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COVID-19 changed young people’s personalities for the worse, study suggestsThe shift that researchers found in the personalities of young adults is roughly equivalent to a decade's worth of personality changes.TrendingOct 3, 2022
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Are COVID-19 sniffer dogs more accurate than rapid tests? A new study says yesA new study from France adds further evidence that trained dogs can be just as if not more accurate at detecting COVID-19 infections than rapid antigen tests.HealthJun 2, 2022
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Researchers identify best clinical treatment options for children with diarrheaResearchers at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and McMaster University have identified the best clinical treatment options for diarrhea.HealthDec 5, 2018
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No, women do not absorb and retain DNA from every man they have sex withA "miracle baby" found two weeks after the Grenfell Tower inferno, a Time magazine cover of Donald Trump, and Whataburger closing its doors are part of this week's fake news roundup.CanadaJul 1, 2017
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Big drop in chickenpox cases after Ontario began public vaccine program: studyOntario's publicly funded chickenpox vaccination program appears to have dramatically reduced the number of children who get infected with the virus, researchers say.HealthJul 15, 2015
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430,000-year-old skull may belong to world’s earliest known murder victimScientists believe they have found the world's-oldest known murder and the unsolved crime stretches back nearly half-a-million years.ScienceMay 28, 2015
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In case you’re wondering, yes, birds also slur when they’re drunkWho hasn't lay in bed at night and wondered, "Do birds slur when they're drunk?" Well, if you haven't, there are people who have. And they're scientists.Dec 30, 2014
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Study finds more than 260,000 tons of plastic floating in the oceanA new study estimates more than five trillion pieces of plastic are floating in the world's oceans collectively weighing nearly 269,000 tons.EnvironmentDec 10, 2014
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Scientists find ancient case of human cancerUniversity of Saskatchewan scientist finds ancient cancer in man who died 4,500 years ago.ScienceDec 3, 2014
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