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November 15, 2024
The discovery of potential cancer-causing agents in tap water led to the Safe Drinking Water Act — a law that continues protecting public health.
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April 18, 2012
Analysis of 50 years' bird droppings inside a large decommissioned chimney on Queen's campus, provided evidence that DDT and bird diet may have played a role, in a long-term decline for populations of insect-eating birds in North America.
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January 7, 2014
50 years ago, the US Surgeon General issued a report, which outlined, for the first time, the effects of smoking on health. It along with tobacco control efforts that followed are responsible for adding nearly 20 years of life to eight million people -- people like John Hilburn. The 67-year-old former smoker gave up his 2-pack-a-day 20-year habit 30 years ago because of the warning label and cost.
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May 25, 2023
Scientists compiled a list of animals unknown to science that live in a deep-sea Pacific Ocean ecosystem targeted for mining exploration.
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October 19, 2023
The Governor of California signed a bill that will provide aid for students transferring into HBCUs from community colleges. This will help alleviate some of the fees students typically face when moving or starting at a new school. Check out our video for more and visit YR Media for weekly HBCU updates. Produced by Ariyana...
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January 14, 2025
Two open letters from scientists and science advocacy groups reflect a growing anxiety about the future of federal science under President-elect Trump
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May 29, 2012
For 50 years scientists have been unsure how the bacteria that gives humans cholera manages to resist one of our basic innate immune responses. That mystery has now been solved, thanks to research from biologists at the University of Texas at Austin.
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May 2, 2012
Antipsychotic drugs lower the risk of relapse in patients with schizophrenia by more than half, according to an analysis of 50 years of evidence published online first in the Lancet. Patients who receive antipsychotics are also significantly less likely to be hospitalized, behave aggressively, and might have a better quality than those not taking medication.
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March 8, 2023
Newly described fossils of Protomelission gatehousei suggest that the species, once thought to be the oldest example of bryozoans, is actually a type of colony-forming algae.
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