Artificial blue light from smartphones, tablets linked to early puberty

Around the world, preteens are reaching puberty earlier than before, usually due to the brain signaling the sex organs earlier than it should, but other causes include endocrine-disrupting chemicals in food, plastics, and personal-care products; obesity; a rich diet; and even stressful or abusive home environments. Sometimes it may be due to genetics, or rarely, […]

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Avoiding detection: How cancers evolve to escape immune system responses

Smart users of social media protect themselves by deleting suspicious “friend requests” that might serve as a gateway to harmful content. In the same way, the immune system decides whether to identify cellular “profiles” that seem dangerous. As immune cells patrol the body, they check out protein pieces called antigens that are generated when proteins […]

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