in one framework how information is processed in the classical and quantum realms -
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Space
Cash-Starved NASA May Have to Nix 1 Space Telescope to Save Others
Hubble, Kepler, Chandra and other orbiting observatories got reprieves, but the Spitzer mission may be canceled
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Energy & Sustainability
If You’re Looking for a Healthy Environment, Follow the Dancing Bee
Honeybee “waggle dances” could help conservationists judge whether wildlife restoration efforts are working
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Mind & Brain
Neurofeedback Increases Affection, Builds Empathy
Squabbling with your spouse lately? Someday, couples therapy could mean watching your own brain activity to train your compassionate side -
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Space
Backlash to Big Bang Discovery Gathers Steam
Physicists cast doubt on a landmark experiment’s claim to have observed gravity waves from the big bang -
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Health
How Bacteria in the Placenta Could Help Shape Human Health
The placenta is full of microbes, a new study finds, raising questions about how that ecosystem and mothers' oral health influence the risk of preterm birth -
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Energy & Sustainability
For Atom-Friendly Asia, a Nuclear Power Boom—in the West, Stagnation
In Europe and the U.S. cost overruns and delays raise questions about the market for a new generation of safer nuclear reactors -
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Health
The Brazilian Banes: A World Cup Disease Guide
A global network of clinicians assess the most common diseases among travelers to Brazil, and the winner is surprising -
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Energy & Sustainability
Electric Grid, You Have Software Updates Available
Researchers are developing software that will let renewable energy flow into and out of a decentralized power grid like data on the Internet -
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Energy & Sustainability
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Russia and Canada Heat Up Faster Than the Arctic [Slide Show]
New maps show that temperatures are rising quickest across Earth’s northern midlatitudes -
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Energy & Sustainability
Human-Lit Fires Can Pose Threat to Amazon Rainforest
In addition to deforestation, forest fires can kill many trees during severe droughts in the Amazon rainforest
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Health
Surgical Infections Fly under the Radar at Outpatient Clinics
Outpatient surgeries at freestanding medical centers are growing in popularity, but for all their promise, gaps in tracking superbugs and other infections fuel concern -
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Senators Sound Off on Electronic Cigarettes
Lawmakers spar over FDA Regulations -
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Is Reintroducing Acorns into the Human Diet a Nutty Idea?
If harvested sustainably and treated to remove bitter tannins, acorns may once again have a more prominent place in the kitchen -
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Mind & Brain
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True Stories of Trauma and Madness—and Why Portrait Sitters Tend to Face Left [Excerpt]
Differences between our left and right brains explain many phenomena, including patterns in museum paintings
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Health
Baffling Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Set for Diagnostic Overhaul
Researchers might soon redefine the mysterious condition, while the latest findings point to the role of brain inflammation
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