Litter is not uncommon when walking the streets of Boston. While unpleasant to look at and damaging to the environment, people may see it as a nuisance rather than an imminent threat to their well-being. However, there is a type of pollution that, while not visible to the naked eye, has the potential to be […]
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“If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth.” These wise words of Carl Sagan in his book “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark,” offer a grave warning against the allure of pseudoscience and conspiracy theories.
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Have you ever gotten a flu at the same time as your siblings and wondered why your sister’s fever went away days ago while your brother is still battling with it bedridden? COVID–19 is what really brought to attention the influence sex plays on one’s immune system when men started dying from the disease at
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Everything on Earth has fallen victim to plastic pollution, from our oceans to our food. Consequently, our bodies have accumulated unprecedented amounts of nanoplastic concentrations in organ tissues, including the critical cardiovascular, lung, and nervous systems. Today, scientists continue to uncover more distressing effects of microplastic exposure in the human body. Increased accessibility and inexpensiveness
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In recent years, bird flu cases have been skyrocketing. This highly infectious and deadly strain of avian influenza has not only infected thousands of poultry birds across Europe, North America, Africa and Asia, but has spread to wild birds too. The flu has even spread to mammals such as sea lions, foxes, skunks and cats.
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The COVID pandemic touched almost every part of daily life. Cities became ghost towns. Schools and workplaces worldwide shut their doors. Millions of families now have an empty seat at their table. But while COVID took a sizable toll on society, it also served as a time of profound research and innovation. It enacted change
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Imagine sinking into bed after a long day, ready for the blissful escape of sleep. The dreams that follow are expected to be the usual blend of random absurdities — maybe a stroll through a cotton candy city, a conversation with a talking cat, or being chased through the clouds by an old friend. But
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Institutions are made of people, which are made of data, which is made of information, and that is the only thing they care about. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, online fraud has risen by 42%. Virtually every company has become a tech company, utilizing hybrid and remote work models and cloud technology, whereby
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In the coastal waters of the northeast Pacific, what were once biodiverse and dense kelp forests have now become barren wastelands ravaged by an uncontrollable menace. There is currently an overwhelming number of sea urchins present in kelp forests along the west coast of the United States. Here, these urchins decimate the ecosystem by grazing