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Higher levels of bisphenol A (BPA), a plastic commonly used in food packaging, were detected in urine samples taken from women pregnant with boys later found to have autism. Using an analysis of two ...

Media release From: BMJ Group Eating dark but not milk chocolate linked to reduced risk of type 2 diabetes Clinical trials needed to confirm findings and help identify reasons for dark chocolate’s ...

" The government's social media ban for children under 16 is defensible based upon the toxic nature of the social media platforms being banned. There are certainly going to be problems with ...

In people with psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety, mood, personality disorders, cannabis use before being admitted to hospital was more likely to lead them to also needing to be admitted to ...

Microplastics are ‘silently spreading from soil to salad to humans’ A review from Murdoch University has stressed that agricultural soils now hold around 23 times more microplastics than oceans.

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QIMR Berghofer researchers have found the genes linked to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) for the first time, after identifying 30 regions on the human genome associated with this debilitating yet ...

Eleanor (Ellie) Sansom completed her MSci in Geophysics at Imperial College, London and completed her PhD. with the Desert Fireball Network team in Perth, Australia. Bright shooting stars (fireballs) ...

The study, led by ECU researcher and sexologist Giselle Woodley, was conducted with 49 Australian teens aged 11–17. Through interviews and focus groups, it found that while consent education is a ...

We shouldn’t rely on artificial intelligence (AI) for accurate and safe information about medications, because some of the information AI provides can be wrong or potentially harmful, according to ...

The Covid lockdown period has disrupted Kiwi kids who walk to school, with students 42% less likely to return to their usual walking commute, new research finds. It's potentially accelerated an ...