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Notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t crash into the moon after all
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Tylenol orders in pregnant people plummeted after Trump falsely linked the medicine to autism
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Measles outbreak erupts in one of U.S.’s largest ICE detention centers
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Möbius strip-like molecule has an entirely new and bizarre shape
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How to convey amounts of snow to Canadians: use polar bears
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Just one dose of psilocybin relieves symptoms of OCD for months
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Alzheimer’s may start with inflammation in the skin, lungs or gut
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