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Released: 21-Oct-2015 2:45 PM EDT
American Cancer Society Revises Mammogram Guidelines, Causing Some Confusion
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The American Cancer Society has issued new recommendations on when women should get mammograms and how frequently they should get them. This is in contrast to the previous guidelines which stated that women should get them at age 40.

Released: 20-Oct-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Where Do Dogs Come From?
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According to a large study of dog DNA from around the world, the first domestic dog originated in Central Asia around 15,000 years ago.

Released: 19-Oct-2015 1:05 PM EDT
AAP Says No Amount of Alcohol Is Safe During Pregnancy
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Reporting in the journal Pediatrics, any amount of alcohol consumed by the expecting mother can cause fetal alcohol syndrome.

Released: 19-Oct-2015 12:05 PM EDT
A Study Suggests a Computer Algorithm Can Predict Someone’s Behavior More Reliably Than Humans Can
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In research presented at IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics, researchers, from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory suggest an algorithm can predict human intuition better than us humans.

   
Released: 16-Oct-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Ebola Can Linger in Semen of Survivors for 9 Months After the Onset of Symptoms
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The WHO report, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, provides the first results of a long-term study on male Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone.

Released: 16-Oct-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Did Our Ancestors Get Less Sleep than We Do?
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Researchers studying traditional societies found that they average about 6.5 hours per night.

Released: 16-Oct-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Mysterious Methane Plumes Bubbling Up from Ocean Floor
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Toxic methane appears to be bubbling up from plumes off of the Washington and Oregon coast. Methane is believed to be the second-largest greenhouse gas contributor to climate change.

Released: 15-Oct-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Great White Shark Captured on Video Attacking a Seal in San Francisco Bay
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Tourists in San Francisco witnessed a Great White Shark feeding on a seal in the bay while waiting to depart on the Alcatraz Ferry. A camera atop the ferry captured the attack in full.

Released: 15-Oct-2015 12:05 PM EDT
Study Suggest Spring Will Arrive 3 Weeks Earlier by 2100
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Findings reported in Environmental Research Letters predicts plants will start budding three weeks sooner by end of century due to climate change.

Released: 15-Oct-2015 11:05 AM EDT
NBA Star Yao Ming Saves Sharks Thanks to His Help with WildAid
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Thanks to Yao's campaign with WildAid, support for a shark fin soup ban has skyrocketed in China.

Released: 14-Oct-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Modern Humans Arrived in China Before Europe, Ancient Teeth Reveal
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Findings, published in the journal Nature, show that Homo sapiens arrived in China about 80,000 years ago, long before humans were able to leave their mark on Europe.

Released: 14-Oct-2015 11:35 AM EDT
The Lightest Metal Ever
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Boeing has invented microlattice, the lightest metal ever. The material that is 99% air, will be used for aerospace-engineering, such space as rockets.

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