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But as entertaining as sparklers, bottle rockets and other consumer items can be, they're also responsible for many injuries, which can sometimes result in death. By Janissa Delzo Special to CNN World's largest air purifier takes on China's smog When artist Daan Roosegaarde visited Beijing in 2014, he was inspired by what he didn't see. By Sophie Morlin-Yron Google publishes patent for smart crib Google wants to cram as many baby monitoring devices as possible into a single crib. By Hope King Opening up art for the blind, with 3-D Luc was only 7 years old when his world went dark and he became blind unexpectedly. But as he likes to say, blindness isn't very effective on him. Even with his can-do attitude, the 13-year-old recalls feeling excluded when he visited a museum exhibi... By Ashley Strickland CNN Is your hand sanitizer safe? The FDA wants to know Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are everywhere these days, and the Food and Drug Administration wants to know more about them. It requested more scientific evidence Wednesday to prove that hand sanitizers are both safe and effective. By Susan Scutti CNN What's the No. 1 killer of Americans? The leading causes of death remained the same from the year before: Heart disease is the No. 1 killer, followed by cancer, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and infant mortality decreased 2.3%. By Jen Christensen CNN Study: Nap or exercise to improve your memory Scientists have unlocked new secrets for boosting memory retention: One involves breaking a sweat, and the other involves taking a snooze. By Jacqueline Howard CNN Can you get Zika twice? Once you've had Zika, can you get it again? Scientists don't think so, but it's never been proved by Sandee LaMotte CNN Man loses 140 pounds on Chick-fil-A diet When Denver, Colorado, resident Alton Ward was at Texas A&M University four years ago, he said he weighed 355 pounds despite trying diets such as Jenny Craig, Atkins, juice diets and every other thing, Valdosta Today reported. 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