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  1. Health & Medicine

    During an allergic response, some immune cells digest others

    Mast cells lure and trap other immune cells during allergic reactions, using their compounds to increase inflammation in a process dubbed nexocytosis

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  2. Archaeology

    The oldest known ritual chamber in the Middle East has been found

    Engravings and other evidence suggest ancient humans attended religious ceremonies in the cave as early as 37,000 years ago.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    A squid-inspired medical device could reduce the need for needles

    The device, which directs a liquid by mimicking squids’ high-pressure jets, could provide alternative delivery methods for injectable drugs.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Proposed time limits on anesthesia may have jeopardized patient safety

    Blue Cross Blue Shield’s now rescinded plan to put time limits on anesthesia put a spotlight on a poorly understood profession.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    How the weight loss drug tirzepatide is also helping heart failure patients

    Data continue to show that tirzepatide, called Mounjaro for type 2 diabetes and Zepbound for weight loss, is safe and effective, but side effects remain.

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  6. Climate

    Climate change made 2024 the hottest year on record. The heat was deadly

    Heat waves fueled by climate change killed scores of people and upended daily life. Here are some of those stories.

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  7. Humans

    Dietary evidence bolsters Clovis hunters’ reputation as mammoth killers

    Mammoths made up as much as 40 percent of the ancient North Americans’ diet, a chemical analysis of human remains reveals.

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  8. Archaeology

    Neandertals may have built a hearth specifically to make tar

    Findings from a cave in Gibraltar suggests Neandertals may have used complex fire structures to obtain adhesives from plants.

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  9. Anthropology

    Footprints offer a rare look at ancient human relatives crossing paths

    The imprints put flat-footed and arched-foot walkers together at a prime spot in East Africa.

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