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Do “Vitamin Patches” Actually Do Anything? Here’s The Sciencewhite patch stuck on woman's upper arm
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Do “Vitamin Patches” Actually Do Anything? Here’s The Science

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What Is A Horse Chestnut? A Crusty Remnant Of Evolution (That People Like To Feed Their Dogs)Horse chestnuts look gross, but are perfectly normal.

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What Is A Horse Chestnut? A Crusty Remnant Of Evolution (That People Like To Feed Their Dogs)Horse chestnuts look gross, but are perfectly normal.
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What Is A Horse Chestnut? A Crusty Remnant Of Evolution (That People Like To Feed Their Dogs)

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Skin Moles: What Are They And When Should You Get Them Checked?a person is having the moles on their back checked by a dermatologist

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Skin Moles: What Are They And When Should You Get Them Checked?a person is having the moles on their back checked by a dermatologist
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Skin Moles: What Are They And When Should You Get Them Checked?

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It’s Official: Those Ludicrous TikTok Skincare Routines For Teens Are Not A Good Ideayoung girl holding a pot of skincare product, standing in front of a phone set up with a ring light, with a bright yellow background

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It’s Official: Those Ludicrous TikTok Skincare Routines For Teens Are Not A Good Ideayoung girl holding a pot of skincare product, standing in front of a phone set up with a ring light, with a bright yellow background
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It’s Official: Those Ludicrous TikTok Skincare Routines For Teens Are Not A Good Idea

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World-First 3D-Printed Skin Robot Aims To Help Burn Patients In Australiamedical worker in green scrubs and white gloves applies bandage to patient's hand (close up shot)

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World-First 3D-Printed Skin Robot Aims To Help Burn Patients In Australiamedical worker in green scrubs and white gloves applies bandage to patient's hand (close up shot)
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World-First 3D-Printed Skin Robot Aims To Help Burn Patients In Australia

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Rubbing A Banana Peel On Your Face Is Not Some Big Skincare Secret – It’s Just Pointlesswoman rubbing a banana peel on her face
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Rubbing A Banana Peel On Your Face Is Not Some Big Skincare Secret – It’s Just Pointless

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Do Collagen Supplements Actually Do Anything For Aging Skin?close up on the face of an older woman smiling and touching her chin, in the background there are spoons containing collagen powder and pills

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Do Collagen Supplements Actually Do Anything For Aging Skin?close up on the face of an older woman smiling and touching her chin, in the background there are spoons containing collagen powder and pills
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Do Collagen Supplements Actually Do Anything For Aging Skin?

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Red Light Therapy: Skincare Superhero Or Beauty Bust?sideways view of a woman holding up a red light therapy mask to her face, against a background of several circular red lights

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Red Light Therapy: Skincare Superhero Or Beauty Bust?sideways view of a woman holding up a red light therapy mask to her face, against a background of several circular red lights
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Red Light Therapy: Skincare Superhero Or Beauty Bust?

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"Exceptionally Rare" 183-Million-Year-Old Plesiosaur Was Covered In Mosaic Of Skin And ScalesJurassic plesiosaur skeleton with preserved skin and scales

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"Exceptionally Rare" 183-Million-Year-Old Plesiosaur Was Covered In Mosaic Of Skin And ScalesJurassic plesiosaur skeleton with preserved skin and scales
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"Exceptionally Rare" 183-Million-Year-Old Plesiosaur Was Covered In Mosaic Of Skin And Scales

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What Happens When You Stop Washing? The Filthiest Tales Of Humans Refusing To Bathe

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Biotin Supplements: Beauty Essential Or A Load Of Bunk?collage of images on a light pink background; there are pink, raspberry-shaped gummy vitamins, pill bottles, a hand showing the nails, a woman shown with her back to the viewer running her hands through her long brown hair, and illustrations of the chemical structure of biotin in white with the words "biotin" and "vitamin B7"

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Biotin Supplements: Beauty Essential Or A Load Of Bunk?collage of images on a light pink background; there are pink, raspberry-shaped gummy vitamins, pill bottles, a hand showing the nails, a woman shown with her back to the viewer running her hands through her long brown hair, and illustrations of the chemical structure of biotin in white with the words "biotin" and "vitamin B7"
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Biotin Supplements: Beauty Essential Or A Load Of Bunk?

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Live Mouse Turned Temporarily Transparent Thanks To Yellow Food Dye And Clever PhysicsTime-lapse images of blood vessels in the brain just beneath the skull of a sedated mouse, revealed without any surgery, incisions, or damaging the mouse’s bone or skin. By reversibly dyeing the tissues with FD & C Yellow 5 and using a technique called laser speckle contrast imaging, Stanford University researchers observed the blood flow within this living brain.

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Live Mouse Turned Temporarily Transparent Thanks To Yellow Food Dye And Clever PhysicsTime-lapse images of blood vessels in the brain just beneath the skull of a sedated mouse, revealed without any surgery, incisions, or damaging the mouse’s bone or skin. By reversibly dyeing the tissues with FD & C Yellow 5 and using a technique called laser speckle contrast imaging, Stanford University researchers observed the blood flow within this living brain.
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Sunscreen Vs. Sunblock: What’s The Difference?collage of things related to holidays and sunscreen - a bottle of sunscreen partly buried in sand, seashells, sun shape made out of smears of sunscreen, tropical leaves

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Sunscreen Vs. Sunblock: What’s The Difference?collage of things related to holidays and sunscreen - a bottle of sunscreen partly buried in sand, seashells, sun shape made out of smears of sunscreen, tropical leaves
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Sunscreen Vs. Sunblock: What’s The Difference?

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Could We Topple The Planet’s Deadliest Animal With Engineered Human Skin Microbes?a person spraying mosquito repellent on their skin

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Could We Topple The Planet’s Deadliest Animal With Engineered Human Skin Microbes?

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