Eating less bacon and other processed meat may reduce the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers, study shows

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Cutting back on processed meat could reduce rates of cancer, diabetes and heart disease. As little as 10 slices of bacon per week could make a difference.

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NASA says astronauts from Boeing's Starliner could be in space for a couple more weeks even though their test flight was only supposed to last 8 days

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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been in space much longer than expected

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Scientists invented 'no melt' ice cream that holds its shape for 4 hours, but you can't eat it yet

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Scientists discovered a type of compound the helps ice cream hold its shape at room temperature for multiple hours.

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Dangerous feral hogs that destroy lawns and eat plastic are growing across the US, and states can't kill them fast enough

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Two feral hogs are caught in a trap on a farm in rural Washington County, Mo., Jan. 27, 2019.
Feral pigs are difficult to trap, and there are too many for the US to keep up with.

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Experts are racing to contain 'the most dangerous' monkeypox virus yet before it causes a global outbreak

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Electron microscope image of various virions (virus particles) of the monkeypox virus.
Electron microscope image of various virions (virus particles) of a monkeypox virus taken from human skin.

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SpaceX Dragon Capsule debris as big as a car hood crash-landed in North Carolina. It's part of a major space trash problem.

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The trunk of SpaceX's dragon capsule (left) was designed to burn up upon re-entry to Earth's atmosphere. Instead, it crash landed in North Carolina.

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Earth's inner core reversed direction and is slowing down, and scientists don't know why

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Earth's inner core has been exhibiting some unusual behavior.

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A luxury Viking cruise ship helped scientists encounter the rarely-seen giant phantom jellyfish

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Tourists saw giant phantom jellyfish, typically an elusive species, during Viking Expedition submersible rides.

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A mummified 44,000-year-old wolf is so perfectly preserved its stomach could contain remnants of its last meal

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Locals discovered this mummified wolf in the thawing permafrost in Siberia.

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A Chinese firm's answer to SpaceX's Falcon 9 blew up in a giant fireball after it accidentally launched during a test

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A Long March-4C rocket carrying the satellite Shiyan-23 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, May 12, 2024.
A Long March-4C rocket carrying the satellite Shiyan-23 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, May 12, 2024.
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