Eugenia Apostol has died at 100. After 20 years on the women’s pages, she printed what the big papers skipped at 57 and started a national newspaper at 60.
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The Oldest Known Plague Took Whole Families 5,500 Years Ago
The oldest known plague struck Siberian hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago, killing children and whole families. What their graves reveal about grief and blame.
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Saltwater Crocodiles Can Swim 400 km Home. Three Stayed Put.
Saltwater crocodiles are famous for swimming hundreds of km home. In Bangladesh, three raised in captivity were set free and stayed put. Here’s what that means.
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A Coral Reef Thought Dead for 60 Years Is Alive Off Benin
A coral reef thought dead for 60 years has been filmed alive off Benin. The 1960s verdict came from dredges and echoes. Nobody had ever actually seen it.
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A WWI Submarine Is Still Leaking TNT Into the North Sea
A WWI submarine leaking TNT into North Sea mussels and starfish sank back in 1917. Here is why scientists say blowing it up could make the problem worse.
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The Indian and Pacific Oceans Have Stopped Moving in Step
For 400 years the Indian and Pacific Oceans moved in step. Scientists now say that link is breaking in an exceptional way. Here is what it means for rain.
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The Train Near Magdeburg: The Soldiers Who Didn’t Know Who They Saved
In April 1945, US soldiers found a train near Magdeburg holding about 2,500 Holocaust prisoners. For decades, most never learned who they had saved that day.
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How to Know What Is True When More Than a Third of Us Say It’s Hard
How to know what is true when 37% of adults say it’s hard to tell: six free checks anyone can use, plus the twist in Pilate’s famous question, ‘What is truth?’
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The Ozempic Side Effects Found in 400,000 Reddit Posts
Ozempic side effects the trials missed? AI read 410,198 Reddit posts and found chills, hot flashes and cycle changes. What it means, and what it cannot prove.
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Bat Lifespan: Why a 5-Gram Bat Can Live for Decades — It Knows When a Cell Can’t Be Saved
Bat lifespan can top 30 years in a bat of about 5 grams. A Nature study found the longest-lived bats let badly damaged cells go instead of patching them.