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The Russian government is clearly fed up with speculation about the state of often-shirtless president Vladimir Putin's health.

Prognosis Rock

Developments

And we, like, FOR SURE believe them.

Russia Says That Vladimir Putin Definitely Does NOT Have a Terminal Illness, Thank You Very Much!

If staring at this image makes you feel like you're being swallowed by a black hole, you're not alone. According to a new paper published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, approximately 86 percent of people experience the same effect.

Black Hole Illusion

Neuroscience/Brain Science

It's just a trick — or is it?

Argh! This Optical Illusion Makes You Feel Like You're Falling Into a Black Hole

A team of scientists at the regenerative medicine company 3DBio Therapeutics have successfully implanted a 3D printed ear made from the patient's own cells.

All Ears

Breakthroughs

That's pretty incredible.

Doctors Transplant Ear That Was 3D Printed With Patient's Own Cells

Nicotine use by American teens has soared to astonishing new levels since JUUL e-cigarettes exploded in popularity in 2017.

Juul Kids

Studies

Yikes.

JUUL Got a Million American Kids Hooked on Nicotine, Researchers Say

Using a new gene therapy technique, researchers at the University of California San Diego reduced neuropathic pain in mice that were experiencing spinal cord or other nerve injuries — and with no side effects.

Deleting Pain

Genetics

This could be huge.

Scientists Eliminate Chronic Pain in Mice and Primates Using Gene Therapy

Kids who played video games saw a positive impact on their intelligence, European scientists say in new study published in the Nature journal.

Game On

V poggers.

Good News, Gamers! That Screen Time Could Make You a Little Smarter, Scientists Say

A study last week in the Scandanavian Journal of Medicine & Science In Sports found that three seconds of lifting increases muscle strength and thickness.

Swole Patrol

Do you even lift, bro? Yeah, for three seconds per day!

Scientists Find That Lifting Weights for Just Three Seconds Is Quite Good for You

Storing DNA

"And it'll be used for good, right?"

Elon Musk Speculates About Storing All Human DNA in Database

Have you ever looked up from scrolling social media your phone and realized hours have passed without you noticing? Then you're very, very much not alone. 

Doom Scrolling

Mental Health

It's not the trauma-related kind of dissociation, but it's still concerning. 

Relatable! Scientists Say You Likely Enter a "Dissociative State" While Scrolling Social Media

Uh Oh

"What seems to be happening now is that it has got into the population as a sexual form, as a genital form..."

Monkeypox Is Spreading Through Sex, WHO Disease Specialist Says

Following this week's report that monkeypox was confirmed in the US and countries in Europe President Joe Biden said it's a concern if it spreads globally.

Suck It Up

"It would be consequential."

Joe Biden is Worried About Monkeypox

One family says their child was left with hearing damage after the boy's Apple AirPods blasted an Amber alert in his ears and filed a lawsuit for damages.

That Bites

Devices

A grim claim!

Lawsuit Claims Apple AirPods Ruptured a Child's Eardrums

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