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Dec 28 2024SPORTS

BYU Players Eyeing Historic Marks in Alamo Bowl Showdown

Get ready for some history-making plays at the Alamo Bowl! Brigham Young University's football team is set to face off against Colorado this Saturday, and several players are just a few yards or points away from breaking records. Quarterback Jake Retzlaff is closing in on a huge milestone. If he th

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Dec 27 2024HEALTH

Monitoring Infliximab for Ulcerative Colitis: Is It Worth the Cost?

Managing ulcerative colitis (UC) often involves using a drug called infliximab (IFX). But should doctors track the drug's levels in the body (a process known as therapeutic drug monitoring, or TDM) to improve outcomes? The answer isn't clear-cut; TDM might provide better results, but is it cost-effe

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Dec 24 2024HEALTH

Teenagers and Anxiety Meds: How Age, Gender, and Expectations Matter

Teens with anxiety disorders often struggle to stick to their antidepressant medication schedule. A study recently looked into this issue, focusing on adolescents aged 12-17 who were using escitalopram. Researchers tracked their medication intake for 12 weeks using special caps that record when they

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Dec 24 2024ENTERTAINMENT

Bible Stories Go Viral: A TikTok Creator's Modern Spin

Imagine the Bible getting a 21st-century makeover! A TikTok creator, launching the "Gen Z Bible Stories" account, has managed to do just that. With an impressive 400, 000 followers, this creative project has transformed into a book. The creator mixes ancient stories with contemporary humor and langu

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Dec 24 2024RELIGION

Why Christmas Feeling Should Last All Year

You know that warm, fuzzy feeling you get during the holidays? That's what we call the "Christmas Spirit. " It's not something you can see or touch, but you definitely know when it's gone. Imagine Scrooge or the Grinch without it – they're not very nice, are they? The Christmas Spirit is like a sup

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Dec 24 2024POLITICS

Trump's Territorial Teases: Greenland, Panama, and Canada

President Trump has been hinting at expanding US territory by suggesting the US could absorb Canada, take over the Panama Canal, and even purchase Greenland from Denmark. These ideas, which Trump has mentioned casually, have raised eyebrows due to their similarity to the 19th-century concept of Mani

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Dec 23 2024SCIENCE

Discovering a Saber-Toothed Pioneer: Pre-Dinosaur Predators

Imagine stepping back in time, way before dinosaurs ruled the Earth. There, you'd find a saber-toothed beast that was one of the first mammal-like creatures. This isn't a story from a fantasy book; it's real history! Recently, scientists unearthed a fossil on the sunny Mediterranean island of Mallor

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Dec 23 2024ENVIRONMENT

Spotting Nuclear Reactors with Warm Air

Scientists are exploring a new way to keep an eye on nuclear reactors. They want to use special towers called eddy covariance towers to detect heat released by reactors. These towers are often used to study how ecosystems exchange heat and water vapor. The idea is to see if we can tell when a reacto

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Dec 22 2024ENVIRONMENT

Heat Waves and Deaths: Alentejo's Future

Have you ever wondered how hot summers affect people's health? In Portugal's Alentejo region, where it's usually hot, scientists are looking into this. They found that as the world gets warmer, more people die from heat stress. This is a big problem, and it's going to get worse. They studied what ha

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Dec 21 2024SCIENCE

AI's Unexpected Discoveries in 2024

In 2024, artificial intelligence (AI) showed its power in surprising ways. Scientists used AI and X-rays to read ancient scrolls from Herculaneum, Italy, that were buried by the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD. These scrolls are so delicate they can't be unrolled, but AI helped decode over 2, 000 c

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