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A new study shows smoking raises blood pressure even at low levels. Urine tests reveal the real exposure behind the habit.

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NPR talks with Stacey Vanek Smith, a reporter at Bloomberg, about the effect the Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates could have. Now, I think what most Americans really want to know is ...

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Buddy, you'd be amazed at my capacity for forgetting videogame adaptations. Remember when I wrote about The Sims movie yesterday? I don't. What's more, now I'm suddenly remembering that, somewhere out ...

When the first cells appeared on Earth approximately 3.8 billion years ago, viruses were already here to greet them. Ever since, viruses have been devising ways to infect cells, and cells have been ...

In May 2025, the White House proposed reducing the budget of the National Institutes of Health by roughly 40%—from about US$48 billion to $27 billion. Such a move would return NIH funding to levels ...

No results had been posted as of 9 p.m. in a special election with far-reaching consequences for the small town of Palmer Lake north of Colorado Springs. The lights were still on in the town's ...