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The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on ...

Claims that fluoride in drinking water causes cognitive delays in kids are driving U.S. policy. A new study finds no evidence ...

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants ...

Not all booze is created equal — and for wine lovers, that could be good news. Across the country, Americans are cutting back on alcohol, with surveys showing most adults now believe even a drink or ...

For thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on drinking water that would make most people deathly ill. There, naturally occurring arsenic in volcanic bedrock ...

My takeaway from the opening of “New Humans: Memories of the Future” is that the project of “contemporary art” may be ending. Sorry, that’s a big statement ...

As humans burn fossil fuels and pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, we are heating up the planet. But there is another alarming impact of this climate pollution: it may be changing the chemistry ...

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every corner of the world, and can thrive in deserts, tropical rainforests and even ...

This video explores the long history of alcohol, from its accidental discovery in nature to its central role in agriculture, trade, nutrition, and human culture. It is a sweeping look at how one ...

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Mosquitoes aren’t just annoying. The pesky insects are also the world’s deadliest animal. Their bites facilitate the spread of malaria, dengue fever and other fatal diseases that kill hundreds of ...