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Long-distance travel: Get an aisle seat to reduce risk of thrombosis
Did you know that having a window seat during a long plane or bus ride is comparatively risky? No, it's not because you could get sunburn, but because you probably won't stand up and stretch your legs...
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Chilling out rather than blowing off steam is a better way to manage anger
Some commonly recommended tactics for managing anger, including hitting a punching bag, jogging and cycling, aren’t effective at helping people cool off. That’s the key takeaway of our new review of...
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I collect mice from Philly homes to study how they got so good at urban living
Dusty barns, gleaming stables and damp basements. These are all places where you might find a house mouse – or a member of my research team. I’m an evolutionary biologist, and my lab at Drexel...
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Artificial emotional intelligence: AI starting to recognize emotions
Picking up on tone of voice, body language, what’s left unsaid - these are all part of being what’s called a good listener. Not everybody has the wit or subtlety or emotional intelligence to notice...
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Alcohol-free beer on draught helps people make healthy choices
Making alcohol-free beer more widely available on draught nudges people toward healthier choices, research suggests. A new study led by the University of Bristol in the UK found that making the drinks...
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Rapid rise in syphilis hits Native Americans hardest
From her base in Gallup, New Mexico, Melissa Wyaco supervises about two dozen public health nurses who crisscross the sprawling Navajo Nation searching for patients who have tested positive for or...
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Neuralink shows quadriplegic playing chess with brain implant
Neuralink on Wednesday streamed a video of its first human patient playing computer chess with his mind and talking about the brain implant making that possible.Noland Arbaugh, 29, who was left...
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In Spain, hi-tech hops keep beer bitter as climate bites
Outside the warehouse in northwestern Spain, it's a freezing, foggy morning but inside it's balmy, the warmth and LED lights fooling 360 hop plants to flower as if it were late August.Mounted on a...
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Global fertility rate to shrink by the end of the century, study says
The population of almost every country will be shrinking by the end of the century, a major study said Wednesday, warning that baby booms in developing nations and busts in rich ones will drive...
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Kayak's AI can find out if those flights you found are truly cheapest
Kayak is the latest business to turn to AI in an effort to make planning a holiday simpler, and has introduced a new ChatGPT-based tool for finding the cheapest possible flights. The travel search...
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Climate change hits Washington's beloved cherry blossom festival
It is one of the prettier fixtures of spring in Washington: thousands of cherry trees bloom amid the city's stately monuments in a spectacle that draws more than a million visitors every year.But...
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U.S. surgeons transplant pig kidney to live patient in world first
U.S. surgeons have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient for the first time, the hospital said Thursday, a procedure that could help address the chronic...
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'Good boy!' Dogs do understand us, says new study
Whether dogs truly understand the words we say -- as opposed to things like tone and context clues -- is a question that has long perplexed owners, and so far science hasn't been able to deliver clear...
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An eclipse for everyone – how visually impaired students can ‘get a feel for’...
Many people in the U.S. will have an opportunity to witness nearly four minutes of a total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024, as it moves from southern Texas to Maine. But in the U.S., over 7...
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Blood test could identify millions spreading tuberculosis unknowingly
Scientists say they are close to developing a blood test that could identify millions of people who spread tuberculosis unknowingly.Researchers from the University of Southampton have discovered a...
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Full moon of March to bring a lunar eclipse 2 weeks before solar eclipse of 2024
All eyes will be on the biggest sky event of the year — the total solar eclipse of 2024. But two weeks before the moon blocks the sun to darken the daytime sky, the full March “worm moon” will be...
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European monuments the latest to go dark to mark Earth Hour worldwide
Monuments across Europe went dark on Saturday to mark the worldwide Earth Hour event. Among them was the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin where the lights went off as part of a global movement that...
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NASA touts space research in anti-cancer fight
Experiments in the weightless environment of space have led to "crazy progress" in the fight against cancer, NASA officials said at a recent event highlighting an important and personal initiative of...
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U.S. Moon lander 'permanently' asleep after historic landing: company
An uncrewed American lander that became the first private spaceship on the Moon has met its ultimate end after failing to "wake up," the company that built it said.Houston-based Intuitive Machines...
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Dig deep: U.S. bets on geothermal to become renewable powerhouse
Though geothermal represents only a tiny fraction of current U.S. energy production, several businesses and President Joe Biden's administration are betting on technological advances to make it a...
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