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Taking Aspirin Could Be Doing More Harm Than Good
These results highlight how crucial it is to only take aspirin on your doctor’s orders and to hold off starting any over-the-counter medications like aspirin until you have discussed whether the expected benefit outweighs the risk. According to
Unlocking the Power of Our Emotional Memory To Cure Mental Health Disorders Like Depression and PTSD
It might be hard to believe, but this is a picture of a memory. In this image, the blue dots are positive memory cells, and the red dots are negative memory cells. Memories exist in the brain as networks of cells called engrams, and are stored
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Elon Musk closes $44-billion Twitter deal, ending months-long saga
Elon Musk has completed his $44-billion acquisition of Twitter Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, putting the world’s richest man in charge of the struggling social network after six months of public and legal wrangling over the
Amazon shares plunge on forecast of sluggish holiday sales
Amazon.com., shocking Wall Street, has projected the slowest holiday-quarter growth in the company’s history. The shares plunged about 13% in extended trading. The Seattle-based company, which reaped record profits during the pandemic, said
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Fans push to reunite magpie and dog ‘besties,’ separated by authorities
Peggy and Molly are typical best friends. They hang out. Play. Sunbathe. But in one important
Birds, bees and even plants might act weird during the solar eclipse
A total eclipse isn’t just a spectacle in the sky. When the moon consumes the sun on April 8,
Fatal mountain lion attack in California is first in decades
A teenager called 911 from a remote area in California on Saturday to report a rare incident:
Climate change threatens snow cover at ski destinations worldwide
One in 8 ski destinations will lose all of their natural snow cover because of climate change
62-year-old receives gene-edited pig kidney in milestone transplant surgery
After once losing hope because of end-stage kidney disease, a 62-year-old man is now the first
While Earth enjoys an eclipse, a NASA probe is ready to ‘touch the sun’
The sun is having a glamorous year. It’s at solar maximum, the peak of its 11-year cycle of
Scientists discover fossilized remnants of earliest known forest
Scientists have discovered fossilized evidence of the world’s earliest known forest atop remote
Wildlife worker dons cunning disguise to care for rescued newborn fox
A newborn fox recently delivered to a wildlife center could see an unusual sight when she grows
‘Monumental’ experiment suggests how life on Earth may have started
A much-debated theory holds that 4 billion years ago, give or take, long before the appearance
For the first time in centuries, a gray whale is spotted in New England
Paul Dudley, an official in colonial Massachusetts, wrote in 1725 about a “scrag whale” that
Jonathan Uhr, immunologist who advanced cancer treatment, dies at 96
Jonathan W. Uhr, a medical researcher who expanded the field of immunology with studies that
Study: Nonnative earthworms are all over North America, and it’s a problem
Nonnative earthworms have colonized much of the North American continent, posing a threat to
David Mills, the internet’s ‘father time,’ dies at 85
David L. Mills, a computer scientist who invented the system that allows connected computers to
Majority of land hermit crab species now use trash for shells
The majority of terrestrial hermit crab species worldwide have used trash as shells, according