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According to the UCLA researchers, people who faced any discrimination had a 26% greater risk of poor health than those who said they hadn't faced any.

A study links facing discrimination at a young age with future mental health issues

4:58pm November 08, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

And the risks may be cumulative. UCLA researchers found that those who faced more incidents of discrimination had an even higher risk of future health problems.

A view of the latest finding in Pompeii, Italy. Archeologists, excavating a villa amid the ruins of the 79 A.D. volcanic eruption, have discovered a room that served as both a dormitory and storage area.

How did the enslaved workers of Pompeii live? A new discovery provides a rare glimpse

4:35pm November 07, 2021

by Kat Lonsdorf

Archaeologists working to uncover a wealthy villa on the outskirts of the ancient city have found a dormitory for workers, providing important insight into daily life.

Manfred Steiner, 89, recently earned his Ph.D. in physics from Brown University.

He always wanted a Ph.D. in physics. He finally earned it at 89

4:00pm November 07, 2021

by Bill Chappell

"I always had this dream: Gee, someday I would like to become a physicist," said Manfred Steiner. But after World War II, he followed his family's advice to become a doctor.

Solar farms surround trees at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. The city voted Wednesday night to decarbonize the city's buildings and install more energy efficient appliances and more solar panels. The city says the move will cut 40% of their carbon emi

To fight climate change, Ithaca votes to decarbonize its buildings by 2030

7:53am November 06, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

Decarbonizing involves installing things from solar panels to switching out gas stoves for electric stoves. The effort to decarbonize buildings will cut the city's carbon dioxide output by 40%.

Researchers are studying athletes and military personnel to learn more about how a concussion can affect the brain's ability to understand sound.

After a concussion, the brain may no longer make sense of sounds

12:33pm November 05, 2021

by Jon Hamilton

A concussion can make it difficult to converse in a noisy room. Scientists say that's because the injury has impaired the brain's ability to process sounds.

Here's what happens if the world warms more than 1.5 degrees Celsius

4:53pm November 04, 2021

by Lauren Sommer

At international climate talks, world leaders are trying to keep the world to 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming. Why is that number important, and what happens if the world gets hotter than that?

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Dr. Lee Merritt is a orthopedic and spinal surgeon who spreads misinformation about COVID-19. She is affiliated with a prominent right-wing group known as America's Frontline Doctors.

A doctor spread COVID misinformation and renewed her license with a mouse click

4:53pm November 04, 2021

by Geoff Brumfiel

Lee Merritt is a back surgeon with a long history of spreading COVID misinformation. But she renewed her medical license last month.

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Technicians work on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which will launch in December. Astronomers say the next big telescope should be designed to search signs of life on planets that orbit distant stars.

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Astronomers want NASA to build a giant space telescope to peer at alien Earths

11:53am November 04, 2021

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

NASA should work toward a new space telescope that could view small planets around distant stars with the potential to host life, expert panel says

Xinxiang, in China's Henan Province on July 26, was one of many places that suffered extreme flooding this year. A U.N reports finds climate impacts are getting worse faster than countries can adapt.

The U.N. says climate impacts are getting worse faster than the world is adapting

7:31am November 04, 2021

by Nathan Rott

A new report finds some climate impacts are already irreversible and will last for many decades to come. It calls for far more money to help countries prepare for the growing risks they face.

Suicides dropped by 3% in 2020, according to new CDC data, continuing a downward trend that began in 2019 after nearly two decades of increases.

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Suicide rates fall again — but not for young adults and some people of color

7:06pm November 03, 2021

by Becky Sullivan

Despite lockdowns, historic job losses and COVID-19, new figures from the CDC show that death by suicide dropped for a second straight year in 2020.