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A Sneezing Dinosaur? Fossil Reveals Deadly Flu-Like Illness in a Sauropod

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Hacking coughs, uncontrollable sneezing, high fevers and pounding headaches can make anyone miserable – even a dinosaur.  Recently, researchers identified the first evidence of respiratory illness in a long-necked, herbivorous type of dinosaur known as a sauropod, which lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic period (201.3 million to 145 million years ago) in what is now … Read more

Robots help some sick children ‘attend’ school. Kids are working with scientists to make them better | Science

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A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 375, Issue 6581. In a sunny room at the Boys & Girls Club in Calistoga, a tiny city in California’s Napa Valley, Veronica Ahumada is setting up her robot when a bespectacled little boy wanders in to ask what she’s doing. Ahumada points to the device—basically … Read more

How our environment is making us sick – and what we can do about it

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From air pollutants to pesticides in food and cosmetic additives, modern life means constant exposure to environmental chemicals. Picking apart the effects will help us boost the health of humans and the planet Environment 26 January 2022 By Graham Lawton Kyle Ellingson MICHAEL SNYDER wears four watches, two on each wrist. A geneticist at Stanford … Read more