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For retired grandfather Ed Langevin, life was good. He spent plenty of time with his grandkids. He went to church regularly. And he loved the simple things, like a bowl of pasta or a sub from his favorite deli.  But in February 2024, everything changed. Every meal left Langevin with heartburn. He could barely eat, and even a little bit …

A recently discovered enormous source of niobium — a metal that’s essential for much of today’s technology — appears to have formed when the supercontinent Rodinia ripped apart around 830 million years ago, according to a new study. The niobium-rich carbonatites, which could be one of the world’s largest sources of the metal, have come from deep within the Earth’s …

The Race Is on to Make Rare Earth Magnets Outside China  The New York Times China Is Losing Its Rare-Earth Trade Leverage  Bloomberg.com US lawmaker wants Trump to restrict Chinese flights over rare earths access  Yahoo News Canada EU firms brace for more shutdowns due to China rare earth controls despite summit promise  Reuters US dependence on China for rare earth elements sparks security …

‘Terrifying’: Ohio mother shares warning after daughter contracts rare mosquito-borne virus  10TV Source link

Washington Commanders offensive coordinator, Kliff Kingsbury spoke to the local media on Thursday afternoon ahead of Sunday’s home game against the Raiders. Jayden Daniels’ status for Sunday’s game hasn’t changed and he missed his second practice today after suffering a knee sprain vs the Packers last Thursday. Kingsbury said Marcus Mariota will be ready, and he feels like they have …

Missouri’s ‘kissing bugs’ are spreading an incredibly rare parasitic disease that’s here to stay, CDC says  KSDK ‘Kissing bug’ disease is here to stay in the US, experts say. Here’s why it’s spreading  CNN What is ‘kissing bug’ disease? Bug that spreads Chagas disease found in US, including Ohio  The Columbus Dispatch What To Know About the ‘Kissing Bug’ Disease: Symptoms, Risks and …

My friend Henry Casey at CNN Underscored published his iPhone Air review this afternoon, and he noticed an odd imaging problem with the camera. Apple says a fix is coming in a future software update. From Henry’s review: “I also noticed an odd imaging problem at this concert, where one out of every 10 or so photos taken on the …

Ostriches, emus, rheas and other large, flightless birds are found on six landmasses separated by oceans, but how they reached such far-apart places without the ability to fly has remained an enduring mystery. One idea was that the ancestors of this group of birds, known as paleognaths, just walked to those locations when most of the planet was harnessed together …

The bright light at the center is the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (Credit: noirlab.edu/ CC-BY-SA-4.0/ Wikipedia Commons) A rare comet from another star system is speeding through our solar system, giving astronomers a unique chance to study an interstellar visitor up close. Named 3I/ATLAS, it is only the third such object ever confirmed. It joins Oumuamua, which appeared in 2017, and …

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are getting ready for their “Forever & Always.” The Kansas City Chiefs player chatted about wedding planning with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday’s “New Heights” episode. When the “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” host, 50, asked the Super Bowl winner about the process, Kelce said that prepping for the nuptials is his and Swift’s “next step.” …