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Google to change search algorithm to elevate 'original reporting'
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By CATHERINE THORBECKE In an over-saturated digital news age, Google announced new changes to its search algorithm that could elevate more "original reporting." "I see it as...
Green Bank Telescope detects most massive neutron star ever observed
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A neutron star with 2.17 times the mass of our Sun crammed into a sphere 18.6 miles across has been observed 4,600 light years from Earth by astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope in...
Fisherman gets shock as he reels in 'dinosaur-like' fish with huge eyes
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Oscar Lundahl is believed to have nearly jumped out of his boat when he saw on the end of his line the strange-looking species with large, bulbous eyes. It turned out the creature was a ratfish,...
Vapers seek relief from nicotine addiction in — wait for it — cigarettes
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By Ana B. Ibarra, California Healthline Lucas McClain started smoking cigarettes in high school but switched to vaping after he heard e-cigarettes were a safer alternative. His vape of...
Video shows motorist asleep behind wheel of self-driving Tesla
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By Kalhan Rosenblatt [ video in seeded article ] A motorist on the Massachusetts Turnpike captured a man asleep behind the wheel of his self-driving Tesla, keeping up with traffic, in the...
U.S. officials worried about Chinese control of American drug supply
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By Ken Dilanian and Brenda Breslauer Antibiotics, which turn life-threatening infections into minor nuisances, are considered the single biggest advance in modern medicine. But imagine if...
1 to 2 naps a week may help keep your heart healthy, study finds
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By Erika Edwards There's new evidence that daytime naps may be linked to a lower risk of heart attack or stroke, but only if they're limited to a few times a week. The research, published...
Mathematicians Solve '42' Problem With Planetary Supercomputer
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HUMANS Mathematicians Solve '42' Problem With Planetary Supercomputer MICHELLE STARR 9 SEP 2019 Mathematicians have finally figured out the three cubed numbers that...
Strange life-forms found deep in a mine point to vast 'underground Galapagos'
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By Corey S. Powell Something odd is stirring in the depths of Canada's Kidd Mine. The zinc and copper mine, 350 miles northwest of Toronto, is the deepest spot ever explored on land and the...
CDC warns about e-cigarette use after rise in vaping-related deaths
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By Erika Edwards A severe and puzzling lung disease linked to electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices has doctors across the country scrambling to diagnose and care for patients...
This wormlike robot is made to wriggle through the human brain
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By David Freeman Scientists have developed a robotic device that could transform the treatment for strokes , which each year strike 795,000 Americans and kill 140,000. It’s a...
A 'gay gene'? It's complicated, according to new research on same-sex behavior
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By Associated Press CHICAGO — The largest study of its kind found new evidence that genes contribute to same-sex sexual behavior, but it echoes research that says there are no specific genes that...
Is Jupiter's moon Europa habitable? NASA advances plan to find out.
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By David Freeman Could life exist on Jupiter's moon Europa? NASA just moved a step closer to answering that longstanding question. The space agency announced Monday that it would move...
Cyborgs will replace humans and remake the world, James Lovelock says
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By Corey S. Powell For tens of thousands of years, humans have reigned as our planet's only intelligent, self-aware species. But the rise of intelligent machines means that could change...
Cruise ship nightmare: After measles, norovirus outbreaks, why does anyone still set sail?
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By Tara C. Smith, professor of epidemiology at Kent State University I took my 5-year-old to see the live-action version of "The Lion King" last weekend. While we were waiting for the...
Trump talked to colleagues about buying Greenland, reports say
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Trump talked to colleagues about buying Greenland, reports say Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, Published Aug. 15, 2019 We’ve known for a while that ice sheets in Greenland, in the Antarctic...
Federal regulators want more information about chemicals in e-cigarettes
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By Erika Edwards Federal regulators are asking for public input on chemicals found in electronic cigarettes and e-liquid. On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration announced that the...
Boom in overdose-reversing drug is tied to fewer opioid deaths
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By Associated Press Prescriptions of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone are soaring, and experts say that could be a reason overdose deaths have stopped rising for the first time in...
NEW REPORT SAYS NOT TO USE ELECTRIC FANS IN EXTREME HEAT
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NEW REPORT SAYS NOT TO USE ELECTRIC FANS IN EXTREME HEAT When temps are dangerously high and humidity is low, fans can actually make a person feel hotter, increasing strain on the heart...
A VACCINE FOR SKIN CANCER? TEL AVIV RESEARCHERS SAY THEY HAVE DEVELOPED ONE
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A VACCINE FOR SKIN CANCER? TEL AVIV RESEARCHERS SAY THEY HAVE DEVELOPED ONE So far, the approach has been tested and proven effective in preventing the development of melanoma in mouse...
Droplets of these simple molecules may have helped kick-start life on Earth
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T. Jia/ELSI For the origin of life on Earth , ancient puddles or coastlines may have had a major ripple effect. A new study shows that a simple class of molecules called alpha...
Logic tells us that antimatter should have annihilated the Universe. So why hasn’t it?
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This rapid series of developments unlocked one of the most momentous and enduring conundrums of physics: if particles with opposite electric charges annihilate one another when they meet, why...
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