If you had any doubts about the dangers of driving while texting, a new study…
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Orphanages are viable options for some children, study finds
A study of more than 3,000 orphaned and abandoned children in five Asian and African…
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France was once home to the Atlantic sturgeon, previously unknown on its territory
Until now, only one species of sturgeon was known in France: the European sturgeon. Biologists…
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Are patients losing sleep over blood pressure monitors?
A widely used test for measuring nighttime blood pressure may interfere with patients’ sleep, thus…
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NASA Flight Tests Unique Jumbo Jet; Plane’s Airborne Telescope Will Be Used to Unlock Secrets of the Cosmos
A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with…
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Most plentiful cell type in the heart — the fibroblast — contributes to heart failure
Fibroblasts are the most numerous cell type in the heart, but they are considered to…
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Little stars from the early galaxy: Understanding the Milky Way’s oldest stellar population
A new object with an age of thousands of millions of years and a mass…
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Bargain Hunters Get Advice from Smartphones
For Americans, the mobile phone is quickly becoming Santa’s biggest helper. Powerful software applications for…
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Maine To Consider Cell-Phone Cancer Warning
A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to…