A radioactive gas that gets trapped in indoor spaces accounts for 3 to 14 percent of all lung cancers – and our toenails could reveal our long-term exposure to this gas. Radon, a colorless and odorless gas, is the second-leading cause of lung cancer after tobacco smoking, and yet non-smokers and occasional smokers often do not qualify for a lung …
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New Weight Loss Mechanism Could One Day Trick Your Body Into Thinking You’ve Exercised : ScienceAlert
Burning calories isn’t the only way that exercise leads to weight loss. A new study on mice, led by researchers at Stanford University and Baylor College of Medicine, has shown that intense physical activity can also naturally suppress appetite. Scientists found the bloodstreams of mice subjected to bouts of hard exercise were filled with a metabolite called Lac-Phe. In mouse …
Read More »Your Brain Looks Older When You’ve Slept Poorly, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
We spend nearly a third of our lives asleep, yet sleep is anything but wasted time. Far from being passive downtime, it is an active and essential process that helps restore the body and protect the brain. When sleep is disrupted, the brain feels the consequences – sometimes in subtle ways that accumulate over years. In a new study, my …
Read More »You’ve heard of Now Brief, but Google Home could soon get Home Brief (APK teardown)
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown of the Google Home app has uncovered a Home Brief feature. This seems to be Google’s name for security-related summaries in the smart home app. We’ve also uncovered more details about the Google Home Premium subscription. The Google Home app is your hub for your smart home gadgets, including cameras …
Read More »These Are The Rarest Ford Vehicles You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Ford is a brand that’s steeped in automotive history. Since 1903, the Blue Oval has given us iconic vehicles like the Model A, the Mustang, the GT40, and the Torino. A company with a history spanning 122 years is bound to have come up with some special vehicles. We are talking about the rarest of …
Read More »Mario Kart World’s new update makes it easier to locate collectibles you’ve already found
Nintendo has released a new update for Switch 2 launch game Mario Kart World, which now makes it easier to locate collectibles you’ve found in its open world. Specifically, the Free Roam map now displays the locations of P Switches you’ve run over, as well as Peach Medallions obtained. You can also now fast travel to P Switches. Elsewhere in …
Read More »I just tried the chatbots you’ve never heard of — here’s how they stack up against ChatGPT
ChatGPT is the original chatbot. It was the first to do it, and it remains arguably the best-known out there. However, the landscape has changed dramatically. Where there was once just ChatGPT and a small handful of brands beginning to enter the market, the world of chatbots is now full to the brim. Big names like Google Gemini, and xAI …
Read More »10 things that become almost impossible after 60—unless you’ve aged exceptionally well – VegOut
Let’s skip the toxic positivity about aging. Yes, sixty is the new forty, wisdom is beautiful, and plenty of people run marathons at seventy. But bodies change. Physics doesn’t care about inspirational quotes. After sixty, certain things that once required no thought become negotiations, then struggles, then impossibilities—unless you’re among the genetic lottery winners who age like fine wine while …
Read More »Chagas disease: The deadly disease you’ve never heard of is here
It’s one of the most insidious diseases you’ve never heard of, but Chagas is here in California and 29 other states across the U.S. It kills more people in Latin America than malaria each year, and researchers think roughly 300,000 people in the U.S. currently have it but are unaware. That’s because the illness tends to lie dormant for years, …
Read More »You’ve already decided how you feel about the Jussie Smollett doc
Anyone throwing on the cheaply made true-crime documentaries that flood streaming services know that these films trade in sensation rather than investigation. Whether they’re injecting a hit of schadenfreude around a public disaster or rubbernecking its leering gaze at a gross tabloid story, these movies are about reliving scandal, not understanding it. These movies rely on something I call Doccam’s …
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