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Why do people get tattoos? Twin study says it’s nurture, not nature

Why do people get tattoos? Twin study says it’s nurture, not nature

Why do some individuals get tattooed while others don’t? Is it because of differences in their genes? Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark in Odense recently addressed these questions. Their findings, reported in February in the journal Behavior Genetics, showed that differences in an individual’s propensity to get tattooed were not due to nature

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India needs pulmonary rehabilitation in primary healthcare centres to combat post-tuberculosis lung sequelae: experts

India needs pulmonary rehabilitation in primary healthcare centres to combat post-tuberculosis lung sequelae: experts

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health concern, with 1.25 million deaths reported in 2023, according to the World Health Organization. India bears a substantial burden, accounting for 26% of global TB cases and 26% of TB-related deaths. According to the Indian Journal of Respiratory Care (2022) and studies by The Lancet journal, many TB

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Elon Musk says SpaceX will send humans to Mars —can we survive the Red Planet’s harsh weather conditions? |

Elon Musk says SpaceX will send humans to Mars —can we survive the Red Planet’s harsh weather conditions? |

Elon Musk’s plan for colonising Mars has been dreamed of, but to him, it is making the impossible possible. Getting human beings on Mars is a thrilling thought, but it is somehow challenging, especially considering the extreme climatic conditions on Mars. These extreme climatic conditions might create obstacles that would complicate the mission. Elon Musk’s

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No mismatch between circulating flu strains and vaccine strains

No mismatch between circulating flu strains and vaccine strains

Influenza cases peak during monsoon season with a secondary peak during winter | Photo Credit: CDC/Douglas Jordan On March 7 and March 8, several newspapers reported a surge in influenza (flu) cases in the Delhi-NCR region, with some mentioning the “spike” as over 54%. The source of this news was a local survey (LocalCircle) of over 13,000

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NOAA Hurricane Hunter Speaks Out After Trump’s Layoffs

Less than a month into the second term of Donald Trump, the president signed an executive order that gave the non-governmental Department of Government Efficiency broad powers to gut the federal workforce, in the name of cost-cutting. DOGE—led by the multibillionaire “special government employee” Elon Musk—has proceeded with zeal, working to scrap funding for veterans’

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What Counts As Ultra-Processed Food? It’s Too Complicated.

(Bloomberg Opinion) — Ultra-processed foods, or UPFs for short, are suddenly the hot health concept — the new antihero in global diets. The topic is exploding both in scientific literature and on social media. There’s even an AI system to help consumers select less-processed foods while shopping. But once you get past the important and  obvious idea that

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