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Effects of Gender and Alcohol Use on US Veterans with HIV

Posted on July 31, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

While many people might not think that HIV is a large problem in the United States, at the end of 2015 over 1.1 million Americans were…

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    Risk Factors for Heavy Metal Exposure in Children

    Posted on July 30, 2018June 24, 2025 by Gina Misra

    Before a baby is born in Taiwan, both the development of its brain and its intellectual performance are already at risk. A 2014 study of 545…

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      New understanding of an ancient man and his tools

      Posted on July 23, 2018June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

      During the last days of the summer of 1991, tourists hiking in the Ötztal Alps near the Italy – Austria border found the remains of…

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        Ivy can protect buildings from frost

        Posted on July 23, 2018June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

        The UK and Ireland were visited by the Beast from the East in 2018 – freezing Arctic winds that dumped inches of snow and brought down…

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          Increasing Muscle Mass in Fish with Gene Editing

          Posted on July 20, 2018October 24, 2022 by Erica Curles

          There may be concerns with genetically modified organisms (GMO), but the effectiveness of gene editing in developing more productive plants…

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            What happens if we send signals into space?

            Posted on July 16, 2018October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

            For over a hundred years, humans on Earth have been using radio transmissions to communicate with each other. This ability to communicate…

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              Brain Cancer Treatment Finishes Phase 3 of Clinical Trials

              Posted on July 9, 2018June 13, 2025 by Nathan Gock

              For most types of cancer, survival rates have steadily been improving since the 1970s as medical advancements have been made in both cancer…

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                Are microaggressions based on good science?

                Posted on July 2, 2018June 24, 2025 by Gina Misra

                If you’ve been on the internet in the last five years, you may have come across the word “microaggression.” A microaggression is an…

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                  A new transitional bird fossil has been found

                  Posted on June 29, 2018June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

                  In 1870, parts of a fossilized bird were found in Kansas and then described by the American paleontologist Othniel Marsh. This new bird,…

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                    HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: what is it, and why aren’t women using it?

                    Posted on June 25, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                    HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a medication used for HIV prevention, and should be used by people who are routinely in danger of…

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