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Climate Change Complicates Counting Some Alaska Native Villages For Census
Rising temperatures are speeding up erosion in some Alaska Native villages and making traveling on ice roads more dangerous, threatening the Census Bureau's plans for an accurate count. (Image credit:...
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65 More Coronavirus Cases On Diamond Princess Cruise Ship Stuck In Japan
The new cases include 45 Japanese and 11 Americans, as well as smaller numbers of people from Australia, Canada, England, the Philippines and Ukraine. (Image credit: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty...
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Taking Zinc Can Shorten Your Cold. Thank A 91-Year-Old Scientist For The...
Dr. Ananda Prasad first turned up zinc's benefits to human growth back in the 1960s. Years later, his study and others found that the right dose of zinc can cut a cold's duration by days. (Image...
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Michael Pollan Explains Caffeine Cravings (And Why You Don't Have To Quit)
When Pollan decided to write about caffeine, he gave it up — cold turkey. "I just couldn't focus," he says. "I was irritable. I lost confidence." Caffeine reshapes the brain in surprising ways. (Image...
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Amazon Wants Trump To Testify About Military Contract Awarded To Microsoft
Amazon accuses the president of interfering in the process over a personal rift with CEO Jeff Bezos. Microsoft won the Pentagon's $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract after months of controversy....
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Chinese Hackers Charged In Alleged Cyber-Theft Of 145 Million Americans' Data
The credit agency Equifax was compromised by a cyberattack that permitted China's military to steal names, Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information. (Image credit:...
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An Oscar Goes To A Documentary About Skateboarding Girls In Afghanistan
The short documentary is called Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're A Girl. "This movie is my love letter to the brave girls of that country," says director Carol Dysinger. (Image credit:...
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Merkel's Succession Plan Falls Apart As Her Protégée Bows Out
"I regard this decision with great respect, though I greatly regret it," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said after Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer announced that she won't run for chancellor. (Image...
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Philippines Says It Will End U.S. Security Agreement
In a move that could have consequences for a counterinsurgency against Islamist extremists, President Rodrigo Duterte says Manila will unilaterally scrap the deal that lets U.S. forces train there....
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Proposals To Ban Fracking Could Hurt Democrats In Key States
Some Democratic presidential candidates want to ban fracking to help address climate change. That attracts young people, but may alienate swing voters in key oil and gas states like Pennsylvania....
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109 U.S. Troops Suffered Brain Injuries In Iran Strike, Pentagon Says
Of the 109 who were injured, 76 have returned to duty. But 21 service members who were taken from Iraq to Germany for medical care have now been brought to the U.S. (Image credit: John Davison/Reuters)
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New Coronavirus Disease Officially Named COVID-19 By The World Health...
The disease first identified in China in late 2019 was previously called "2019-nCoV." (Image credit: AFP via Getty Images)
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'Throw Them Against The Wall And Frisk Them': Bloomberg's 2015 Race Talk...
The remarks, shared widely on social media this week, have sparked discussion about the former New York City mayor's past support of stop-and-frisk policies, which targeted minority neighborhoods....
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From Breastfeeding To Beyoncé, 'Skimmed' Tells A New Story About Black...
Book author Andrea Freeman discusses the history of breastfeeding among black women, and why media portrayals of black moms matter. (Image credit: Alo Ceballos/GC Images)
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