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True Love Revolution hosts porn discussion
Neurosurgeon Donald Hilton, an associate professor at the University of Texas, told a packed audience last night that pornography consumption has negative effects on masculinity, social interaction and demographics at a talk organized by True Love Revolution, a student advocacy group that promotes ...
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Study shows cellphones may be a health risk
A device that connects the world could in fact be damaging to our health. A recent study from the National Institutes of Health reported that low levels of radiation emitted from cellphones are shown to affect the brain.
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Electrical fields might fight fires, researchers say
Harvard researchers have recently discovered a novel method for fire suppression using electrical fields—a finding that may have implications for firefighting because it does not rely on the rapid delivery of physical suppressants such as water, powder, or carbon dioxide to the site of a flame.
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Research links energy drinks with health risks
A review of the effects of high-caffeine energy drinks on children and young adults suggests they may be linked to health risks as serious as heart palpitations, high blood pressure, cardiac arrest and death.
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Quitting smoking, one text message at a time
A pair of studies — conducted in part by University researchers — analyzing tobacco cessation have successfully isolated the brain regions active in controlling smoking urges, and have began experimenting with the relatively novel concept of using text messages to measure and mediate such urges.
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Column: Reducing meat intake is proven to improve overall health
Raised as a Catholic in the metropolitan area of New Orleans, I accepted that I would be asked to forego meat every Friday during Lent.
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British hedge fund invests 25 million pounds for Indiana professor’s Twitter research
Can Twitter predict the stock market? An IU research paper said yes, and a hedge fund is staking $40 million on the answer.
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Indian economic growth has not improved undernutrition
A recent Harvard study has found that India’s economic growth in the past two decades has not led to a decrease in levels of undernutrition in children under the age of five, suggesting that India should initiate more direct interventions for tackling child undernutrition.
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Column: The importance of bio-fuel research
In this fast moving world of rapid technological advancement, we need to stop for a moment and think about how best to conserve and protect our environment.
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