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Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?

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Using a huge radio telescope, we spotted a blindingly fast flash of radio waves that appeared to be coming from somewhere ...

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The data, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, analyzed over 37 million heart disease deaths spanning ...

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A new study reveals just how widespread these artificial colorings have become in our food supply. Nearly one in five ...

Scientists have discovered how to turn molecules made by everyday toxic mold into highly effective cancer-fighting drugs.