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This Dad Built a Smartwatch From Scratch to Monitor His Son’s Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 diabetes care has made huge strides in recent decades. Not too long ago, testing your blood sugar required pricking a finger several times a day; now, small devices with sensors that are inserted under the skin can monitor glucose continuously. While at one point, insulin injections had to be administered multiple times a […]

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OK, So Multitasking Is Impossible — What Should We Do Instead? An Expert Weighs In

As I sit writing this article over the next few hours, emails will come in and message notification sounds will ring out. My colleagues will ask me questions; I’ll spontaneously recall an item on my to-do list that will just take a moment to check off. I’d be lying if I said I’ll stay entirely

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Feeling Sentimental? Study Shows Nostalgia May Help You Maintain Close Relationships

Whether it’s refusing to throw away your long-dead Tamagotchi or continuing to cuddle a childhood stuffed animal hanging on for dear life, nostalgia can manifest in odd ways. But according to a recent study, the tendency toward it may lead to a more productive outcome than just rewatching Gilmore Girls for the fifth time (no

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World’s Longest Immersed Tunnel Promises 10-Minute Driving Time From Denmark to Germany

If you thought driving in Los Angeles was inefficient, this route between two European cities takes the cake: As the crow flies, the Danish town of Rødbyhavn is only about 13 miles away from the German village of Puttgarden — but actually driving from one to the other would set you back five and a

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Mercy Ships Volunteers Set Sail to Provide Free “Life-Changing or Livesaving” Surgeries in Medical Deserts

When a white bump began to swell around baby Emmanuel’s ear, his concerned mother had no idea what to do.  She took the infant to a local hospital in Northern Sierra Leone, where she learned that he had lymphangioma, a benign tumor that can cause disfigurement — but there are no maxillofacial surgeons in the

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Wilma Mankiller, First Female Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation, Led With Compassion and Continues to Inspire Today

This article was written by Julie Reed, an associate professor of history at the Penn State, for The Conversation — a nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of researchers and scientists, under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. If you fish in your pocket or purse for a U.S. quarter

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This Gym Teacher Invented Basketball on a Challenge by His Boss

Long before LeBron James was shooting hoops on the world’s stage, another James was the biggest name in basketball — though folks today may not know it. In 1891, James Naismith was a graduate student and instructor at Massachusetts’ Springfield College when he was tasked with developing a new indoor activity that could be played

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Hansel Enmanuel Lost His Left Arm at Age 6 — Then Became a Division I Basketball Superstar

Number 24 steals the ball, dribbles it down half court, and lands a slam dunk — making the whole maneuver look easy in one of his latest Instagram videos. Currently a star Division I basketball player at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee, Hansel Enmanuel boasts an Instagram account with 1.5 million followers, where he

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Researchers Worldwide Join Forces to Find the Secret to Happiness: “It’s Like the Avengers”

Thanks to our chat with happiness expert Gretchen Rubin, we know that the experience looks different for everyone — what helps one person feel joy may not have the same effect on someone else. Now, a team of happiness and methodology experts is about to launch the largest study of its kind digging into precisely

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