We finally may be able to rid the world of mosquitoes. But should we?

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The question is no longer hypothetical. In recent years, scientists have devised powerful genetic tools that may be able to eradicate mosquitoes and other pests ...

Nervous about using the bathroom at work? A gastroenterologist shares advice

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If you have coffee with breakfast in the morning, and exercise before work or perhaps sprint around to catch the train, you’re physiologically priming yourself to ...

Thousands of Ukraine’s children vanished into Russia. This one made it back.

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As many as 100 000 Ukrainian children have gone missing. Finding them is slow and excruciating because Russia changes their names, their place of birth, their date ...

How a French bulldog who surfs ended up a movie star

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One sunny morning in 2023, Dale went to a beach in Oahu, Hawaii, to surf three-foot waves in the Pacific Ocean. To Dale, a French bulldog, it was just another day ...

Secret agents enter the battle against wildlife smugglers

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Davis and his colleagues work to disrupt smuggling networks that every year move $23 billion worth of wildlife products around the world. Since he left the FBI nine ...

Rescued bear cub raised by humans dressed as bears

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When staff interact with the cub, they are usually garbed head-to-toe in a bear costume. They wear a bear mask and an oversize fur coat, as well as leather gloves. ...

India and Pakistan are locked in a cultural cold war

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Even during the darkest moments of India and Pakistan’s volatile history - through wars, terrorist attacks and diplomatic breakdowns - artists and activists tried ...

Ukrainian chef fights to save his country’s cuisine

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Klopotenko, 38, is tall and lanky, with a mop of curly hair and fingernails painted in blue and yellow, the colors of the Ukrainian flag. This is, after all, the ...

Cannes dress code claims Halle Berry as its first victim

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Just one day before its Tuesday opening ceremony, the Cannes Film Festival changed the rules of its always-controversial dress code, in a move certain to send celebrity ...

The worst time to exercise for a good night’s sleep

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If you’d like to sleep well tonight, you should probably avoid exercising this evening, especially if your workout will be intense. It reduces your slumber by as ...

Vertical farms pick up where Big Tech faltered

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“We can grow 10 times the food using 90 to 98 percent less water,” ...

Pope Leo XIV: a missionary zeal with a global world view

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Robert Prevost broke a historical taboo against American popes with a path that was anything but typically American.

Zuckerberg’s new Meta AI app gets personal in a very creepy way

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Meta AI brings something else to chatbots: surveillance. It could, by drawing on years of personal information tracked by its sister apps Facebook and Instagram. ...

‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ turns 50 but still hasn’t grown up

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Far smarter, funnier and more insightful people than I have spent the past five decades poring over its every frame, so perhaps it’s best to focus on how it made ...

She finished a marathon in her wedding gown to honor her late husband

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With about three miles remaining in the London Marathon, Laura Coleman-Day jogged off the road and onto a median - but not because she was tired. Her friends were ...

World’s tallest and shortest dogs meet for a playdate

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Reggie, a 99cm Great Dane, was standing in his Idaho home. Pearl, a 9cm Chihuahua, was hoisted up by her owner. The height difference between the world’s tallest ...

Store manager gives kids free food in exchange for great report cards

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In exchange for good grades, store owner lets students take some goodies for free, and if they earn above a 90 percent average, they get $100 as well, plus a T-shirt. ...

Experts on aging, now seniors themselves, see things differently

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As a social worker for older adults, Robyn Golden, 67, preached the importance of staying active as you age. As she has gotten older, she has tried to embrace that ...

Why catchy songs get stuck in your head

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If you have ever had a song on repeat in your brain, you are not alone. Catching an earworm - or having “involuntary musical imagery” in psychological parlance - ...

Grief turns to fear in Kashmir as Indian cracks down

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There's a a familiar dread in Kashmir, where people have long felt trapped between India and Pakistan - which each administer different parts of the Muslim-majority ...

The ‘MAHA moms’ pushing for changes to America’s food system

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They say the food industry is putting pesticides, dangerous food dyes and other toxic chemicals into the US food supply. They eschew highly processed foods, raise ...

The ‘owl man’ is busy at Boston airport

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Every winter, Arctic snowy owls fly thousands of miles south to Boston Logan International Airport. And every season, Norman Smith drives less than an hour to try ...

You can read with a cat on your lap at this bookstore, then adopt it

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There are typically about seven cats - in addition to Hank, Scarlett and Mike - who live in the bookstore as foster cats. They’re “temporary staff,” and Mowdy’s ...

Dachshund rescued after 17 months in wilderness

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For 528 days, Valerie the miniature dachshund survived in the Australian wilderness by eating roadkill, evading venomous snakes and eluding the grasp of humans who ...

A toast to the world's newest wine route

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In the past two decades, Indian wine production has become a thing, and Nashik is its epicenter. The greater wine industry is now starting to really take notice. ...