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Study warns elevator safety standards in the UK, EU lag behind rising body weight
Few riders are on board but the panel shows 'full'; advocates say elevator rules must reflect larger body sizes.
Years of slipping test results: What’s dragging down US students?
"More comprehensive and accurate" From PCOS to PMOS, why the rebrand matters
You can start shaping your child’s healthy eating habits as early as pregnancy
Two or three European airlines could go bankrupt because of fuel squeeze, says Ryanair CEO
Wizz Air called Ryanair’s bankruptcy suggestions “categorically untrue."
Thessaloniki: Man sleeps in trash bin, saved seconds before being crushed by trash comapctor
"I saw his hand coming out of the garbage," said one of the two employees who pulled the man from the compactor.
Colossal octopus may have dominated Cretaceous oceans, researchers say
“These giant octopuses likely occupied the same ecological tier and may have competed with marine reptiles and sharks within the same ecosystem,” said paleontologist Kazutaka Iba.
NASA tracks colossal asteroid on a close approach to Earth
Close approach expected in 2029 at about 32,000 kilometers above Earth; 'something like this has not been recorded in human history'
Secrets of a drowned realm: DNA traces show the North Sea once held sprawling woodlands
Genetic material from oak, elm, hazel, and lime shows that woodlands established themselves thousands of years ahead of previous estimates.
'Ghost lineage': Ancient DNA upends the single‑migration myth of the Americas
While separated by vast distances and time, certain populations in the Americas retain hallmarks of ancestry related to modern-day Oceania.
He went to work as usual: Husband investigated for burning wife's body in zoo’s animal incinerator
The events unfolded while Asahiyama Zoo has been shut for seasonal maintenance
"Biology books will need to be amended": Scientists identify molecule that slims without diet
Scientists in Australia say they have identified a previously unseen way the body controls stored sugar.
Great Pyramid of Giza was built over course of 20 years, using multiple ramps, new study claims
Roig’s model found that using a single ramp would have been insufficient and would have required nearly half a century of construction to reach the pyramid’s completion.
This is the number of daily coffee cups researchers recommend for optimal mood benefi
The association between coffee and improved mental health outcomes appears stronger in men than in women.