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Modern Tobacco Products

Back in 1964, the Surgeon General released a landmark study that linked tobacco with potentially fatal health risks, such as heart disease and lung cancer. Small-scale studies beginning in the late 1920s suggested a possible connection, and major research efforts were underway by the 1950s, as explained by the American Cancer Society.

Climbing to a Higher Socioeconomic Does take a Toll on Your Health

Study hard. Work hard. Pay your dues, and anyone can be a success. This is the classic advice imparted to those striving for a better life, a prescription that generally fails to account for other factors that inhibit upward mobility in people who start out life in an economically insecure household.

Bacon Flavoured Seaweed

Superfoods like kale are efficient and nutritious foodstuffs, scientifically proven to be beneficial in dozens of ways. Unfortunately, we never want to eat them.

Cannibalistic Tribe Develops Resistance to Fatal Disease

The practice of cannibalism in one Papua New Guinea tribe lead to the spread of a fatal brain disease called kuru that caused a devastating epidemic in the group. But now, some members of the tribe carry a gene that appears to protect against kuru, as well as other so-called “prion diseases,” such as mad cow, a new study finds.

Adidas Designs a New Pair of Shoes out of Ocean Pollution

There are an estimated 5 trillion pieces of plastic floating through the world's oceans, enough to fill almost 600 jumbo jets. Part of the monumental task of de-cluttering the world's waterways involves figuring out exactly what to do with all of that discarded plastic.

Killing Animals to Save Them from Extinction

Self-Driving Cars Could Combat Global Warming

YouTube Launches Newswire

Skinny Jeans Gave a Woman Nerve and Muscle Damage