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Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Jan. 8, 2025
A Brazilian research team's findings on lab cell cultures were distorted. The lead scientist the ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich Taija PerryCook
Jan. 8, 2025 (Updated: Jan. 10, 2025)
Some social media users claimed the picture was taken during the 1984 construction of Seattle's ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Jan. 8, 2025
Researchers point to social, diagnostic and biological factors to help explain a rise in diagnos ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Jan. 7, 2025
The simple answer: We're in uncharted territory.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Jan. 7, 2025 (Updated: Feb. 26, 2025)
Speculation about the alleged findings of a study on long COVID and post-vaccination syndrome sp ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 7, 2025 (Updated: Jan. 8, 2025)
The U.S. president-elect's comments about water pressure, made at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Jan. 7, 2025
The U.S. president-elect said the proposed new name has "a beautiful ring."
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 7, 2025
The Associated Press reported the former U.S. House speaker had hip-replacement surgery after fa ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Jan. 7, 2025
Although the post is real, the science behind the claim is debated.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Jan. 7, 2025
Alexis Scott-Windham said she was hit by a truck and shot in the foot during the New Year's Day ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Jan. 7, 2025
Musk launched a days-long tirade against Starmer and another U.K. government minister on X.
Written by: Caroline Wazer
Jan. 7, 2025
Egypt's Wadi Al-Hitan — or "Valley of the Whales" — is famous for its abundance of fossils from ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Jan. 7, 2025
The monument responds to seasonal temperatures, contracting a few millimeters when it's cold and ...
Written by: Caroline Wazer
Jan. 6, 2025
The letter has circulated in social media posts since 2024.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 6, 2025
The account behind the post was created years after the real Floyd's murder.
Written by: Joey Esposito
Jan. 6, 2025
The rumor spread across social media but originated with a Facebook page that describes itself a ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Jan. 6, 2025
"It's just gonna ask you a couple questions..."
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 6, 2025
The flags will be lowered on Jan. 20 to honor late former President Jimmy Carter.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 6, 2025
Jan. 6, 2025, marked the fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Jan. 6, 2025
"Cough CPR" should not delay calling for help or traditional CPR, according to a 2021 study.
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