The antimicrobial triclosan is a common ingredient in hand soap. But it's also found in shampoos, deodorants, toothpaste, even lip gloss. So it's not too surprising that triclosan also shows up in blood, urine, breast milk and mucus. But here's the w

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Most people dont like to think about death, much less plan for it. Many Americans have thus failed to officially record their wishes should they be faced with catastrophic circumstances that, for example, would require them to be placed on a ventilat

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For thousands of years, whats called the Silk Road was a group of land and sea trade routes that connected the Far East with South Asia, Africa, the Middle East and southern Europe. Of course, when humans travel they carry their pathogens with them.

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Are you afraid of sharks? What about snakes or spiders? Put those fears aside: because in the U.S. youre far more likely to be killed or injured by a deer bounding across the road. Bambi and his kind cause more 200 humans deaths each year, plus some

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There was a recent study that did a survey of parents and coaches asking them what they thought about Tommy John surgery. 有了最近的一项研究做了一个调查的父母和教练询问了他们的想法汤米约翰手术。 Dr. Stan Conte, vic

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New news is goo newswhen its inside our bones, anyway. Because a combination of imaging techniques and modeling has revealed that our bones are filled with a natural chemical goo thats key to the bones function as support structures. The finding is i

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Flu vaccination is proving itself among Connecticuts tots. 接种流感疫苗证明自己在康涅狄格州的小孩。 In 2010 a state law went into effect that requires toddlers aged 6 months to 59 months to get flu shots if they attend child care.

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Parents, its time to get the TV out of your kids bedroom. 父母,是时候要离开你的孩子的卧室电视。 About 60 percent of all teenagers bedrooms in the U.S. include a TV set. Now research suggests that the mere presence of that TV in th

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Sometimes a snout full of snot can be just what the doctor ordered. At least if youre a dolphin. Because a new study shows that a little bit of mucus helps these marine mammals generate the rapid-fire stream of clicks they emit and use for echolocati

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Over the last year, beekeepers in the U.S. lost nearly half their honeybee hives. And there are a lot of suspected culprits for this so-called beepocalypsefrom parasitic mites, to viruses, to simple land use changes. But a study out earlier this year

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This is a story about the birds and the bees. When the Yao people of Mozambique want to find beehives full of honey they make this noise [brrrr-hm]. That sound attracts the attention of what are appropriately called honeyguide birds. If you ask Yao h

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By human standards, a few vertebrate species have incredible longevity. Some tortoises live for nearly 200 years. Bowhead whales can live even a decade or two longer. But now theres a new champion: the Greenland sharkwhich conservative estimates have

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The Explorers Club in New York Citywhose members have included Neil Armstrong, Teddy Roosevelt, and the first men to reach both the North and South poleshas a reputation for serving exotic entrees, like fried tarantula and goats eyeballs. In 1951 the

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Mars is a planet of outsized splendor. Despite being only half as big and a tenth as heavy as Earth, it bears the solar systems tallest mountain, longest canyon and largest crater. At 22 and 12 kilometers wide, however, its inner moon Phobos and oute

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Watch your tonebecause it turns out it really isnt what you sayit's how you say it. At least when it comes to couples in couples counseling. 注意你的语气,事实证明你说什么不重要,而是在于你怎么说。至少在心理咨询时涉

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Psychologist Saho Takagi, a graduate student at Kyoto University in Japan, strolls into one of Japan's many cat cafes. These establishments allow customers to pay an hourly fee for the chance to cuddle some cats. They're popular in Japan because so m

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Public lands in the U.S. are managed with two goals in mind: protecting biodiversity and providing people with recreational opportunities, a chance to connect with nature. But sometimes those two goals are at oddsespecially if recreation, activities

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So what does rafting down the Grand Canyon have to do with science education? 那么大峡谷漂流而下与科学教育有什么关系呢? Ann Reid, former research biologist and current executive director of the National Center for Science Educat

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Half of all fish people eat worldwide now come from fish farms. So farms need to do more to keep up with demand. 现在全世界一半供人类食用的鱼来自养鱼场。因此,养鱼场需要采取更多办法以满足需求。 If we look to th

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Walk through Times Squareyou're bombarded with advertising. And it turns out, a bumblebee might have a similar feeling, buzzing through a field of flowers. So these flowers are these billboards, they're advertising a good, this delicious nectar rewar

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