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A spray-on treatment for asphalt roads aims to curb both their contribution to the urban island heat effect, and stop them from breaking so easily. Based on titanium-dioxide, it not only reflects and scatters away sunlight and ultraviolet light, keeping Read more
After last week’s loss to the Buccaneers, the Patriots are now 1-3. But edge rusher Matt Judon said Thursday that he thinks the team’s energy is still high entering Week Five. “We’re not getting down on ourselves,” Judon said, via Read more
Combination therapies, particularly varenicline and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) combined, are the most effective tobacco cessation pharmacotherapies, the largest review to examine the effectiveness and safety of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and medicines that people use to quit tobacco has found. Read more
Bayer is evaluating its legal options after Mexican health regulators for the first time rejected a GMO corn permit it was seeking, the German pharmaceutical and crop science giant said in a statement to Reuters on Friday, blasting the decision Read more
Google TV is making finding something to watch in a multiuser household a whole lot less chaotic by adding custom profiles, watchlists, and personalized Google Assistant help. Previously, Google TV supported the ability to sign into multiple Google Accounts to Read more
Rather than build depressing warehouses outside of town, a company is rethinking self-storage by flipping buildings shuttered during the pandemic into miniature storage spaces. In this way the startup, called Stuf, is turning one industry’s problem into another’s solution, offering Read more
Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown‘s next catch will be the 900th of his career, and he’ll reach that milestone faster than any player in NFL history. Brown has 899 catches in 142 career games. The fastest player ever to reach Read more
Intermittent fasting can produce clinically significant weight loss as well as improve metabolic health in individuals with obesity, according to a new study review led by University of Illinois Chicago researchers. “We noted that intermittent fasting is not better than Read more
The company that operates the pipeline that spilled an estimated 3,000 barrels of oil into the Pacific Ocean off California has an 800-page manual on handling an oil spill – but it is unclear whether its employees followed those procedures. Read more
Facebook is expanding the Live Audio rooms feature it launched in the US in June to a global audience. In addition to public figures and creators, Facebook is making the feature — a Clubhouse competitor— available to groups as well. Read more