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Until about 60,000 years ago, diminutive hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (affectionately nicknamed Hobbits for obvious reasons), shared the island of Flores with Komodo dragons, pygmy elephants, ...

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It's nearly always fatal, and it's showing up farther north than ever. Here's what to know before you swim this summer.

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President Donald Trump made a jaw dropping jibe when he was allegedly briefed on alien “hybrids” living among humans.

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A 41 percent lower risk of cognitive decline. That’s what a new Harvard study of almost 160,000 people found, for a specific diet that outperformed five other healthy eating patterns in a head-to-head ...