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A PPIC survey found that twenty-nine percent of Californians, and half of lower-income adults, say they or someone in their household has cut back on food to save money Continue

Is a head transplant possible? What a 1970 experiment reveals about the possibility and perils of ‘head transplants’ Continue

Researchers found that adolescents with more symptoms of gaming addiction showed lower brain activity in the region involved in decision-making and reward processing Continue

A humpback whale was seen in the Pacific Ocean off Colombia in 2017, then popped up several years later near Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean - a distance of at least 13,000 km. Continue

Google has unveiled a new chip which it claims takes five minutes to solve a problem that would currently take the world's fastest super computers 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years – to complete Continue

According to the CDC, the percentage of Americans 20+ years old who classify as obese has nearly tripled over the past 50 years, from 14.5% in the early 1970s to 40.3% in 2023 Continue

A pair of ruby red slippers worn by actress Judy Garland in the classic movie The Wizard of Oz have been sold for $28 million at a US-based auction on Saturday Continue

Can You Photograph a Ghost? Controversial 19th Century images add to our understanding of the history of photography Continue