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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican elected officials are promoting their recently passed tax and spending bill as a win for working Americans, but a new survey shows that Americans broadly see it as a win for the wealthy. About two-thirds of U.S. adults expect the new tax law will help the rich, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center …

A first-of-its-kind study traces the rise of ant- and termite-eaters, revealing how mammals returned to the evolutionary table — at least a dozen times — to hone traits for feasting on the social insect bonanza that exploded after the extinction of the dinosaurs. Mammals have developed some unusual eating habits over the past 100 million years, but a new study …

A baby planet is shrinking from the size of Jupiter with a thick atmosphere to a small, barren world, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This transformation is happening as the host star unleashes a barrage of X-rays that is tearing the young planet’s atmosphere away at an enormous rate. The planet, named TOI 1227 b, …

For decades, structural biologists shoved what looked like shoddy data in the back of their closets, embarrassed. While attempting to gather the structures of proteins, they would sometimes find that all or at least a portion of the protein would just not show up correctly in the data.  Joel Sussman, a former head of the Protein Data Bank, remembers when …

Yoga nidra meditation reduces stress and reshapes cortisol rhythms, study finds  PsyPost Source link

Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Site Was Badly Damaged by U.S. Strikes, New Assessment Finds  The New York Times Report: Of 3 nuke sites hit by US, only Fordo was badly set back; Trump rejected wider op  The Times of Israel US strikes destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites, NBC News reports  Reuters Pentagon dismisses report that US strike on Iran only destroyed …

Walking 14 More Steps Per Minute Can Fight Off Frailty Effects For Seniors  Study Finds Increasing your walking cadence can improve mobility  CNN Walking slightly faster could help older adults stay fit, study suggests  Medical Xpress Walking at THIS pace could keep older adults fit  Times of India A New Study Finds That Walking 14 More Steps Per Minute Can Support Healthy Aging  CNET Source …

Scientists analyzing sediment scraped from a rugged ridge nearly three miles under the Central Pacific Ocean expected calm, predictable chemistry. Instead they found a dense band of the radioactive isotope beryllium‑10 (10Be) packed into the layer that formed about 10 million years ago. This enough extra atoms to raise the normal background by roughly seventy‑three percent. Dr. Dominik …

Many Americans today are living with obesity, even with the advent of newer, more effective drugs like semaglutide (the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy). It’s a problem that seems to be getting especially serious in kids, however. Research out today finds that the percentage of children with “extremely severe” obesity has surged in the U.S. over the past decade …

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