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“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”? How we wonder why you’d resort to singing a ditty to time your handwashing when you can use your social isolation time to build a touch-free electronic handwash timer that the kids — and you — might actually use.
Over the last few months, pretty much …read more
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Researchers have for decades been investigating the correlations between gum disease and a variety of conditions including stroke, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. A new study is now reporting the results of a randomized pilot trial that found … Continue reading Cleaner teeth linked to lower systemic inflammation in toothpaste study
Positioned as an answer to the environmental toll associated with toilet-paper and flushable wipes, a startup from Santa Monica in California has launched a portable, rechargeable bidet, which looks more like a powerbank for your laptop. Some… Continue reading Portable, rechargeable bidet takes a swipe at the wipe
New research suggests that some of the dirt you may have eaten as a child could have contained a type of bacteria that strengthens the immune system. The study reveals the bacteria Mycobacterium vaccae can produce a unique anti-inflammatory f… Continue reading Dirt-residing bacteria produce anti-inflammatory fats that could lead to a “stress vaccine”
Of all the lessons that life hands us, one of the toughest is that you can be right about something but still come up holding the smelly end of the stick. Typically this is learned early in life, but far too many of us avoid this harsh truth well into adulthood. And in those cases where being right is literally a matter of life or death, it’s even more difficult to learn that lesson.
For Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian physician-scientist in the mid-19th century, failure to learn that being right is attended by certain responsibilities had a very high cost. …read more
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The takeaway from the 10th annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report is depressingly familiar: Of the 1,935 breaches analyzed, 88 percent were accomplished using a familiar list of nine attack vectors, meaning they could probably have been prevented by a few simple cyber-hygiene measures. The DBIR, an analysis of breaches and incidents investigated by Verizon personnel or reported by one of their 65 partner organizations, is one of the most comprehensive reports in an industry that sometimes seems to specialize in thinly sourced surveys — marketing gussied up as research. So its release is closely watched by cybersecurity mavens every April. But in recent years, the DBIR has become a repetitive litany of attacks that exploit well-known and long patched vulnerabilities in familiar ways. The 2017 report released Thursday found, for example, that 81 percent of hacking-related breaches employ either reused/stolen passwords or weak/crackable ones. “There is no such thing as an impenetrable system, but doing the [cybersecurity] […]
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Getting an annual checkup, taking vitamins, your daily shower… Continue reading If You’re Going to Quit Flossing, Why Not Quit All This Other Crap Too?