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Measles: What to Know and How to Avoid One of the World’s Most Contagious Viruses

Measles is rarely seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise ...

Measles: What to Know and How to Avoid One of the World’s Most Contagious Viruses

Measles is rarely seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise ...

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Three Tropical Cyclones Are Swirling in the South Pacific

Three tropical cyclones are spinning in the South Pacific, an occurrence that scientists say is unusual. Tropical cyclones Rae, Seru and Alf...

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 Is No Longer a Threat to Earth, Scientists Say

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observatio...

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1.1 Million Bee Colonies Died This Winter. Race Is On to Learn Why.

When beekeepers opened their hives for the first time this year, many of them found devastating numbers of empty hives. Even good beekeepers...

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Global Glacier Melt Accelerates, Losing 7 Trillion Tons Since 2000

Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world’s mountain glaciers, according to a massive new study that found them shrinkin...

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Mind-to-Text: How AI Is Learning to Decode Brain Signals Into Sentences

Imagine a world where your brain activity could be translated into text without lifting a finger. Sounds like the plot of a Black Mirror epi...

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Spine-Zapping Implant Helped 3 People With Muscle-Wasting Disease Walk Better

WASHINGTON — Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger – able to stand and walk more easily – w...

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World Champion Russian Skaters on American Airlines Jet Built a New Life as Coaches in the US

TALLINN, Estonia — The two Russian figure skating coaches killed in the American Airlines crash were two-time Olympians and former world cha...

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NASA’s 2 Stuck Astronauts Take Their First Spacewalk Together

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the International Space Stati...

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Are We All Aliens? NASA’s Returned Asteroid Samples Hold the Ingredients of Life From a Watery World

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an...

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