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A pair of studies published this week suggest that when menopause kicks in—and how quickly it’s treated with hormone therapy—could play critical roles in cognitive decline.
Is there a ‘window of opportunity’ to prevent Alzheimer’s in women?
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A massive flood has swept away buildings and bridges in Nepal, killing at least 160 people. A collapsed chunk of glacier may have set off the cascade of mud, rock and water that slammed into villages.
Wall of floodwater sweeps away villages in Nepal, with hundreds missing
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The truth is out there, but Americans are split on what that truth actually is. Most people believe UFO sightings can be explained by human or natural activity, but 37 percent think at least some are alien spacecraft, a new poll finds
More Americans believe the government is withholding information about UFOs
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Historian Jill Lepore thinks Silicon Valley has learned the wrong lessons from science fiction—and sees the fight over AI data centers as a sign that the fantasy is running into real-world resistance.
Jill Lepore on why Silicon Valley gets science fiction wrong
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The U.S. just approved a new breakthrough drug for late-stage pancreatic cancer that significantly extends the lives of people with the disease—considered one of the most intractable and difficult to treat forms of cancer
U.S. approves breakthrough pancreatic cancer drug, heralding a new era for an intractable disease
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