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Parents & Screens, BFFs Smell the Same, Locusts Find Cancer

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Cancer Smells Like a Locust

A new study found that caregivers who use digital media more to relax are more likely to have negative parenting practices and stress. A breakthrough study has revealed that not only can locus smell cancer, they can differentiate every different type of cancer through scent. Now scientists are trying to hack the brain of a locust to recreate this phenomena,. If successful, could one day soon invent a device to detect cancer early, making all cancers treatable much more quickly and cheaply.

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