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Chew on this: The 10,000-year history of gum

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Somewhere between 9,500 and 9,900 years ago, three Scandinavian teenagers were hanging out, chewing…

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An antiviral chewing gum to reduce influenza and herpes simplex virus transmission

In today's interconnected world, infectious diseases pose an escalating threat, as demonstrated by the coronavirus pandemic and outbreaks of H1N1,…

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Chewing gum can shed hundreds of microplastics into your mouth

Researchers have found yet another potential contributor to the increasing amount of microplastics found in our bodies: gum. According to…

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Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, pilot study finds

Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life, such as cutting boards, clothes and cleaning sponges, can…

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