Higher levels of bisphenol A (BPA), a plastic commonly used in food packaging, were detected in urine samples taken from women pregnant with boys later found to have autism. Using an analysis of two ...

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People who use common psychiatric medications are more likely to develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - the most common form of motor neurone disease (MND), according to international researchers who ...

Microplastics are ‘silently spreading from soil to salad to humans’ A review from Murdoch University has stressed that agricultural soils now hold around 23 times more microplastics than oceans.

" The government's social media ban for children under 16 is defensible based upon the toxic nature of the social media platforms being banned. There are certainly going to be problems with ...

Photographs of children's retinas - the 'screen' at the back of the eye - can be used to test for autism, and possibly even for the severity of the disease, with a little help from artificial ...

Credit: Dr Chris Voisey Caption: (Left): Scanning electron microscope image of gold deposited onto quartz via piezoelectric reactions during experiments. Inlay is a zoomed in image revealing that the ...

We shouldn’t rely on artificial intelligence (AI) for accurate and safe information about medications, because some of the information AI provides can be wrong or potentially harmful, according to ...

A review of 20 years of microplastics research concludes that addressing microplastics contamination, which could more than double by 2040, needs regulations that involve the public, social sciences, ...

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Inflammation, long considered a hallmark of aging, may not be a universal human experience, according to international researchers who say it might actually be a byproduct of industrialised lifestyles ...

The Covid lockdown period has disrupted Kiwi kids who walk to school, with students 42% less likely to return to their usual walking commute, new research finds. It's potentially accelerated an ...