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'Significant' damage found in brain of Maine gunman who killed 18 people
As an Army Reserve grenade instructor, the damage was potentially from blasts during training.
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Retiring Pentagon official says UFO activity is either aliens or 'other people' and 'not good'
If the UFO activity isn't extraterrestrial, then it could mean foreign agents, Sean Kirkpatrick said.
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Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to scientists whose research enabled mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
The researchers "fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system," the Nobel Prize panel said.
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Transgender surgery comes under scrutiny after study resurfaces about teen who died
After describing the teen's death, the researchers still conclude the study by saying that "vaginal reconstruction has a positive influence on the quality of life in transgender women."
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John Kerry says the US and China haven't done enough for climate change, must work together
"It's just that we're not, all of us, doing enough, and we're not doing enough fast enough," Kerry said.
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SpaceX Starship rocket launch was a 'successful failure'
SpaceX was founded in 2002.
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SpaceX rocket explodes minutes after successful launch
The rocket was the largest and most powerful ever built.
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Science journals' political meddling erodes trust in science, doesn't change political views: study
Findings come amid plummeting U.S. confidence in scientific, medical institutions.
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Columbia University claims possible breakthrough in blood revitalization, could 'delay aging'
Anti-inflammatory drugs could hold key to major treatment.
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Two dozen new moons discovered around Jupiter, bringing total to nearly 100
Solar System’s largest planet has long held title for most natural satellites.
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Green comet, last near earth 50,000 years ago, makes closest approach to planet on Wednesday night
Comet visible with naked eye in favorable conditions.
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'Little to no difference': Massive mask meta-study undermines remaining COVID mandates
Researchers in "gold standard" collaboration struggle to find benefit from surgical over no masks, or N95 respirators over surgical. Findings buoy warnings by PPE expert that even "perfect rate of capture" by N95s can't stop COVID transmission.
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NASA says asteroid will pass Earth on Thursday in 'one of the closest approaches' on record
No danger it will strike planet, scientists say.