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Slow breathing makes gamblers bolder, not braver, brain scan shows

A long exhale is the one calming trick I reach for on purpose. In a German brain-scanner study, the same breath made people take more gambles: losing hurt just as much, but the possible win counted for more.

By Nato Lagidze · Oct 9, 2026

Melbourne's deadly thunderstorm asthma hit mostly people without diagnosed asthma

A gust front crossed Melbourne at 6pm on 21 November 2016. Over the next 30 hours, public hospitals in Melbourne and Geelong recorded 476 more asthma related admissions than normal, a 992% increase on the three year average.

By Justin Brown · Oct 9, 2026

How a Massachusetts town study rewrote the rules on blood pressure

"No practitioner of medicine should be without a sphygmomanometer."

By Justin Brown · Oct 9, 2026

In 1518, Strasbourg hired musicians when a woman danced in the street

A woman started dancing in the street, and the city's answer was to hire musicians. Its own records tell a smaller, stranger story than the legend. And one researcher thinks it looked more like a ritual than an illness.

By Nato Lagidze · Oct 8, 2026

Virginia's eelgrass meadows have nearly doubled since restoration began

The eelgrass meadow that scientists brought back to the shallow bays behind Virginia's barrier islands now covers 4,792.08 hectares, about 11,800 acres, and it is still spreading on its own.

By Justin Brown · Oct 8, 2026

Staying active heals back pain faster than bed rest, study finds

People with a recent bout of low back pain who were told to keep up their ordinary activities as far as the pain allowed recovered faster than people told to spend two days in bed.

By Justin Brown · Oct 8, 2026

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Australian doctor drank bacteria broth, won Nobel Prize for ulcer discovery

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Your brain mistakes relaxing muscles for the sensation of falling

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Caffeine doesn't give you energy, just hides how tired you actually are

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17-year-old built a $100 earthquake detector that warns LA seconds before shaking hits

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Offshore wind turbine blade failure closes Nantucket beaches, triggers $10.5M settlement

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Abandoned rapeseed field became home to 86 plant species in 11 years with no help

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France's dam demolition freed Atlantic salmon to spawn upstream for first time in decades

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Dogs align with Earth's magnetic field to defecate, but only when it's stable

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Golden jackals are naturally spreading from the Balkans deep into Western Europe

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Lions fed whole prey spent more time eating but paced more, not less

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