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Chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics into your mouth, a new study suggests. Chewing gum's base ingredient is synthetic rubber, which is a type of plastic. A stick of gum is a ...

New research shows that chewing gum can release hundreds or possibly thousands of microplastics into saliva, which may then be absorbed into the body. Even all-natural gum sheds microplastics when ...

I made my own gum in the lab! But here’s the challenge: I brought in some special guests, and whoever blows the biggest bubble wins a huge prize! But that’s not all… could this gum actually fix ...

Fifteen years ago, Peter Lucas ate nearly five pounds of carrots. For science. Lucas researches feeding in mammals, and he wanted to see if he could eat enough root vegetables to meet his body’s ...

A special type of chewing gum can 'trap' and neutralize some influenza and herpes viruses, according to new experiments from scientists in the US and Finland. The herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 (HSV-1 ...

An effective solution to get rid of earworms, those annoying tunes that keep on re-playing in never ending loops in our heads, has been found by a team of scientists at the University of Reading, UK.

Chewing gum sales exceed 4 billion dollars in the U.S. alone. People chew gum for many reasons. For instance, chewing gum is assumed to stimulate the production of saliva and freshen breath, clean ...

The March/April 2019 issue of Applied Cognitive Psychology, demonstrates the way chewing gum enhances certain cognitive functions. A review of the literature contained within reveals more correlative ...

Chewing gum sales exceed 4 billion dollars in the U.S. alone. People chew gum for many reasons. For instance, chewing gum is assumed to stimulate the production of saliva and freshen breath, clean ...