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Figuring out which PFAS types are accumulating in your body is challenging. Love Employee/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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PFAS leave fingerprints in your blood – researchers are figuring out how forever chemicals transform in your body to read these clues

Staff Writer - May 29, 2026

There are currently 45 approved vaping products in the U.S. Most are tobacco- or menthol-flavored; only two are fruit-flavored. Roman Mykhalchuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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Flavored vapes led to a major shake‑up at the FDA – 3 health policy analysts explain the science behind the controversial products

Colorado’s peach industry is threatened by a fungal disease. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

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A fungal disease, along with climate change, threatens Colorado’s prized peaches

Distilling is a way of life in in Nubri, Nepal. Geoff Childs, CC BY

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Cheers! Welcome to the Nepalese village where everybody knows how to distill

The new federal classification of marijuana regulates only medical use; recreational use is still determined by state laws. tvirbickis/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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Reclassification of marijuana opens doors for much‑needed medical research into the benefits and risks of the drug

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

Buying milk instead of an energy drink? You might be a good credit risk. d3sign/Getty Images

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No credit score? A grocery list could be the next best thing

Staff Writer - August 10, 2024

Growing rice can slow soil loss and the lowering of surface elevation. Frank Bienewald/Getty Images

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Good flooding? Scientists use rice cultivation to preserve soil in Florida’s...

Staff Writer - August 8, 2024

Boba Tea mixologist Tina Ely greets Life & News with a smile as Happy Boba Tea is named Best Boba Tea in Port Charlotte

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Happy Boba Tea named “Best Boba Tea in Port Charlotte 2024”...

Staff Writer - April 20, 2024

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Cocoa beans are in short supply: what this means for farmers,...

Staff Writer - March 20, 2024

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Formula 1 drivers maneuver for position during the 2026 Miami Formula One Grand Prix in Florida. Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images

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Formula 1 racing shows the hard part of reaching net‑zero carbon...

Staff Writer - May 19, 2026

Caitlin Grady, George Washington University and Sachi Nandurkar, George Washington University Formula 1 auto racing is one of the...

Mifepristone is one of two drugs typically used in medication abortions. Carl Lokko/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Supreme Court preserves access to mifepristone via telehealth – at least...

May 17, 2026

You can make AI chatbots spout information that’s not true. Nicoletaionescu/iStock via Getty Images

You can persuade AI models to accept falsehoods as truth, study shows

May 16, 2026

Emphasizing the sounds of certain words to young children can help them retain language, not confuse them about speaking properly. MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Is baby talk bad? Why ‘parentese’ actually helps babies learn language

May 16, 2026

Colorado’s peach industry is threatened by a fungal disease. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

A fungal disease, along with climate change, threatens Colorado’s prized peaches

May 15, 2026