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Jan 06 2025CRIME

Cracking the Forensic Funding Code: Lessons from Around the Globe

Forensic experts in Ukraine face a tough challenge—they're like detectives working with incomplete clues, and the crucial missing piece is funding. What if we could learn from other countries to fill in these gaps? One crucial step is to give each government agency its own budget for forensic work.

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Jan 06 2025HEALTH

Life Changes and Migration: How Adversity Drives Us Home

Ever wondered how big life changes like divorce or job loss affect where we live? It turns out, they can push us to move, especially back to familiar places or towards family. This isn't just a one-time thing; these moves can happen right after the event or even years later. Researchers in the US lo

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Jan 06 2025CRIME

Love Scams: A Bill to Protect Online Daters

Online dating has become a big part of many people's lives, but it's also a playground for scammers. Last year, over 64, 000 Americans were tricked into giving away over $1 billion in romance scams. That's double the amount from just four years ago! A 66-year-old woman named Sue was one of these vic

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Jan 06 2025HEALTH

Runners' Foot Strike Patterns: How Coordination and Variability Differ

Ever wondered how the way you strike the ground while running affects your foot, shank, and rearfoot coordination? A study set out to find just that. They looked at two groups of runners, those who hit the ground with their heels (rearfoot strikers or RFS) and those who hit with their forefoot or mi

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Jan 05 2025SPORTS

The Hidden Danger in Combat Sports: Performance Enhancers

Ever stopped to think if taking shortcuts is common in the world of fighting sports? Scientists are digging deeper into this, and shockingly, it's more widespread than expected. Athletes sometimes use performance-enhancing drugs to jump ahead of the competition, but at what cost? These substances ca

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Jan 05 2025HEALTH

What Keeps Healthy Habits Going in Preschools?

You might think that once a good program to keep kids active and eating well is started in preschools, it would continue easily. But that's not always the case. Researchers wanted to figure out what makes these healthy habits stick in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings. They found th

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Jan 04 2025CELEBRITIES

Ariana Grande's Age Joke: Hit or Miss?

Ariana Grande's appearance at the 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Award was nothing short of spectacular. She wore a stunning silver metallic ballgown that stole the show. But it wasn't just her fashion that grabbed everyone's attention. When she accepted the Rising Star Award,

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Jan 04 2025HEALTH

Safer Streets: Ideas from Ontario Health Experts

Imagine if we could cut down on road injuries and deaths just by changing how we design our streets. In Canada, this is a serious issue, and it's especially tough for cyclists and pedestrians. Health workers in Ontario have faced many challenges while trying to make these changes happen. They've lea

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Jan 04 2025HEALTH

Transforming Dental Education: A Pathway to Preventive Care

Dental schools have long focused on treating oral health issues, but the real goal should be prevention. That's why it's crucial to shift the focus in dental education to include oral health maintenance and promotion. A recent study set out to create Integrated Oral Health Care Pathways (IOHCPs) for

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Jan 04 2025HEALTH

Watch Out: Bird Flu is Getting Serious!

The bird flu, known as H5N1, is making headlines again. Recently, it caused severe illness in patients in Louisiana and Canada. Doctor Jeremy Faust, who works at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, raised the threat level to DEFCON 3. This means we should be on high alert, but not panic. DEFCON levels ra

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