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After entering through the patient's mouth, this little robot uses a pincer to grab the tissue to be removed and then cauterizes to stop bleeding.
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Based on a slogan used by Wonder Bread, the now-common phrase for hyping a new product was impossible before slicing machines.
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The relationship between education and IQ is difficult to pin down, but new research shows an additional year of school is equal to 3.7 points.
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Cancer rates have tripled among NYPD officers who responded at Ground Zero during the attacks of September 11. Fifty-six have died.
Reuters
On the second anniversary of the campaign to fight childhood obesity, reflecting on how smart it was to target school lunch and food deserts.
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A team of scientists at the University of North Carolina have found a novel way to cut sperm counts to levels that would make men infertile.
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A husband and wife fight over the wife's decision to keep her job and her name.
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Smithsonian
A cough and cold remedy offered by the Boston apothecary, Thomas Hollis, in the 19th century, Balm of America was a cure-all for our ills.
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There are plenty of health benefits to marriage that those just living with a partner don't have, but we're afraid of the possibility of collapse.
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The one-time gubernatorial candidate from Georgia who ran on a pro-life platform admitted she wanted funding cut to the network of clinics.
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Great restaurants, magnificent sights, stunning hotels, lively nightclubs, beautiful shops, and more: These cities around the globe have it all.
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Some scientists have suggested that drinking coffee might be bad for the heart, but others have repeatedly rebutted their findings.
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Michael Laiskonis plates each of the desserts on his menu for the final time while considering how he got into this business in the first place.
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Working mothers justify their time away from home by pointing to their sense of fulfillment, which they believe benefits their children too.
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If humans know nothing about what makes two people click, why would an algorithm know better? It doesn't, according to new research.
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A provocative new report from the prestigious science journal Nature suggests that sugars are so unhealthy that they should be regulated.
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