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How do screens damage your eyes?Spending too much time in front of screens can elongate your eyes and increase the risk of other eye conditions down the line.
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Half-billion-year-old fossil of strange Cambrian creature gives evolutionary clues about vertebratesThe fossil of an ancient sea squirt found in a collection at the Utah Museum of Natural History turned out to be the oldest of its kind.
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Maternal death rates doubled in the past 20 years in the USMaternal mortality rates in the U.S. progressively worsened from 1999 to 2019, a new study finds, and Black populations face the greatest risk.
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Controversial 'vaginal seeding' shows promise in small trial, but questions remain"Vaginal seeding" may help restore the gut microbiome of cesarean-born babies, a small trial suggests. However, the practice isn't currently recommended by leading experts and previous studies have warned of its potential safety risks.
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Elon Musk's Neuralink 'brain chips' cleared for 1st in-human trialsBrain implants developed by Elon Musk's company Neuralink have been approved for human testing. The safety of the devices previously came under scrutiny following reports of "botched surgeries" in animal test subjects.
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Killer bees stung a man 250 times in swarm attack, but he survived. How?A man escaped death after being stung by a swarm of 1,000 killer bees, yet previous similar incidents have proved fatal. Why do some people survive and others don't?
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'Brain-eating' amoeba ruled out in 'cluster of illnesses' in Oklahoma. What could the cause be?Oklahoma's state health department is investigating a cluster of illnesses in people who swam in local lakes and rivers. The cause remains unknown, but a dangerous brain-eating amoeba has been ruled out.
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Decades-old question surrounding the start of the tree of life could finally be solvedScientists use a novel application of chromosomal analysis to finally answer a question that has challenged biologists for over a century.
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'Face blindness' could be rare long COVID symptom, case report hintsA new case report provides the first account of "face blindness" emerging after a COVID-19 infection.
