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Past public ire over high drug prices has recently taken a back seat to a more insidious problem – no drugs at any price. Patients and their providers increasingly face limited or…

The 85-year-old former "Cosby Show" star has now been accused of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment by more than 60 women. LAS VEGAS: Nine more women are accusing Bill Cosby of…

In the 19th century, royal cook Kakasura Madappa crafted a remarkable confection for King Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, blending gram flour, ghee, and sugar. This delightful creation was…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on May 11, 2023, that it has officially dropped restrictions that prohibit gay and bisexual men from donating blood under many…

Venus has active volcanism. A new analysis of decades-old images reveals the first definitive sign of a volcano erupting on the hellish planet next door. NASA’s Magellan…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press Magdalena Cruz grew up knowing she owed her very life to a horrid crime.She was born in 1986 to a mom who…

Flattened cities, millions of people burnt to death, and yet more tortured by radioactive fallout. That harrowing future may seem outlandish to some, but only because no nation has detonated…

One of the oldest and simplest problems in geometry has caught mathematicians off guard—and not for the first time.Since antiquity, artists and geometers have wondered how shapes can tile…

Inspired by events in Mashhad, Iran, two decades ago, Ali Abbasi’s “Holy Spider” is an unconventional film noir that almost didn’t happen — a thriller that follows a crusading female…

Nearly half the stars in our galaxy are solitary like the sun. The other half comprises stars that circle other stars, in pairs and multiples, with orbits so tight that some stellar systems…