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1. Tiny Fossil Illuminates Penguin’s Surprisingly Useful Wings and How They Evolved Sometimes, certain aspects of an animal’s biology can seem completely redundant, such as the tiny arms of a T. rex, or wings on a flightless bird. But thanks to a recent study of...

1. 102-Year-old Woman Becomes Britain’s Oldest Skydiver–to Inspire People in Their 80s or 90s ‘Not to Give up Anything’ A 102-year-old woman has become the oldest skydiver in Britain after jumping out of a plane at 7,000-feet. Daredevil Manette Baillie celebrated her...

1. Classical Music Lifts Our Mood by ‘Synchronizing’ Parts of the Brain, Says Study of Patients with Depression Whether Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart, it’s widely recognized that classical music can affect a person’s mood. Now, scientists are using brainwave measurements...

1. Historic Negotiations With Big Pharma Will Lower Drug Prices and Save $1.5 Billion for US Consumers–and More It is well-documented that Americans have been paying a lot more for prescription drugs than people in any other developed nation, but this week the White...

1. Woman Who Left School at 15 Graduates as a Doctor at 41 A woman who dropped out of school at age 15 finally studied for her GED (known in the UK as GCSE)—and now has graduated as a doctor at 41. She recalls being sick and tired of people telling her she couldn’t do...