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What Does ‘BPA Free’ Mean and Why Does It Matter?
Since the 1990s, there has been an ongoing debate surrounding the safety of BPA. BPA and Mice In August 1998, the geneticist Dr. Patricia Hunt was studying the ovaries of mice and noticed her data behaving strangely. For some reason, chromosomal errors leaped from 2 percent to 40 percent in the mice making up her
Dark Matter and Galactic Collisions: Harvard Astronomers Explain the Milky Way’s Mysterious Warp
Harvard astronomers suggest the Milky Way’s warped shape is due to an irregular dark matter halo. This supports theories of a past galactic collision and offers insights into the nature of dark matter. Credit: Stefan Payne-Wardenaar; Magellanic Clouds: Robert Gendler/ESOAstronomers’ results bolster the hypothesis of how our galaxy evolved.The Milky Way is often depicted as
What’s the Matter With For-Profit Nursing Programs?
For-profit nursing schools often market their programs to people working in low-level jobs, people looking to improve their life circumstances. Many promise a flexible, expedited education and a supportive environment, in which anyone who works hard can succeed. But too often the schools fail to deliver on those promises. When that happens, students stand to
‘Bad News Is Bad News No Matter How It Is Delivered’: What We Heard This Week
Opinion > What We Heard This Week — Quotable quotes heard by MedPage Today's reporters by MedPage Today Staff June 11, 2023 Last Updated June 20, 2023 "Bad news is bad news no matter how it is delivered." -- S. Trent Rosenbloom, MD, of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, commenting on whether patients prefer to
Dark matter could be a cosmic relic from extra dimensions
Home News The featured image from the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium Space Show Dark Universe highlights one example of how pervasive dark matter might haunt our universe. In this frame from a detailed computer simulation, complex filaments of dark matter, shown in black, are strewn about the universe like spider webs, while…
Zelensky says it’s “only a matter of time before Russian missiles fall” on NATO territory
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warns it's "only a matter of time" before Russian missiles strike a NATO country, amid reports that Russia's invading forces had escalated airstrikes on western Ukraine over Sunday night.Driving the news: Zelensky said in a televised address that Sunday was a "black" day as Russian missiles struck from "east to west"…
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Astronomers have naturally focused their telescopes on the part of the universe closest to us, since those stars and galaxies can be examined in the greatest detail. But astrophysicists have sometimes struggled to square the population of our own galactic neighborhood with dark-matter theories. For example, earlier models predicted more neighboring galaxies than have actually…
Does It Matter Which Way You Face the Plates on a Barbell?
Photo: Jordan Jovkov (Shutterstock)Most people new to the gym don’t give much thought to which direction the plates face on a barbell. But serious lifters have very strong opinions about it, and in time, you too will need to choose a side. But why does anyone care? Let’s examine the controversy.It’s important to understand that…
Mind from Matter
Credit: Maria Corte In 2016 a panel of physicists, a cosmologist and a philosopher gathered at the American Museum of Natural History to discuss an idea seemingly befitting science fiction: Are we living in a computer simulation? How exactly the flesh and blood of our brain is able to formulate an aware, self-examining mind capable…
Football – A matter of life and death
The title of this article is paraphrased and taken from a quote often attributed to the late Bill Shankly, suffixed with “It’s more important than that.”As far as I can search, there’s no firm evidence that he actually said such words, but there is a relevance to such sentiments, and a level of seriousness that…