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When we gather with our families for the Thanksgiving feast, we may find ourselves face to face with the sister or brother who was the childhood idol, bully, mooch, or closest friend. That sibling relationship is always dynamic, but perhaps not well enough understood. So this year, NPR journalists add to your Thanksgiving table a generous helping of sibling stories.

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Scientists identify 'degrees of Kevin Bacon' gene

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Maya used hallucinogenic plants in rituals to bless their ball courts

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

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What Happens When the Rainforest Runs out of Water?

Deutsche Welle - 3 days ago

Some scientists can't stop using AI to write research papers -- If you read about 'meticulous commendable intricacy' there's a chance a boffin had help -- AI + ML

Rocket Report: Astroscale chases down dead rocket; Ariane 6 on the pad

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

China sends a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon

CTV News - 3 days ago

Orangutan seen treating wound with pain-relieving plant in wild first

Independent UK - 3 days ago

China Launches Spacecraft to the Far Side of the Moon

New York Times - 3 days ago

TikTokers rejoice - your favourite songs are BACK! Video app signs a new licensing agreement with Universal Music Group that will reinstate tunes from Taylor Swift, Drake, and The Weeknd

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

Government defeated in High Court over climate plans

BBC News - 3 days ago

China launched a probe to the far side of the moon, stepping up its space race with the US

Business Insider - 3 days ago

Fighting climate change demands degrowth -- Matthew Rozsa

Salon - 3 days ago

What are the blue blobs washing up on SoCal beaches? Welcome to Velella velella Valhalla

Los Angeles Times - 3 days ago

How Many Hours Should You Sleep Every Day? What Research Reveals

NDTV - 3 days ago

Democrats say Big Oil misled public for decades about climate change

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China sends a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon

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Earth's near miss with an asteroid that left 14-mile wide crater on Moon

Daily Express - 3 days ago

Launching an effective bird flu vaccine quickly could be tough, scientists warn

NPR - 3 days ago

Thousands Believe Covid Vaccines Harmed Them. Is Anyone Listening?

New York Times - 3 days ago

MRI scans reveal the STUNNING stages of consciousness in the brain

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

Orangutan Seen Treating Facial Wound With Medicinal Plant In World First

NDTV - 3 days ago

Dance as a treatment for Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis

Deutsche Welle - 3 days ago

Orangutan seen treating wound with traditional medicine in first

Independent UK - 3 days ago

What is NASA working on? -- In Depth -- A running list of the space agency's most exciting developments -- By Devika Rao, The Week US

The Week - 3 days ago

Boffins suggest astronauts should build a Wall of Death on the Moon -- Relax! It's for low-gravity exercise -- Science

Deer are expanding north. That could hurt some species like boreal caribou

NPR - 3 days ago

'First time': Wild orangutan performs self-medication

Aljazeera - 3 days ago

Trillions of cicadas emerge across U.S. -- Trillions of cicadas are emerging across 12 states, from the Midwest to the East Coast, after spending more than a decade underground. In Central Illinois, there is a rare opportunity to see two types of cicadas together for the first time in more than 200 years.

CBS News - 3 days ago

Five things to know about the Mississippi Flyway as spring bird migration begins

Star Tribune - 3 days ago

Federal frenzy to patch gaping GitLab account takeover hole -- Warning comes exactly a year after the vulnerability was introduced

Historic cicada event underway in parts of U.S. -- For the first time since 1803, two groups of periodical cicadas are emerging from the ground at the same time in parts of the Midwest and South. However, a small section of Central Illinois marks the only place where both the 13-year and 17-year cicadas are emerging in the same place. Dave Malkoff reports on the extraordinary event.

CBS News - 3 days ago

Being Angry Even For A Few Minutes Can Increase Risk Of Heart Attack And Stroke, Study Finds

NDTV - 3 days ago

Over 500 baby sea turtles washed ashore in a big storm off South Africa. Here's the rescue effort

CTV News - 3 days ago

New Boeing capsule heading to International Space Station -- NASA may soon have another way to get astronauts into space. Plus, the agency reconnects with an old friend and how to train a dog for a walk ... on the moon. VOA's Arash Arabasadi brings us The Week in Space.

Voice of America - 3 days ago

B.C. First Nation urges boaters to stay away from recently freed orca calf

CTV News - 3 days ago

Historic $7.8M jury award in death of Minnesotan struck by driver who was high from huffing aerosol

Star Tribune - 3 days ago

A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say

Los Angeles Times - 3 days ago

Making the power grid 'smart' could save us all money and prevent blackouts. Chattanooga made the $280 million investment.

Business Insider - 3 days ago

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NBC News - 3 days ago

A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say

Star Tribune - 3 days ago

That looks familiar... Chinese car maker unveils new concept car that's comically unoriginal

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

Grizzly bears are set to be reintroduced to Washington state, after years of debate

NBC News - 3 days ago

NASA plasma propulsion project promises Mars in a flash -- System would also make it easier to transport much heavier spacecraft -- 02 May 2024

Being physically active may boost quality of life for middle-aged women – study

Independent UK - 4 days ago

Scientists solve mystery of Antarctica's giant hole that was twice the size of New Jersey when it appeared in 2016

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

Column: How the GOP — with Democratic Party connivance — has undermined a crucial effort to avert the next pandemic

Los Angeles Times - 4 days ago

Wild orangutan in Indonesia appears to use medicinal plant to disinfect wound: 'Likely self-medication'

Fox News - 4 days ago

Scientists watch orangutan treat its own wound with medicinal plant for the first time

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

Wounded orangutan seen using plant as medicine

BBC News - 4 days ago

San Gabriel Mountains National Monument expands by more than 100,000 acres

Los Angeles Times - 4 days ago

Immune cell discovery 'could lead to personalised treatment for breast cancer'

Independent UK - 4 days ago

Wild Orangutan Observed Using Medicinal Plant To Treat Wound

Huffington Post - 4 days ago

Fragments of bird flu virus genome found in pasteurized milk, FDA says

Ars Technica - 4 days ago

In a first, an orangutan was seen treating his wound with a medicinal plant

NBC News - 4 days ago

Strength or aerobics training: which is better for weight loss?

YNET News - 4 days ago

A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say

AP News - 4 days ago

Orangutan, Heal Thyself

New York Times - 4 days ago

Do you like loud cars? You might be a psychopath! Men who want to modify their vehicles to make them noisier are more likely to have dark personality traits, study finds

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

Post-tuberculosis lung disease: A patient's story

Deutsche Welle - 4 days ago

See Kate the Chemist make a rain cloud in a jar in Studio 1A!

NBC News - 4 days ago

NASA says Artemis II report by its inspector general is unhelpful and redundant

Ars Technica - 4 days ago

Face of Neanderthal woman who lived 75,000 years ago in Iraq revealed

Independent UK - 4 days ago

Get Ready for Monster Hurricanes This Summer

Wired News - 4 days ago

Summer heat waves already deadly in Asia, and it's still spring -- Much of Asia is sweltering under a heat wave that one expert calls "by far the most extreme event in world climatic history."

CBS News - 4 days ago

NASA solar sail boom demonstrator reaches orbit -- Big things come in small packages -- 02 May 2024

Dinosaurs weren't as smart as monkeys, new research finds

Independent UK - 4 days ago

How to get companies to use reusables -- Joseph Winters - Grist

Salon - 4 days ago

'Plato is just the start': Ancient Herculaneum scrolls buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius could also reveal secrets about Socrates, scientist claims

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

Hubble Space Telescope has gyro problems again -- Updated -- At 34, things don't seem to work how they used to

Facial reconstruction reveals what a 40-something Neanderthal woman may have looked like

CTV News - 4 days ago

G7 agrees to phase out coal power -- The group of nations in the G7 have announced an agreement to phase out coal power plants by 2035. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy reports.

CBS News - 4 days ago

European court upholds Italy's right to seize prized Greek bronze from Getty Museum, rejects appeal

AP News - 4 days ago

FL's abortion ban could "buckle" clinics -- Nicole Karlis

Salon - 4 days ago

FDA approves Israeli-developed AI designed to prevent blindness

YNET News - 4 days ago

First Ariane 6 rocket ready to assemble as Europe begins final countdown -- Core and boosters are on the pad ahead of June launch

Polly wants a chatter! Pet parrots prefer live video calls with their friends over pre-recorded footage, study finds

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

Russia proposes UN resolution on banning weapons in space, after vetoing similar UN-Japan draft

AP News - 4 days ago

Meet Shanidar Z: Scientists recreate the face of a female Neanderthal whose head was FLATTENED during a rock slide 75,000 years ago

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

China trying to develop world 'built on censorship and surveillance'

Aljazeera - 4 days ago

Biden campaign criticizes Trump over new Florida abortion law -- The U.S. state of Florida has a new law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. In this presidential campaign, Donald Trump is defending the right of states to regulate reproductive rights. Joe Biden says that decentralized authority threatens women's lives.

Voice of America - 4 days ago

Men more likely to have health conditions that lead to premature deaths – study

Independent UK - 4 days ago

Republicans Step Up Attacks on Scientist at Heart of Lab Leak Theory

New York Times - 4 days ago

Face of 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed

BBC News - 4 days ago

Hormones for menopause are safe, study finds. Here's what changed

NPR - 4 days ago

WHO overturns dogma on airborne disease spread. The CDC might not act on it

Los Angeles Times - 4 days ago

AZ Senate vote to repeal abortion ban -- Nicole Karlis

Salon - 4 days ago

Creators of infamous 'AI death calculator' issue warning about fake sites stealing user data

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

A young Duke professor won $250,000 for her algorithms that could find symptoms of heart disease when they start

Business Insider - 4 days ago

Mountain Goats Are Not Avalanche-Proof

New York Times - 4 days ago

The House GOP Just Passed A Slew Of 'Extreme' Bills

Huffington Post - 4 days ago

Ukraine unveils AI spokesperson to 'provide timely updates' amid the war with Russia that looks like a real-life influencer

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

FDA approves Pfizer's first gene therapy for rare inherited bleeding disorder

NBC News - 4 days ago

Alarming superbug from deadly eyedrop outbreak has spread to dogs

Ars Technica - 4 days ago

Urgent warning to Android users over fake Chrome updates that could drain your bank account and leak your location

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

Why climate change ISN'T going to end the world and why we need to stop obsessing about net-zero, according to Cambridge University professor

Daily Mail - 5 days ago

Regular mammograms should start at 40 as breast cancer rates rise for younger women, panel says

Los Angeles Times - 5 days ago

Revealed: The surprising reason why beer tastes better ice cold, according to scientists

Daily Mail - 5 days ago

Beachgoer urges couples not to have gender reveal parties along the coast after making concerning discovery

Daily Mail - 5 days ago

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