Health
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Rio’s urban gardens produce healthy food for the poor
Gun-toting youths watch over a street in a Rio de Janeiro slum hit hard by drug trafficking, but walk a…
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Templeton Prize-winning physicist pushes back against anti-intellectualism
Frank Wilczek, the Nobel-winning theoretical physicist whose research transformed humanity’s understanding of the fundamental forces of nature, was announced Wednesday…
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Saudi Arabia hosts the first virtual international yoga conference
For the first time in the Middle East, on June 1, Saudi Arabia will witness the launch of the first…
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Rare birth of Asiatic cheetah cubs in Iran
An Asiatic cheetah gave birth to three “healthy” cubs in Iran, the head of the environment department said Sunday, calling…
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Over 21% of reptile species at risk of extinction
At least one in five reptile species are threatened with extinction, including more than half of turtles and crocodiles, according…
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Dingoes aren’t just feral dogs, says study
Dingoes might look like regular mutts, but in fact they’re genetically in between wolves and dogs, according to a new…
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WHO launches traditional medicine hub in India
The World Health Organization launched its Global Centre for Traditional Medicine at a site in India on Tuesday, aimed at…
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Volunteer rescuers step in to save Shanghai’s locked-down pets
With quarantine looming after a positive COVID-19 test, Shanghai resident Sarah Wang said her first worry was who would look…
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Climate activists disrupt traffic in London, Paris
PARIS: Several hundred activists from the Extinction Rebellion activist group on Saturday blocked major roads in central Paris and London,…
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In US, every dog has its… DNA test
The routine is now a familiar one: Open the kit, swirl a swab around, put it in solution and wait…
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California start-up sending tiny robots on voyage into brains
SAN FRANCISCO: Sending miniature robots deep inside the human skull to treat brain disorders has long been the stuff of…
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Number of spider species creeps up to 50,000
There are now 50,000 known different species of spider crawling the Earth, the World Spider Catalog announced Wednesday — and…
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