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The Best Sunscreens: The EWG Updates Its Famous Guide With Good News, Bad News, And Some Sun-Safety Ideas

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

The Best Sunscreens: The EWG Updates Its Famous Guide With Good News, Bad News, And Some Sun-Safety Ideas
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The Best Sunscreens, And The Research To Go Along With It:
It’s summer again! And it’s broiling.

As a result, one of the big concerns we’ll all be dealing with is Sun Exposure.

But don’t worry! There are a few research groups out there to help you,

And one of the best out there, the EWG, has published its list, along with a full set of guides on the many considerations that come with protecting yourself from the sun.

Along with that, is a list of the updates and remaining concerns that we should all consider…

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Brain Size Evolution: Accidental Mutations Give Humans X-Men-Like Brainpower 3x Our Closest Cousins

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Brain Size Evolution: Accidental Mutations Give Humans X-Men-Like Brainpower 3x Our Closest Cousins
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Human Brain Size Explanation. Chance Evolution Of 3 Mutations:
So the quest to know ourselves has been a long one.

Whether it’s the different projects directed at AI, or tracing all the brain’s connections,

Something about humanity is always searching for a type of mirror.

-Especially when that research proves we are not really 99% the “same” as a chimpanzee, or even 50% banana.

One of the biggest puzzles is how/why we all have such big Brains compared to other animals,

And in a strange X-Men-level twist of accidents, science just found out a big piece…

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Flies On Food: Sick DNA Research Finds Insects More Dangerous To Your Summer Picnic Than Previously Thought

Filed Under: Disease

Flies On Food: Sick DNA Research Finds Insects More Dangerous To Your Summer Picnic Than Previously Thought
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Flies On Food Making You Sick, The Disgusting Truth:
Summer and the warm months of the year are a great time of year to enjoy the outdoors.

Along with all the activities we plan for that time, we end up smearing & spraying all kinds of chemicals on us to deal with the sun and also Bugs.

And on that note, one of the best parts of Spring+Summer has a brand new warning.

Because it turns out that especially for Outdoor Eating of any kind,

Researchers found that Flies are much more dangerous than anyone thought before…

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Mushrooms For Depression: Psychedelics Can Improve Existing Medication, Lessen Side-Effects With Shamanistic POWAH!

Filed Under: Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll

Mushrooms For Depression: Psychedelics Can Improve Existing Medication, Lessen Side-Effects With Shamanistic POWAH!
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Mushrooms For Depression, Improving New Treatments With Old Magic:
Depression and anxiety seem like problems that face an increasing part of the population every day.

Along with society’s failure to spot it and adequately-help, Science is not doing a perfect job with its pharmaceutical treatments either.

And in those less-than-perfect drug-solutions we also get: Side-Effects.

One of which is not just the reduction of Negative emotions, but positive ones, too.

But researchers at a special branch of the UK’s Imperial College of London are borrowing a weird, old take on solving mind-problems of all types: Psychedelics…

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Dangerous Chemicals In Toothpaste: Banned Personal Care Anti-Microbials May Be Hurting Your Body, All In The Name Of Clean

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Dangerous Chemicals In Toothpaste: Banned Personal Care Anti-Microbials May Be Hurting Your Body, All In The Name Of Clean
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Dangerous Toothpaste Ingredients: Antimicrobials “Clean” More Than Gums:
So a few years back, we learned something very important about soap.

The regular stuff is just fine, and you don’t need what the surgeons use.

And in that year, FDA actually did something good for a change by banning the super-strong stuff.

But in a recent twist, some sneaky researchers poked around and found powerful ingredients in just about the worst place you could besides food.

-In your toothpaste…

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Sleeping In On The Weekend: Can Changing Your Alarm-Clock For Two Days Change Your Life, Or Ruin It?

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Sleeping In On The Weekend: Can Changing Your Alarm-Clock For Two Days Change Your Life, Or Ruin It?
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Weekend Sleep, Does A Few Extra Hours Actually Do Anything?:
Cats can teach us many things. Most especially, the value of Sleep.

As Science tries to become as wise as cats, it too is discovering the extreme value of getting a good night’s sleep. And all the problems from not getting one.

Whether you’re trying to solve the Night Owl / Standard Work Day conundrum with Sara Mednick’s recommended naps, or fixing your other weekly sins.

Researchers in Sweden took the idea of a Daily nap and ran with it to try fixing the most-serious problems from sleep-debt, and the answers are cautiously-surprising…

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Diet For A Bigger Brain: Can High-Quality Nutrition Keep Your Mind Young And Powerful Over Time?

Filed Under: Nutrition

Diet For A Bigger Brain: Can High-Quality Nutrition Keep Your Mind Young And Powerful Over Time?
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Diet For A Bigger Brain, Can Nutrition Conquer Time?:
Two of the big problems we all face are what to do now and how to make sure we don’t compromise our future.

One big part of that we talk about here is Nutrition. Another is Brain Fitness.

And the fact-of-the-matter is you have to keep eating right and exercising not only for your waistline, but for Your Brain, too.

That’s because our brains start shrinking after the age of 30.

So, a crafty team of Dutch Researchers took some time off from being generally-insane-Dutchmen to find out if there was anything Nutrition could do to help…

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Alcohol & Gut Microbes: Does Drinking Kill Off All The Good Bacteria? Should We Outlaw Happy-Hour And Do Shots Of Activia Instead? [Video]

Filed Under: Nutrition, Video

Alcohol & Gut Microbes: Does Drinking Kill Off All The Good Bacteria? Should We Outlaw Happy-Hour And Do Shots Of Activia Instead? [Video]


Alcohol & Gut Microbes, Does A Little Fun Kill Your Health?:
So as science progresses we’re learning that microbes inside us play a very important part in our health.

Whether it’s worrying over how much fiber we get, if we’re too clean, too isolated,

Or if the probiotics we take can even help us avoid serious disease.

One of the other favorite human pastimes of course, is using a little nutritional alchemy to up the fun-quotient of life.

But according to the list of studies in this roundup by SciShow, that fun might have some consequences for that newest & tiniest frontier of our health…

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