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Is motion sickness preventable?

 I often feel carsick while traveling. What are the best ways to prevent or treat motion sickness? A. Historically associated with sailors reacting to the pitch, roll and yaw of ships, motion sickness now affects...

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Pasta and rice may be healthier as leftovers

Resistant starch is a type of fiber that is naturally present in many types of plant foods but it can be increased in other foods that mainly contain regular starch, like rice, pasta and potatoes, after they are cooked and then cooled. (Amanda Hakan/The New York Times)

Japanese billionaire’s lunar SpaceX voyage postponed

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Energy drinks prompt renewed safety debate

Energy drinks typically contain high levels of caffeine, added sugars, and stimulants; caffeine levels in some of the beverages also have crept up over recent years.

Ending tuberculosis is within reach - so why are millions still dying?

A lab at Kaneshie Polyclinic, where every patient who walks through the door is screened for tuberculosis, in Accra, Ghana, Oct. 24, 2023. (Natalija Gormalova/The New York Times)

US approves first vaccine against chikungunya

A lab technician studies mosquitoes carrying the Chikungunya virus in a public health laboratory in Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico, on April 15, 2015.

When do we die?

Until the 1960s, death was indicated by the irreversible cessation of a person’s heartbeat.

How to Know if you’re iron-deficient, and what to do about it

Roughly 35 percent of women of reproductive age in the United States dont have sufficient amounts of iron in their bodies. (Marta Monteiro/The New York Times)

Why your grip strength matters, and how to improve it

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Do you really need to shower every day?

There is no standard approach to how often to shower. Heres how to figure out the right frequency for you. (Derek Brahney/The New York Times)

Asteroid dust caused 15-year winter that killed dinosaurs: study

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A Radioactive Sea of Magma Hides Under the Surface of Mars

An image from IPGP-CNES shows an artists concept of a cross-section of Mars, showing a deep layer of magma below the solid mantle, kept molten by radioactive elements. (IPGP-CNES via The New York Times)

Zinc? Honey? Ginger? What Actually Helps When You Have a Cold or the Flu?

“Ginger and turmeric together is a really, really nice combination,” Dr. Romm said, adding that when she’s dealing with a sore throat, she brews herself ginger-turmeric tea.

The average human body temperature is not 98.6 degrees

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Infecting mosquitoes before they infect us

A World Mosquito Program drone, which spits out 150 disease-neutralizing mosquitoes every 50 meters, skimming over rooftops and between high-rises, in Cali, Colombia, Jan. 18, 2023. (Federico Rios/The New York Times)

New AI tool diagnoses brain tumors on the operating table

The method involves a computer scanning segments of a tumor’s DNA and alighting on certain chemical modifications that can yield a detailed diagnosis of the type and even subtype of the brain tumor.
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