Below is an excerpt of “Pump: A Natural History of the Heart” by Bill Schutt, published by Workman Publishing on Sept. 21. Watch a Live Science conversation with the author on our Facebook or YouTube pages. A Small Town with a Big Heart…
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Predicting words’ grammatical properties helps us read faster
Psycholinguists from the HSE Centre for Language and Brain found that when reading, people are not only able to predict specific words, but also words’ grammatical properties, which helps them to read faster. Researchers have also discovered that predictability of…
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Read This Before Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine
It might not have looked like much when 90-year-old Margaret Keenan stepped up to the blue armchair. But hers was what the Associated Press called “the shot watched round the world” when she became the first person to receive a tested and…
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Read This Before Using The Break Room At Work
Your company may have decided it’s had enough of working from home, and wants everyone back in the office, even if it means staggering hours. And if you’ve been missing your colleagues, being back at work means getting a chance…
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Read this before buying a single thing from Goop
It’s hard to find a more polarizing brand than Goop. The women’s lifestyle and wellness site meets shop has as many fans as it does critics, and the launch of the brands Netflix documentary only made people’s perspectives more fiery…
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Read this before using hand sanitizer again
The difference between two commonly used alcohols, ethanol and methanol, involves more than semantics. Many of the cosmetics we use today are made with ethanol, from facial astringents, to lotion. Since it is so effective at killing germs like bacteria,…
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Read this before buying hearing aids at Costco
Unlike eyeglasses, hearing aids are considered “elective devices” by insurance companies, making them out of reach for many people (via Audicus). Some states mandate coverage, like Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. But if you don’t live in…
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