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Researchers have combined the theory of planned behavior, the technology acceptance model, and diffusion of innovations theory to investigate rooftop solar adoption in China. From a 1,200-person ...

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Twenty years ago, one of the London bomb attacks of 7/7 was on a bus passing the headquarters of the BMA (doi:10.1136/bmj.r1416).1 Staff from the BMA and The BMJ helped with the emergency response. It ...

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Chocolate is one of the top food cravings worldwide. Many things, from dehydration to culture, can cause chocolate cravings.

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A once-overlooked technology that taps into the Earth's heat to generate electricity could supply up to 20% of the ...

Are CT scans silently triggering a cancer epidemic — or are we being misled by speculative modeling and media-fueled fear? A ...