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Jul 08 2025HEALTH

Can Kidney Tissue Clues Help Predict Treatment Success?

IgA nephropathy is a tricky kidney problem. Doctors have a tool called the Oxford Classification to guess how it might progress. This tool looks at kidney tissue and gives scores based on certain features. But does this tool also help predict how well patients will respond to steroid treatments? That's what researchers wanted to find out. They used data from a big s...

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Jan 05 2025SCIENCE

A Hidden Path: Prehistoric Footprints in the UK

Imagine a worker in Oxfordshire, England, noticing strange bumps in the clay at a quarry. These bumps turned out to be footprints left by ancient dinosaurs over 166 million years ago. Experts found about 200 footprints, creating five massive “dinosaur highways” made by at least two different dinosaur species. One of these dinosaurs was the Cetiosaurus, a giant herbi...

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Jan 04 2025SCIENCE

Prehistoric Pathway: Dino Tracks Unveiled Near London

Imagine walking through a quarry and stumbling upon something that looks like it's from another world. That's exactly what happened to a worker in Oxfordshire, near London. Strange bumps in the ground turned out to be dinosaur footprints, dating back a whopping 166 million years! Experts from the University of Birmingham got excited when they realized these weren't j...

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Jan 04 2025SCIENCE

British Quarry Reveals Dinosaur Footprints

Imagine the surprise of quarry workers in Oxfordshire, England, when they stumbled upon footprints of a giant predator and other dinosaurs last summer. This discovery, unveiled to the public recently, is one of the most exciting finds in Britain in almost three decades. Paleontologists are thrilled with the trail of five distinct prints, which include both plant-eate...

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Dec 12 2024POLITICS

Progressive Prosecutors: What Went Wrong?

You might have heard that some cities have been seeing more crime lately. Some people blame progressive prosecutors for this. These prosecutors often don't require cash bail, lower charges, and give shorter sentences. They also might not prosecute two out of three people arrested. But some people say these policies don't affect crime rates. A popular example is Alvin...

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Nov 23 2024HEALTH

Broken Bones and Knee Implants: What's the Link?

Ever wondered why some people with knee implants end up with broken bones? Turns out, it might have something to do with how the implant is placed. A study from a single hospital looked into this issue. They focused on a specific type of knee replacement called the Oxford unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA). The study found that when the tibial implant (the part...

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