BPA is often used to line tin cans to stop them rusting and keep food fresh.
BPA, a hormone-mimicking chemical, used in soup cans could increase your risk of heart disease and diabetes, scientists have warned.
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China’s Invisible Man
This is Liu Bolin, also known as ‘China’s Invisible Man,’ who specializes in camouflage body-paintings. The seamless blending-in with his environment is the result of hours of painstaking work. Check out a couple more of his opuses. (Pics)
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The size of a heart attack and the harm it causes a patient can depend on what time it strikes.
Heart attacks are worst when they take place between 1 am and 5 am, acccording to a study published in Circulation Research.
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The Kindle Fire tablet from Amazon.com will leapfrog most competitive offerings to quickly become number two in the market behind Apple’s iPad, according to a survey conducted by ChangeWave Research.
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Getting a smartphone has been a rite of passage for many teens.
There are a lot of problems the auto industry has to worry about. They have to worry about pensions and health care costs for their employees. They also have to worry about recalls and the rising cost of gas. But there is something else that automakers should be concerned about.
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Could taking one of these vitamins lead you down the path of bad behavior?
Taking a multivitamin may lead to poorer health, not because of what they do to your body, but what they do to your mind.
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The average number of links from one arbitrarily selected person to another was 4.74.
Scientists at Facebook and the University of Milan are adding a new chapter to the research that cemented the phrase “six degrees of separation” into the language. They have reported that the average number of acquaintances separating any two people in the world was not six but 4.74.
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35.6% of all internet users will use a tablet by 2014.
Tablet devices have only been available for a couple of years, but the iPad has propelled them to rapid increases in ownership and usage. By the end of 2011 it is estimated that 33.7 million Americans will use a tablet device at least monthly—a rise of 158.6% over last year, the year the iPad was released.
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24 percent said they had ever been “harassed” by texting. That was up from about 14 percent in a survey of the same kids the year before.
More and more kids in the U.S. say they have been picked on via text messaging, while there has been little change in online harassment, researchers reported Monday.
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The ‘smart bomb’ mouthwash has the prospect of actually wiping out tooth decay in our lifetime.
A UCLA microbiologist has concocted a “smart bomb” mouthwash that may render cavities and tooth decay a thing of the past.
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The total size of the car is only one molecule, making it invisible to the human eye.
You may be expecting theworld’s tiniest car to be extremely cramped with limited legroom, you’re thinking too big. Go smaller. (Pics)
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Facebook relies on tracking cookie technologies similar to the controversial systems used by Google, Adobe, Microsoft, Yahoo and others in the online advertising industry.
Facebook has admitted it is tracking which sites its users visit even after they log off, thanks to plug-ins and cookies.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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