Is it true that … your lungs regenerate when you quit smoking? | Health & wellbeing

It used to be thought that the lungs couldn’t regenerate,” says Dr Charlotte Dean, head of the lung development and disease group at Imperial College London. “But we know now that’s not the case. Broadly speaking, they can repair when you quit smoking.” Smoking is in effect damaging your lungs, Dean says, and the lungs have a substantial capacity…

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Readers reply: The Missouri tofu spill was ‘unforgettable’ – but what are history’s greatest bad smells? | Life and style

I must admit to cracking a smile when I read the story about the revolting result of a tofu spill last month in Missouri. About 18,000kg (40,000lb) of extra-firm tofu was left to rot for three weeks after a road accident – no one was hurt – turned into an insurance dispute. Local officials described…

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