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Sara Adar @saraadar.bsky.social · May 3

This is horrible news for the health and safety of our workforce.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 3

Over the years, our reporter has gathered useful, surprising kernels of advice from all sorts of people — including scientists, professors, nurses, astronauts and even Cher — about how to be happy. Here are the best takeaways about how to live a good, fulfilling life.

The Best Advice I’ve Ever Heard for How to Be Happy

Tips from experts, astronauts and Cher on finding bliss.

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Ann Marie Carlton @amgcarlton.bsky.social · Mar 18

Increased health cost for seniors & others will go up in response to a weaker #EPA. It's actually much more efficient to not pollute in the first place

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Mar 18

Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.

Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm

More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.

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Sara Adar @saraadar.bsky.social · Mar 14

Happy pi day to my fellow math lovers.

UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · Mar 14

The caravan of digits that is pi
does not stop at the edge of the page,
but runs off the table and into the air,
over the wall, a leaf, a bird's nest, the clouds, straight into the sky,
through all the bloatedness and bottomlessness.
-Wisława Szymborska

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Sara Adar @saraadar.bsky.social · Dec 14

Epidemiology friends, did you realize that Conan O'Brien's dad was one of us?!? Dr. Thomas O'Brien was a famous infectious disease epidemiologist who specialized in antimicrobial resistance. He sounds like he was a very interesting man. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/12/m...

Dr. Thomas O’Brien, visionary who addressed dangers of antimicrobial resistance, dies at 95 - The Boston Globe

A physician of endless curiosity and talents, Dr. O'Brien was “the most interesting person I’ve ever met,” said his son, TV talk show host Conan O'Brien, whose parents both died this week.

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Jennifer Weuve @epidancer.bsky.social · Dec 6

Proud congratulations to @ryanmandrews.bsky.social on the publication of "Association of tailpipe-related and non-tailpipe-related #airpollution exposure w #cognitivedecline in the Chicago Health & Aging Project."

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Association of Tailpipe-Related and Nontailpipe–Related Air Pollution Exposure with Cognitive Decline in the Chicago Health and Aging Project | Environmental Health Perspectives | Vol. 132, No. 12

Background: Evidence suggests that long-term exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of dementia and related cognitive outcomes. A major source of air pollution is automotive traffic, which is...

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