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Here’s why firefighters don’t get burned out

June 15, 2018 in Health

In spite of encountering stressful situations, firefighters have good coping strategies that keep them healthy and protect them from burnout, a new study shows.

Is it bad to sleep in on the weekends?

June 11, 2018 in Health

A large study suggests that a few extra hours of sleep on the weekend are probably not detrimental to your health.

Fake researcher fabricated finding that HPV vaccine causes cervical cancer

June 6, 2018 in Health

A research article alleging that HPV vaccines can cause cancer has now been withdrawn. "Extremely serious," says Karolinska Institutet.

Can birth control pills make teens depressed?

June 1, 2018 in Health

A Swedish study shows that hormone-based contraceptives are associated with an increased use of antidepressants among young girls.

Evidence uncovered of a 1500-year-old massacre in Sweden

May 25, 2018 in Society & Culture

The remains, discovered by researchers, appear to have been left in the same places where they had been slaughtered.

Coma patients might feel pleasure and pain like the rest of us

May 24, 2018 in Society & Culture

Emerging evidence suggests the unconscious can experience many of the things that conscious people do. What does this mean for medical ethics and even how we perceive ourselves as humans?

What’s the best place to hang a birdhouse?

May 9, 2018 in Natural Sciences

If you go to all the trouble to hang a birdhouse, you definitely want to put it in the right place. But which is better: Sun or shade?

The great escape: Birds fly away from disease

May 10, 2018 in Natural Sciences

New study reveals how birds avoid disease by migrating and colonizing new habitats.

Nordic Stone Age diet was dominated by fish

April 9, 2018 in Society & Culture

Red meat seems to have been less important in Northern European Stone Age diets than previously thought.

Family life makes Nordic men happy

March 30, 2018 in Society & Culture

But this is not necessarily true for men elsewhere in Europe, a new study shows.

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