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After a month of unexplained bouts of stomach pain, an otherwise healthy 16-year-old girl arrived at the emergency department of Massachusetts General Hospital actively retching and in severe pain. A CT scan showed nothing unusual in her innards, and her…
The first ever stroller accessory designed to filter out air pollutants on the go — a gimmick or a sign of an upcoming trend?
A federal court yesterday ruled against parents who sued a Massachusetts school district for punishing their son who used an artificial intelligence tool to complete an assignment. Dale and Jennifer Harris sued Hingham High School officials and the School Committee and…
Two previously unknown Neolithic stone circles have been found in England, and they may have been part of a “sacred arc,” an archaeologist says.
An ad company’s foray into TV operating systems (OSes) illustrates a significant shift for TV hardware toward products that are increasingly focused on ad sales and tracking. With more people using web-based streaming for TV, smart TV OSes have become the…
Chlorine-based water treatments create many by-products, but one has been elusive. Its identification sets the stage for studying its health effects.
Aftershock II, a new rocket built by students at the University of Southern California, recently broke a number of 20-year-old amateur spaceflight records for altitude, power and speed. It reached more than 470,000 feet above Earth’s surface and went “hypersonic.”
Neanderthals may have used specialized hearths to make tar around 65,000 years ago, a new study finds.
A new study suggests that the DNA some modern Japanese people have inherited from ancient hunter-gatherers may increase BMI.
Mapping in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas off Alaska has uncovered a 1,640-foot-tall structure on the seafloor, but scientists say it’s too early to determine the nature of the discovery.
