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Two Years After Maui Burned, Researchers Reveal the Wildfire’s True Death Toll

Two Years After Maui Burned, Researchers Reveal the Wildfire’s True Death Toll

In August 2023, downed power lines on Maui, Hawaii, sparked a wildfire that quickly exploded into multiple, fast-moving blazes fanned by high winds. Over several days, the fires reduced much of the town of Lāhainā to ashes, displacing thousands and killing more than 100 people. New research published Thursday, August 22, in the journal Frontiers in Climate suggests this disaster …

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Have 1.6 million undocumented immigrants left the U.S. this year? Researchers say it’s too soon to know.

Have 1.6 million undocumented immigrants left the U.S. this year? Researchers say it’s too soon to know.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said last week that the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. has declined by 1.6 million since President Trump began his immigration crackdown.  “This is massive,” Noem said in a statement, crediting the decline in part to an ad campaign warning undocumented immigrants to leave or face arrest and deportation.  “This new data …

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Underwater volcano off Oregon coast could erupt by the end of the year, researchers say, but nothing ‘looks imminent’

Underwater volcano off Oregon coast could erupt by the end of the year, researchers say, but nothing ‘looks imminent’

An underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon that was forecast to erupt sometime this year doesn’t look imminent, according to volcanologists who are closely monitoring it. The Axial Seamount is located about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon in the Pacific Ocean, and it’s 4,900 feet below the surface of the sea along the Juan de Fuca Ridge. …

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Researchers May Have Finally Cracked One Of The Universe’s Oldest Mysteries

Researchers May Have Finally Cracked One Of The Universe’s Oldest Mysteries

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images The early universe is perhaps one of the biggest mysteries of our time, and while we’ve come close to unraveling some of those earliest mysteries thanks to advancing tech like the James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories, scientists have still found themselves scratching their heads about how our universe …

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Is a statin drug right for you? Researchers try to right-size the risk

Is a statin drug right for you? Researchers try to right-size the risk

It’s a math problem with life-and-death consequences. When a new and improved model for estimating the risk of developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease emerged in November 2023, the calculator won raves for drawing on a larger, more contemporary, and more diverse population of Americans than its predecessors. But along with the praise came predictions last year that 40% of U.S. adults …

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Researchers Find Strange Link Between Marathon Running and Cancer

Researchers Find Strange Link Between Marathon Running and Cancer

Some of the most physically fit people in the world may have a unique health risk. New research uncovers a possible link between marathon running and colorectal cancer. Oncologists at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute in Virginia conducted the study, which examined the colons of relatively young people who had run several long-distance races. They found these runners had a …

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Researchers May Have Finally Cracked One Of The Universe’s Oldest Mysteries

Researchers May Have Finally Cracked One Of The Universe’s Oldest Mysteries

The early universe is perhaps one of the biggest mysteries of our time, and while we’ve come close to unraveling some of those earliest mysteries thanks to advancing tech like the James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories, scientists have still found themselves scratching their heads about how our universe formed and which molecules helped fuel the first star formations. Many …

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More than 90 per cent of people pile the pounds back on after they stop using Mounjaro. Now researchers have discovered this simple new solution that could change everything

More than 90 per cent of people pile the pounds back on after they stop using Mounjaro. Now researchers have discovered this simple new solution that could change everything

Weight-loss wonder jabs such as Mounjaro and Wegovy are helping to transform the lives and health of millions. But one in five users stop taking these drugs within a year, due to intolerable side-effects ranging from nausea and vomiting to gallstones and pancreatitis – a serious infection of the pancreas. The majority then pile weight back on, as studies show …

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