Should You Rinse After Brushing? What Science Really Says
You brush, you spit, you turn on the tap. For generations, rinsing after brushing has felt as automatic as tying…
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The Fish Time Forgot: Coelacanths, Lost and Found Again
On a sweltering December morning in 1938, a young museum curator in South Africa tugged a blue-flecked giant from a…
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Inside tumors, microbes may shape diagnosis and treatment
Tiny passengers may be hitching a ride inside tumors, shaping how cancers grow, spread, and even respond to drugs. A…
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Inside the Eye of a Firenado: Science, Heat, Fury
It looks like a portal torn open in the sky: a twisting column of flame clawing upward, devouring air with…
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Saliva-based gel coaxes tooth enamel to regrow, study finds
A clear gel that taps the chemistry of saliva may soon change what happens when a dentist sees a white…
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When Smiles Look Threatening: Social Anxiety Skews Emotion Recognition
New evidence helps explain why social situations can feel treacherous for people high in social anxiety: even a friendly face…
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Correlation, Causation, and the Statistician Who Challenged Smoking
The five-word maxim that powers countless arguments—correlation does not imply causation—has a complicated origin story. Few recall that one of…
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Why Flashed Faces Look Grotesque: The Brain’s Split-Second Trick
Stare at a tiny cross between two celebrity portraits, and within seconds their faces seem to buckle and warp into…
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Can AI Eat Itself? The Real Risk of Model Collapse
What happens when artificial intelligence starts learning mostly from itself? Picture a photocopy of a photocopy—edges blur, colors wash out,…
