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How Menstrual Cups Are Changing People's Periods
Many users report shorter and lighter periods, so why has no one researched the phenomenon?
How to Find Out Which Politicians Are Financially Backed by Cops
Have internet access? Activist Aaron Fernando has a blueprint for action.
Apple’s Copyright Lawsuit Has Created a ‘Chilling Effect’ on Security Research
Security researchers are scared to buy, use, or even talk about the controversial iPhone emulation software Corellium, whose makers are in a legal battle with Apple.
Breast Milk Could Hold Clues to Coronavirus Protection. This New York City Researcher Wants to Study Yours.
She's examining whether the antibodies lingering in human milk can protect babies — and perhaps even adults one day — from coronavirus.
Internal Documents Show How the US Army Makes a Video Game
Hundreds of pages of documents obtained by Motherboard lay out the development of 'Operation Overmatch.'
Smartphone Addiction Affects Your Brain in the Same Way as Drug Addiction, Study Finds
Researchers examined MRI scans of phone addicts and found that their mobile habits physically changed the shape and size of the brain.
Study Finds People Who Smoke Weed Are More Likely to Have ‘False Memories’
Even just one hit of weed doubled their chances of recollecting something that didn’t really happen or was different from the way it happened.
Study Finds That Leaving Stubbed Cigarette Butts in Your Ashtray Is Really Bad for You
Researchers found that extinguished cigarettes emit toxic levels of nicotine for almost a week after they are stubbed.
A Super-Potent Greenhouse Gas Has Been Leaking Into the Atmosphere, and No One Knows Where It's Coming From
“Where the culprits are distributed, we just don’t know at the moment.”
Psychedelics Can Be Used to Treat PTSD, Finds Yet Another Clinical Trial
New research indicates that people who were given controlled doses of ecstasy and magic mushrooms during post-traumatic stress disorder treatment showed more signs of improvement than those who did not take any drugs.
There Might Be a Second Super-Earth Orbiting the Star Closest to Our Sun
Scientists traced another super-Earth around the Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf star only 4.2 light-years away.