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A legal fight involving three small Amish schools in New York has grown into a constitutional dispute that could affect religious liberty, parental rights, vaccination laws, and the future of one of America's largest Amish populations. Three Amish community schools have been fined a combined $118,000 for
Health
You are sitting quietly. You do not have a fever. Nothing hurts. You are not coughing, sneezing or fighting an obvious infection. Yet throughout your body, immune cells are moving through blood vessels, entering tissues, circulating through lymph nodes, sampling molecules, clearing dying cells and responding to tiny signs of
Food
For decades, one of the most familiar stories about human evolution has gone something like this: our ancestors started eating more meat, gained access to concentrated protein and fat, and suddenly had enough energy to build much larger brains. A major new analysis published in Science argues that this story
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You climb into bed intending to relax for five minutes. One message becomes a social-media scroll, a few short videos, breaking news, online shopping, or another episode. By the time the screen goes dark, you are mentally stimulated, physically tired, and far less interested in intimacy than you were
Medical Science
Your birth certificate records how many years you have been alive. Your cells may keep another kind of record. Across the human genome, tiny chemical marks change in surprisingly predictable patterns as we grow, mature, and age. By measuring a carefully selected set of these marks, scientists can estimate the
Food
Once treated as an emergency pantry meal, tinned fish is now appearing on restaurant menus, elaborate “seacuterie” boards, and viral social media recipes. The renewed attention is justified: sardines, salmon, mackerel, anchovies, herring, and tuna can provide protein, omega-3 fats, vitamin B12, vitamin D, selenium, and other valuable nutrients.
Health
For decades, cancers of the throat were associated mainly with two familiar risk factors: smoking and heavy alcohol use. Those risks still matter. But the picture has changed dramatically. Today, human papillomavirus, or HPV, is responsible for most oropharyngeal cancers in the United States, particularly cancers arising in the tonsils,
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Microplastics are usually discussed as something we eat or drink. They have been detected in bottled water, seafood, salt, food packaging, household dust, and numerous parts of the environment. But a growing body of research is drawing attention to another route of exposure that is impossible to avoid completely: breathing.
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Breathing polluted outdoor air over many years may increase the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, according to a major systematic review and meta-analysis led by researchers at the University of Cambridge. Published in Environment International in 2026, the research combined evidence from studies examining long-term exposure to
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For people living with long COVID, fatigue can be far more severe than ordinary tiredness. It may affect concentration, mobility, employment, household tasks and even the ability to hold a conversation without becoming exhausted. A major UK clinical trial has now found that two inexpensive, commonly used treatments may provide
Health
A platelet is not a complete cell in the conventional sense. It has no nucleus. It cannot divide like an ordinary cell. It survives for only about a week before being removed and replaced. Each platelet begins as a tiny piece of cytoplasm released from an enormous parent cell called
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A virus carried by nearly every adult may help explain why the immune system turns against the body in lupus. Epstein-Barr virus, commonly called EBV, is best known as the leading cause of infectious mononucleosis, or “mono.” Many people acquire it during childhood without noticeable symptoms. Others develop fever,