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Did you ever take a swig of aspartame-sweetened diet soda and have it taste nasty? Sour, metallic, and vile, but not sweet.

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The execs at Haleon, a huge multinational consumer products company, ought to take a good look in the mirror. That is, unless ...

If you’ve been on the internet recently, you’ve likely encountered Bryan Johnson’s meticulously optimized, data-driven quest ...

After a long, soul-sucking commute, fast food may be the great American compromise between hunger, exhaustion, and the ...

Imagine resurrecting a long-debunked myth, slapping a fresh coat of pseudoscience on it, and dropping it just in time to sway ...

During 2023-24 seizures of street drugs laced with carfentanil - a highly potent analog of fentanyl - rose by 720%. Despite ...