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More U.S. States Than Ever Have High Obesity Rates, CDC Data Shows
More and more Americans across the country are living with obesity, new data from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention shows. The number of states and territories with high obesity rates has more than doubled since 2018. There are also wide disparities in obesity prevalence among different groups of Americans.
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Hurricane Ian Forces Delay of Next SpaceX Crewed Mission to ISS
Once launched, the Crew-5 mission will see the first Russian cosmonaut fly aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
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Which Animal Kills The Most Humans?
Animals fatally maul, sting, trample and chew about a million humans per year. Pretty nice of them, given the numbers on our side – the average of 551 million chickens killed in Australia every year, for instance. In an ideal world, no one would ever get mauled by a bear, or contract rabies from a…
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How to Watch NASA’s DART Spacecraft Crash Into an Asteroid This Morning
The demise of DART is finally upon us, as the NASA spacecraft is on a collision course with the tiny Dimorphos asteroid. Here’s how you can watch this hugely important experiment to deflect an asteroid.