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Fitness & Exercise
The best compact treadmills of 2024
![Kid with blonde hair wearing a blue COVID mask holding books and a backpack on the first day of school](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/05/covid-fall-surge-masks-boosters-tests.jpg?w=741)
COVID-19
How to avoid getting COVID again
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Climate Change
Should doctors and nurses discuss the dangers of heat?
![A woman holds a red smoothie in a glass with a handle on it and a stainless steel straw sticking out. A group of ‘forever chemicals’ commonly called PFAS were not detected on the stainless steel straws in this study, but were on 18 out of 20 brands of paper straws.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/24/stainless-steel-straw-juice.png?w=800)
Climate Change
‘Forever chemicals’ detected in paper and plastic straws
![Runners forming a V-shape with marathoner Eluid Kipchoge in the rear, on a road beside trees.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/23/marathon-running-pack-formation-kipchoge-record.jpg?w=782)
Fitness & Exercise
The surprising strategy behind running the fastest marathon
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Climate Change
Extreme heat could be a threat to contraception
![Deer tick passing tick-borned diseases to a young person by biting back of the neck](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/27/deer-tick-borne-diseases-bite-skin.jpg?w=675)
Climate Change
6 tick-borne diseases you really don’t want to get
![A lineup of the best hydration packs on a white background.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20/best-hydration-pack-header.jpg?w=692)
Fitness & Exercise