This week, researchers identified a key driver of pancreatic cancer spread. Oral bacteria were linked to Parkinson's disease via the gut-brain axis. And scientists are advising California legislators to prepare for destructive ...
Merriam-Webster on Thursday announced a major overhaul of its popular "Collegiate" dictionary. The company has added more than 5,000 terms. Here's a few of them with definitions—and some usage examples of our own.
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An influential study claiming that drinking a small amount of apple cider vinegar every day helps people lose weight was retracted on Wednesday after an investigation found it contained multiple errors.
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The world's second largest diamond could soon find a new home in a museum or a sheikh's collection—but first needs to be properly evaluated, the Belgian firm holding it told AFP Monday.
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Previously unseen documents show how a poet performed a major ghostwriting job on the autobiography of the two British pioneers behind the world's first "test-tube baby," so that the book used emotional storytelling to aid ...
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This week, researchers reported evidence of a cosmic impact at classic Clovis archaeological sites. Biologists in Texas discovered a rare hybrid bird, the offspring of a blue jay and a green jay. And a study suggests that ...
Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favorite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another language: these were some of the winners at the Ig Nobel prizes, which celebrate the sillier side of ...
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A team of researchers from Japan wondered if painting cows with zebra-like stripes would prevent flies from biting them. Another group from Africa and Europe pondered the types of pizza lizards preferred to eat.
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A previously unknown portrait by Pablo Picasso of one of his lovers was revealed on Thursday after being put up for sale at auction in Paris with a reserve price of eight million euros ($9.5 million).
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A recent study by the University of Portsmouth has found that focusing on audio alone improves the performance of the interviewer during interviews, particularly in criminal investigations.
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