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Serious water contaminants such as nitrate may not have any detectable taste or odor. Willie B. Thomas/Digital Vision via Getty Images

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Millions of people across the US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure it’s safe

Staff Writer - October 12, 2024

The islets of Langerhans play a crucial role in blood sugar regulation. Fayette A Reynolds/Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library via Flickr

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Transplanting insulin-making cells to treat Type 1 diabetes is challenging − but stem cells offer a potential improvement

People often contract schistosomiasis through water contaminated with infected snails and feces. defun/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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Tracking vampire worms with machine learning − using AI to diagnose schistosomiasis before the parasites causing it hatch in your blood

Consuming these types of foods regularly can contribute to mental health risks. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images News via Getty Images

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Blood sugar fluctuations after eating play an important role in anxiety and depression

It’s important to buy cinnamon from reputable dealers. Anjelika Gretskaia/Moment via Getty Images

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Cinnamon, spice and ‘everything nice’ – why lead-tainted cinnamon products have turned up on shelves, and what questions consumers should ask

$Osteoporosis, the silent disease, can shorten your life − here’s how to prevent fractures and keep bones healthy$

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Osteoporosis, the silent disease, can shorten your life − here’s how...

Staff Writer - November 4, 2024

Chocolate prices spiked amid very dry conditions in Africa. Chuck Fishman/Getty Images

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Why the price of your favorite chocolate will continue to rise

Staff Writer - February 10, 2025

Experts predict that egg prices will keep climbing in 2025. Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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Egg prices soar as outdated supply chains crack under pressure

Staff Writer - March 24, 2025

Fusarium oxysporum spores can remain hardy in soil for decades. Andrii Volosheniuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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Banana apocalypse, part 2 – a genomicist explains the tricky genetics...

Staff Writer - August 18, 2024

In the toxic male technique, genetically engineered male insects would implant semen containing toxic venom into the female insects during mating. Madugrero/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

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Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease...

Staff Writer - February 23, 2025

PFAS can contaminate the environment – their chemical structure makes them difficult to remove. George Pachantouris/Moment via Getty Images

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We developed a way to use light to dismantle PFAS ‘forever...

Staff Writer - December 14, 2024

Running a dairy farm isn’t easy, especially when the costs of production rise faster than income. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

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America’s dairy farms are disappearing, down 95% since the 1970s −...

Staff Writer - September 16, 2024

Immigrant farmworkers pick strawberries in California in April 2024. Visions of America/Joe Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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Deporting millions of immigrants would shock the US economy, increasing housing,...

Staff Writer - February 18, 2025

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Experts predict that egg prices will keep climbing in 2025. Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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Egg prices soar as outdated supply chains crack under pressure

Staff Writer - March 24, 2025

Jack Buffington, University of Denver There may be no kitchen table issue in America more critical than the price...

As Americans’ social worlds grow further apart, stereotypes intensify – driving an even deeper wedge between red and blue America. wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Avoiding your neighbor because of how they voted? Democracy needs you...

March 22, 2025

Several U.S. climate regulations aim to reduce burning of fossil fuels, a driver of climate change. Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Revoking EPA’s endangerment finding – the keystone of US climate policies...

March 20, 2025

Imja Lake, a glacial lake in the Mount Everest region of Nepal, began as meltwater ponds in 1962 and now contains 90 million cubic meters of water. Its water level was lowered to protect downstream communities. Alton Byers

As mountain glaciers melt, risk of catastrophic flash floods rises for...

March 19, 2025

Lightning strikes the Mediterranean Sea. Matko Begovic/PIXSELL via Xinhua, via Getty Images

The world regulated sulfur in ship fuels − and the lightning stopped

March 12, 2025