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How science figured out how to contain peanut allergies
It turned out that the guidance parents and pediatricians … had been following, to avoid giving peanuts to babies and young children to try to prevent the development of dangerous…
Discontinuation of ADHD medication more common in children with underweight
Credit: Caleb Oquendo from Pexels Methylphenidate helps the brain to regulate focus and impulse control. It is the most commonly used medicine for ADHD and is the active substance in…
When space junk comes home
Deployment of Starlink Satellites by SpaceX. Credit: SpaceX Early one February morning in 2025, Adam Borucki discovered something extraordinary behind his warehouse in Poland: a charred metal tank, roughly 1.5…
How Pacific nations plan to go from spending up to 25% of GDP on fossil fuels to running on 100% renewables
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Picture dusk falling somewhere in the Solomon Islands. A fisher’s skiff glides home using a whisper-quiet electric outboard motor. In the Cook Islands, a big battery…
Rare Particle Pairs Point to Primordial Soup’s Temperature at Different Stages
Newswise — UPTON, N.Y. — At the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research at DOE’s Brookhaven…
How sound and light act alike—and not—at the smallest scale
The setup of the experiment in the optical lab, with the semiconductor crystal containing the double slits in the centre. Credit: Leiden University A world-famous light experiment from 1801 has…
No Evidence the Gut Microbiome Causes Autism
Summary: Experts reviewing decades of research conclude there is no scientific evidence that the gut microbiome causes autism. They highlight major flaws in observational studies, mouse experiments, and clinical trials,…
Stinky socks help replace human bait in surveys for river blindness
Across Africa, human flycatchers are required to act as bait to catch blackflies near rivers. Credit: DISSECT project New research shows that it’s possible to end the practice of using…
