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Apr 26, 2020

Researchers have finally found the first-ever credible records of someone being killed by a falling meteorite. According to multiple public documents found in Turkey, on 22 August 1888, a falling meteorite hit and killed one man and paralyzed another in what is now Sulaymaniyah in Iraq.

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Feb 11, 2020

The T. Rex may be the King of Lizards, but its new cousin is the "Reaper of Death"

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Dec 16, 2019

Eating hot peppers at least four times per week was linked to 23% reduction all-cause mortality risk (n=22,811). This study fits with others in China (n= 487,375) and the US (n=16,179) showing that capsaicin, the component in peppers that makes them hot, may reduce risk of death.

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Nov 22, 2019

Archaeologists Unearth Remains of Infants Wearing 'Helmets' Made From the Skulls of Other Children

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Nov 18, 2019

Great Barrier Reef dying: Climate change has caused 89% decrease in new coral in Great Barrier Reef and threatens recovery, study says

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Aug 17, 2019

A 3-year study of military personnel (n=1,652) showed that those who experience suicidal ideation or thoughts of self-harm are much more likely to store their firearms unsafely. Research suggests that education may not be enough to prevent further suicides, though.

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Aug 06, 2019

Police use-of-force is the 6th leading cause of death among men age 25-29 in the US. Researchers used data compiled by the National Vital Statistic System’s mortality files and Fatal Encounters to create one of the few comprehensive baseline estimates for how often Americans are killed by police.

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Jun 12, 2019

Researchers debut method for binding and controlling lethal pufferfish toxin for clinical use. A rat study shows how this technique turned tetrodotoxin into a local anesthetic that can act for multiple days at a time, showing promise for eventually treating humans with chronic pain conditions.

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Jun 11, 2019

People in states with legal medical marijuana have a 22.7% higher risk of dying by opioid overdose than states without medical marijuana laws, according to data from 2010-2017. A previous study from 1999-2010 showed the opposite relationship, suggesting the two factors are not causally related.

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Jun 03, 2019

CCR5-∆32, the mutation inserted into the genome of a human embryo in China's rogue gene editing trial to confer HIV resistance, is linked to a 21% increase in all-cause mortality rate in people of British ancestry who are homozygous for the allele. (n=409,693)

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Apr 26, 2019

People With Happy Spouses May Live Longer

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Apr 17, 2019

Scientists have restored cellular function in 32 pig brains that had been dead for hours, opening up a new avenue in treating brain disease. Researchers devised a system roughly analogous to a dialysis machine that restores circulation and oxygen flow to a dead mammal brain.

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Apr 17, 2019

The brains of dead pigs showed restored cellular activity after they were hooked up to a system called BrainEx 4 hours after death. It did not restore consciousness but revived circulation to arteries, small blood vessels, and capillaries.

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