What if the truth isn’t out there?

The US military’s official report on UFOs is here, and its conclusion is scintillating: There’s some stuff in the sky, the government isn’t sure what it is, there’s no evidence that it’s aliens, but also no one’s ruling out aliens. So in conclusion, the UFOs are part of life’s rich pageant and anything is possible….

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How heat waves form, and how climate change makes them worse

The Pacific Northwest is sweltering under a record-breaking heat wave. Portland reached 116 degrees Fahrenheit this week. Seattle reached 108 degrees. Vancouver reached 89 degrees. The searing heat has buckled roads, melted power cables, and led to a spike in deaths. It’s especially concerning in a region like the Pacific Northwest, where few buildings have…

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Offaly boost Division 2 survival hopes after comeback win in Down

Click:glass twolayer tea Football League Results Division 2 Down 0-14 Offaly 0-15 Division 3 Antrim 1-19 Longford 0-12 Westmeath 1-12, Limerick 1-6 ********** Advertisement OFFALY KEPT THEIR Division 2 survival hopes alive today with a massive comeback win on the road against Down. The Faithful county were 0-15 to 0-14 winners after a dramatic finish…

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The US health system was already falling short. Then Covid-19 happened.

Take a long enough lens — say, 25 years — and it seems as though health care in America is inarguably getting better. People are living longer than they did a quarter century ago. The burden of disease, a metric that includes premature deaths and disability, has dropped. The number of avoidable hospitalizations and hospital…

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How political polarization broke America’s vaccine campaign

The Covid-19 epidemic in the United States risks becoming a tale of “two Americas,” as Anthony Fauci warned in June: a nation where regions with higher vaccination rates are able to beat back the coronavirus, while those with lower vaccination rates continue to see cases and deaths. At face value, it’s a division between those…

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How a lizard’s venom inspired the promising weight loss drug Wegovy

After learning that the venom of a Gila monster lizard contained hormones that can regulate blood sugar, Daniel Drucker started wondering why. And could the venom somehow help treat diabetes? Drucker is a scientist and endocrinologist at the University of Toronto who has dedicated his career to understanding the universe of hormones in the body,…

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